Recording

DJ Shadow’s Endtroducing wasn’t just a staggering technical achievement. It also reimagined a whole musical genre.

Why does everyone, pros and all, say that the snare bottom mic is ‘out of phase’, and that its polarity must be reversed? Isn’t it the top mic that should be reversed?

Will the audio quality from an Allen & Heath XB-10 paired with a JK Audio Innkeeper telephone hybrid be better than the Allen & Heath ZED-10, also paired with an Innkeeper?

We find out whether a unique choir and a unique church will prove a match made in heaven.

We drop in on Neal ahead of a vocal recording session with singer Heather Bond to find out about his preparation process...

I’m soon going to be doing my first recording of live drums and it occurred to me that I don’t know the answer to this question...

Recording a mezzo-soprano with piano accompaniment presents a unique set of challenges for our in-house engineer.

Drum recording can be challenging, even if you’re working in a professional tracking studio. Record drums at home or in a...

Blockbuster video game Horizon Zero Dawn took six years to make, and required its three composers to invent an entirely new sound world.

With the Screamadelica album Primal Scream didn’t just reinvent themselves as a band, they reinvented what it meant to be a band.

M-S miking is already a versatile technique, but it can be built upon to provide surround-sound recording and a whole lot more besides!

Recording Steel Drums: Our engineer rises to the unfamiliar challenge of capturing a loud steel band in their octagonal rehearsal building.

The sessions for Divide saw singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran exploring the possibilities of home recording for the first time, courtesy of engineer Joe Rubel.

How much preparation is required before a recording session, and when should it all begin? We asked some top producers to share their wisdom.

I’m currently setting up a small home studio for songwriting and demos and I’d like to use split-input monitoring, so I don’t have to worry about latency...

Inspired by Norman Petty and Sam Phillips, studio owner Dean Amos has lovingly built a perfect recreation of a 1950s recording environment — right down to the dimensions of the pegboard!

I recently bought a Zoom H6 recorder, and am confused how its Mid-Sides recording works. Could you explain?

It sometimes makes economic sense to use a commercial studio, and you’ll often learn a thing or two while you’re there as well.

Creating alien worlds, bringing droids to life and giving Star Wars more realism. We talk sound design and foley with the team behind the critically-acclaimed Rogue One.

Neneh Cherry’s breakthrough 1988 single melded hip-hop and cut-and-paste sampling into a perfect pop record.

Watch engineer/producer extraordinaire Eric Valentine as he crafts a shimmering surf guitar sound, in the vein of Smash Mouth or Third Eye Blind, that employs three amps and judicial use of modulation effects.