Recording

What’s the ‘secret’? Shall I not bother with gating them.

Hannes Keseberg: our engineer helps an artist fake a big-ensemble sound by layering recordings of a string quintet.

Hannes Keseberg: our engineer helps an artist fake a big-ensemble sound by layering recordings of a string quintet.

The humble speaker stand or desktop speaker platform can make a huge difference to the sound in your room.

We sit down with Chambers and producer/engineer Richard Flack (Joe Strummer, Rudimental, Paloma Faith) in Guy’s beautifully equipped Sleeper Sounds studio in West London.

Hal Ritson is one of the most in-demand producers on the deep-house scene. Here, he reveals the secrets behind the genre’s distinctive vocal sounds.

These files accompany the Mike Skeet obituary in the March 2016 issue of SOS.

Through his work as an engineer and author, Mike Skeet inspired enthusiasts to build their own equipment and make better recordings.

When Ornette Coleman died last year, a planned celebration of his 85th birthday turned into an epic tribute album. Either way, no-one wanted a “jazz guy” to mix it...

Musician Chris Thile is quoted as saying he'd decided never to record wearing headphones again. I don’t get this. What’s wrong with headphones?

Our engineer explains how to go about getting decent results from a live-band tracking session when pressed for time.

The same pitfalls present themselves time and again in project-studio recording. Learn to avoid them and your tracking sessions will be transformed!

Now considered one of the classic tracks of the 1960s, the Zombies’ ‘Time Of The Season’ almost disappeared without trace...

When cult funk band Cymande returned to the studio, they insisted on hiring the same production team — 41 years after their previous album...

Classic rock: even well-recorded drums can require plenty of work to make them fit the track.

I’m looking for extremely detailed and natural omnidirectional microphones for two-channel small ensemble recordings on location.

Audio files to accompany the article.

This month, producer and engineer Nicolas Vernhes welcomes us into his Brooklyn studio, Rare Book Room.

Audio files to accompany the article.

Bandlab encourages collaborative music-making between people in different locations by providing tools for recording ideas, plus a social network within which ideas can be shared.

Audio files to accompany the article.