Recording

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 Wanna Dance With Somebody' was a huge global hit, but it also represented a tour de force in coaxing the perfect vocal from a singer, as explained by producer Narada Michael Walden.

Krojc * Toy Tin Soldier * Mike Henderson * Annie Dressner * Marvin B Naylor * Crazee Baldhead * Big Chief

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...

Soft Cell's cover of 'Tainted Love' not only catapulted the duo to stardom in the UK, but also went on to spend a record-breaking 43 weeks on the American Billboard Hot 100 chart.

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The Hillmen * Little Black Holes * Primary Slave * Mine * Charlie Birnie * The Tempus * Pearl Handled Revolver

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,...

The story of Don McLean's 'American Pie' goes from cryptic beginnings to massive chart success, and an eventual position as a perennial US radio favourite.

Breton * Ove Engen * RJ Thompson * Burning Wire

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),...

This quirky instrument's versatility is making it popular — but how do you best record it?

Recording Sinéad O’Connor’s breakthrough hit was easy in some ways, but difficult in others — for example, all compression was forbidden...

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,...

Of all the factors that go into a great recorded guitar sound, the loudspeaker is the least well understood — but the right speaker can make all the difference.