Recording

I am attempting to record a violin for the first time. I want a nice deep sound, but am unsure about using stereo mic...

I have a Fender Hotrod Deluxe guitar amp that I love the sound of when gigging, but it's far too loud for recording at home. I...

I'm interested in getting a good grounding in electronics for microphone, amp, speaker and processor design. Are there any...

I've been examining some songs with a stereo vectorscope recently and most of them end up with something similar to this shape...

I'd like to use my monitors with both my audio interface and a CD player, because I want to A/B my recordings against my CD...

When clocking an audio interface using an external device, such as a stand‑alone mic preamp with A‑D conversion, is it better...

I'd like to buy a fairly inexpensive PC laptop for production when I'm on the move. Having never used a laptop for audio...

The way I mic up drum-kit overheads normally means that there is a slight level difference between the left and right gain...

As an acoustic musician, I'd like to start learning more about recording and mixing my own material. So far I have no...

My studio gear is currently set up inside my garage, and lately it has been freezing cold inside. Though there is no surface...

What differences can you hear when comparing inexpensive and expensive equipment? As I do a lot of vocal recording, I'd like...

I'm a synth guy getting more and more into recording and mixing my own tunes. One thing that stumps me is the issue of '...

I've carefully wired up my gear using all balanced inputs and outputs, and proper balanced cables, but I'm still getting...

I've been wondering whether sticking a guitar or bass into an effects pedal, preamp or amp modelling pedal to go into a PC...

I want to replace the kick drum on our drum kit with a MIDI kick pad, as our kick drum sounds rubbish, and we're now using...

I've just read up about star-quad cable, which has internal cores that cancel each other's interference — like a humbucker?...

I have a PC with a Q6600 quad‑core processor running Cubase 4, and despite clicking on the Cubase 'Multi Processing' switch,...

Can you tell me how to set up a compressor for vocals while they're being recorded, and again in the mix?

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I've always stuck keyboards straight into my interface, desk or whatever: plenty of level, minimal noise (if any), and no...

I have been involved with our school fund‑raising events for some years now, starting off by doing sound and lighting....

When mixing drums, is it standard practice to try and tighten things up by getting rid of bleed on all but the overheads? I'm...