Recording

Darude’s 1999 dance hit has taken on an extensive and often surprising life of its own.

With the right guidance, iZotope's RX can remove problem sounds that would otherwise ruin a mix.

The title track of Steely Dan's Aja is legendary for many reasons, including the spectacular work of Steve Gadd. Who, it turns out, almost didn't make the cut in the album's planned 'rotating list of drummers'...

We show how iZotope's popular restoration package can deliver cleaner audio for your music projects.

In this episode, Mike Senior demonstrates several ways spill can actually improve the sound of your productions.

Grammy Award-winning engineer and producer Dom Morley chats with Sam Inglis about the art and craft of recording and mixing vocals.

Distortion can be a surprisingly useful mix effect, if you know what you're doing. Mike Senior reveals several common applications, and explains how to get the best results in practice.

In this exclusive SOS Video Feature, we talk to jungle producer Pete Cannon about how and why he’s still using Akais, Ataris and Amigas.

Time-alignment can help solve problems in multi-mic recordings — but it can also introduce new problems!

Mike Senior delves into some of the most common troubleshooting tasks when dealing with acoustic guitar recordings at mixdown, and shares his own favourite processing fixes.

Drum recording is his specialism. Adrian talks us through his mic choices, placement and console setup for a tracking session with Superglu — and you can download the multitracks to hear the results for yourself!

If you're a musician, podcasting is the perfect application for the studio skills and equipment you already have.

Sometimes, performers have to be their own engineers. Here's how to get better results from solo tracking sessions.

Social distancing needn't mean the end of studio recording. We explain a simple, free setup for real-time online collaboration.

Recording music in remote locations can be challenging — and before you can record it, you have to find it!

Recording a live heavy metal concert would be challenging enough — but when you throw an 80-piece orchestra into the mix, all bets are off!

For many people, faithful capture of an orchestral performance is the Holy Grail of recording. We look back at how innovation in engineering has been driven by the pursuit of this goal.

Much vaunted as a fusion of indie and dance music, Happy Mondays' joyous version of 'Step On' is greater than the sum of its parts.

M‑S miking is easy to set up, offers plenty of options at mixdown, and has some unique advantages over other stereo arrays. So if you've not yet tried it, why not give it a go?

How do you record a piano and drum kit in a modest live room, at the same time? Our engineer explains his approach...

Take a listen to these audio examples created when recording a piano and drum kit in a modest live room, at the same time.