Recording

I’m seeking some guidance on why I’m unable to record from my guitar amp straight to my audio interface.

My band tracked some songs at a local studio using their Pro Tools rig and I want to mix the tracks at home in Reaper.

How do you write music for a TV show you haven’t seen yet? It helps if you can draw on years of experience composing for video games...

Down in Hot Chip’s bunker-like basement studio HQ in Hoxton, the five members of the London band are coaxing strange sounds from an array of analogue synths.

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Recording 28 songs in five days is no mean feat. So what sort of results can you get, and what compromises are involved?

I’ve recently become interested in manipulating phase while mixing recorded drums to see what that would do.

I have a friend who has a problem. He uses two different amps on stage, one a Marshall and the other a Hughes & Kettner, with a 2x12 and 4x12 cab, respectively. Is there any way he can just use one cab for both amps?

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Spacebomb Studios’ old-school production values and teamwork have made Richmond, Virginia one of the hottest recording locations in the USA.

It’s probably cheaper than you think, provided you spend your money wisely. We offer some sage advice...

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Working with super–producer Jacquire King was a dream come true for James Bay. In a unique interview, King explains how he oversaw the recording of Bay’s hit debut album.

Reggae fan Daniel Boyle painstakingly researched the equipment Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry used in his groundbreaking Black Ark studio — then made an album with the dub legend himself.

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I’m using the MeldaProduction Mixing Bundle plug-ins and I noticed that certain instrument patches sound very appealing and wide, but when I check them on Melda’s MStereoScope they appear fairly heavily out of phase. Should I worry about this?

I have some of my condenser mics running into more than one preamp, via a passive mic splitter, with only one of the preamps applying phantom power. Is this the way it should be?

For tracking a band in the same room, what are the pros and cons of using a Perspex drum screen?

Is it wise (or even safe!) to power up certain hardware — in this case a Nord Rack 2X — directly from the mains rather than its own on/off switch?

I’ve seen some advice on building quadratic diffusors based on an old BBC paper. What I’m not clear on is when it’s a better option to use such a diffusor than to use absorption.