Recording

It's 10 years since Focusrite launched their best-selling Scarlett range of audio interfaces, now into its third generation. CEO Tim Carroll and Will Hoult, Head Of Product at Focusrite and Novation talk to Sam Inglis about what's behind the success of the Scarletts.

Newcastle‑based singer and producer Beth Jeans Houghton, aka Du Blonde, enters the quick-fire questions round...

Producer Fred Gibson (aka Fred again..) studied under Brian Eno and has worked with some of the biggest artists in the world. And his favourite microphone is the one built into his iPhone.

Paul White and Hugh Robjohns discuss the evolution of recording from the perspective of their own experiences, starting with analogue tape and ending with computer-based digital systems.

For their 15th album, Duran Duran collaborated with three masters of electronic music and a dog‑fixated artificial intelligence.

Learning to capture Indian music in all its rich variety has been a life’s work for Sai Shravanam.

For their latest album, You Me At Six threw out the rulebook and spent six weeks at a residential studio in Thailand. Producer Dan Austin was at the helm.

Few artists straddle the line between classical and electronic music with as much success as Anna Meredith. We talk to her about the creation of her recent Mercury‑nominated album.

Recorded in 1970, Tea For The Tillerman cemented Cat Stevens’ place in rock history. Half a century later and under his latter‑day name Yusuf Islam, he’s teamed up with original producer Paul Samwell‑Smith to re‑record it from scratch.

There are many ways to record an album — and former Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker has tried them all...

Over four decades, Vince Clarke has helped shape the sound of electronic music. We talk to him about how his working practices have changed, from early Depeche Mode to the new album from Erasure.

Ross Orton talks to Nigel Humberstone about his transition from playing drums with Jarvis Cocker into the world of production, remixing and songwriting. His steel city stories include working with Arctic Monkeys & Working Men’s Club.

The rules of heavy metal are well established, but for their latest album, Pigsx7 guitarist and producer Sam Grant added a few of his own.

An explosive Glastonbury performance and acclaimed second album have propelled Georgia Barnes into the mainstream.

He might not be a household name, but Steve Ouimette has made more people dance than anyone else on the planet!

No two Tame Impala albums sound the same — but they've all been driven by the same experimental ethos.

When Bombay Bicycle Club chose to work with prolific producer John Congleton, both band and producer found themselves having to adapt...

Her ability to balance the human and the technical sides of recording has made Laura Sisk one of the US's most in-demand engineers.

Deep in the Swedish forest, we track down a producer whose work has defined the sound of modern metal.

Dazzling harmonies, complex arrangements and ambitious production have made multi-instrumentalist Jacob Collier a unique phenomenon.

Mark Linett is the engineer responsible for preserving and enhancing the recorded legacy of America’s greatest pop group...