Recording

I have to edit eight tracks of drums on six songs. Generally there are four to six takes. I'm using Cubase 5 and would like to...

Due to space and other limitations, I am not able to mic up my amp, so I'm going to have to rely on plug-ins for my guitar...

I did the sound for a new band last night and spent the first set sorting the keyboards out, which failed in the second song....

SOS contributor Mike Senior offers some advice.

I have a set of Atacama SE1000 speaker stands, but at one metre, they're just a tad too high. I've used Blu-Tack on my current...

I wonder if you can help me with a relatively minor problem that seems to cause a lot of undue irritation! In my work, I tend...

Last month, you gave me some advice on identifying why the vocals on my track weren't audible when I played it in my car [see...

Imagine you've tracked guitar, bass, vocals, and so on, and have multiple takes, all at slightly (or maybe radically)...

I've noticed that a lot of producers still like to record guitar and bass cabinets with microphones, even though there are...

I've noticed a lot of microphones on the market lately that have odd-shaped diaphragms: for example, there's a Pearl model...

I want to trial some microphones on a 60-piece school orchestra performance, and I only get one shot at positioning the mics....

I need to digitally encode some old tape cassettes and am wondering what bit depth and sample rate would be optimal. The...

I've seen shipping containers used on building sites for various purposes, and it got me wondering about putting a little...

I have read that the optimum sample rate to record at is 88.2kHz. The reasons include simple integer-ratio sample-rate...

I've been looking at multicores, and wondering how much quality matters. People say that only the best cables should be used,...

I keep reading about the desirable tape effect on a mixdown, and keep hearing people talk about these Studer tape machines. Is...

The bass response in my room is quite variable, with some notes appearing boomy and others being quite weak, but the overall...

I use a lot of orchestral parts (EastWest Quantum Leap Symphonic Orchestra) in my contemporary songs, and I was wondering whether I should mix them in precisely the same way as the other tracks in my arrangement?

I've always liked Logic's track-icon facility, as having a graphical representation of what sound or instrument is on any...

I often read in your gear reviews that you don't like 'wall-warts' and that good power supplies should feature a toroidal...

My Mackie VLZ mixer's got a bad socket: when the mixer is switched on, the socket goes on and off intermittently. If it's just...