Recording

We explore the innovative hardware and software that is helping disabled musicians take their work to the stage.

Last month, we recounted our experiences of tracking a jazz big band on location. Now we explain what it takes to turn the raw multitracks into a nicely polished production.

Great backing vocals can be essential if you want to turn a promising track into a superb one — so find out how to get them right every time.

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Pioneering work in assistive technology is transforming the lives of people who are unable to play conventional musical instruments.

In 1956, Frank Sinatra revived his flagging career with an album that would define the swing sound and go on to become one of the most highly regarded in history. John Palladino, now in his 92nd year, was at the controls...

This month's artitsts: Gish, Michael Egan, Rough Citizen, Give Her The Gun, Crumbs For Comfort, Laetoli Steps, Zeni Danussi and Mike King.

SOS contributor Mike Senior offers some advice.

This month, we record a jazz big band on location, tracing the project from the planning stages through to delivering edited multitracks to the mix engineer.

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For many, (What’s The Story) Morning Glory? is Oasis’s masterpiece. Producer and engineer Owen Morris tells us the story of its creation.

This month we review: Lois, LTS, Three Little Words, The Paul Hegley Band, Sea Stacks and Jabi Shriki

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...

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When you’re recording away from the studio and under time constraints, you need to get the big decisions right — and not become bogged down in detail.

Milk-Plus, Animation, The Badje, Caution Horses, Damien Calcagne, Jack Jeffery, Black Storm, Matteo Bosi.

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...

In this new column, engineers share their experiences of real-world recording sessions, explaining the decisions they made, and what went right and wrong along the way. First up, we record an indie-rock band on location...

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Although the shock value of its lyrics and ensuing censorship earned it notoriety, ‘Closer’ perfectly exemplifies Trent Reznor’s radical use of sampling and singularly focused musical vision.

Imagine mixing the world’s biggest bands in front of an audience of millions — with no soundcheck. It’s all in a day’s work for BBC in-house engineers.