Recording

I'd like to know what the advantages and disadvantages are of using stand-alone word clock units, like Apogee, Lynx, Antelope...

I'm currently involved in composing music tracks for a self-help medical audio program and I would like to be able to create...

I have recently invested in the range of UAD2 plug-ins, but am afraid I am not sure how to read the VU meters correctly. I am...

The haunting dub of ‘Ghost Town’ perfectly captured the mood of its time, and spent three weeks at the top of the British charts during the turbulent summer of 1981.

The Weir * Lucy Wise & The B'Gollies * Book Of Birds * Me And The Mountain Elf * Flintology * Elysium Theory * Matti Roots * Bob McCarroll

I'm looking for any VST freeware that can really do for amp distortion what convolution reverbs can do for sound reflection...

I'm in the long process of trying to write enough material to put a cohesive, album-length bunch of stuff together. I have a ...

A mate is moving abroad and selling lots of his studio, which is good for me as I'm about to buy his pair of Avantone Mixcubes...

Elton John’s Goodbye Yellow Brick Road has proved to be one of his most popular and enduring works. The man at the controls, David Hentschel, tells us how it came to be.

Verse Metrics * Hot Red Dress * The Chris Finnen Band * The Tennis Players

I have a nylon‑strung Ibanez guitar, which I think I paid $200 for. The electronics in the guitar are not cutting the mustard...

I'm trying to work out how much power a PA system I work with draws, and I also need to come up with a sensible 'plug‑it‑all‑...

Currently, I have a MIDI keyboard, a Mackie Spike audio interface, an Apogee Duet interface, a UA Solo 610 preamp and a ...

With regard to stereo image width, is there typically a 'cap' you would place on tracks to maintain a good mono sound? Perhaps...

I have obtained a 1980s Marshall 1931 cabinet with a Fane speaker, which is rated at 75 Watts, open back. Can I put in a ...

But for the timely intervention of Mick Ronson, John Cougar’s celebrated portrait of small-town American life might never have existed at all, let alone topped the Billboard Hot 100.

We all know music is getting louder. But is it less dynamic? Our ground-breaking research proves beyond any doubt that the answer is no — and that popular beliefs about the 'loudness war' need a radical rethink.

Phat Flavour Crew * Res-Q * Darren Lock * Amphibic

Having been a bass player for years, I've recently come into possession of an acoustic double bass. I seem to be getting a ...

This might be a very big topic, but I'm hoping that you can help to clear up some confusion. Side‑chaining seems to be...

Excuse the simplicity of the question, but I'm always coming across these terms in the magazine, and I don't know what they ...