Recording

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...

I read your feature about 'Digital Problems, Practical Solutions' (/sos/feb08/...

I've offered to have a go at recording a couple of friends of mine who play as a duo. For some of the songs, one of them will...

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When recording a drum part, do I have to EQ it, or should it be left untreated?

Samuel Am, via email

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I'm trying to hook a Behringer Denoiser and an SPL Vitalizer MK1 into an older-model Alesis Multimix 16USB mixing console,...

I realise that there are advantages to monitoring on a single 'middly'-sounding small speaker (such as an Avantone MixCube)...

I have been making music for years now, and although I have a set of Genelec 8040s that I use during the day (when I'm home),...

My daughter managed to play a tough piece she's been practising on the keyboard this weekend. She played it so well that we...

Having recently started making and recording my own music, I need to start thinking about backing it up. At the moment, I'm...

I have recently purchased a Golden Age Project Pre 73 MkII and Comp 54 on the recommendation of someone from the SOS forums,...

Is there any difference between the quality of S/PDIF connections on low-end and high-end soundcards, or am I right in...