Recording

Gerry Griffin * Sun Travellers * Genie Cosmas * Jon Gomm * Turndown Elliot * Kyshera

I've read about summing to mono to check for phase issues with your mix, but how is this done and how does it work? If it...

I have a niggling problem that I need to address once and for all. A sound-design project with several hundred audio files in...

I have a fairly basic setup that I've so far been using for some simple audio work. However, I'd like to introduce some more...

Andrew Rose has built a successful business by restoring and releasing great lost recordings of the 20th Century. He explains how he brings back the original magic...

'Teenage Kicks' was the punk-pop gem that, with a little help from John Peel, kick-started the Undertones' career.

When two sounds happen very close together, we hear them as one. This surprising phenomenon is the basis of musical pitch — and there are lots of ways to exploit it in sound design.

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This month we listen to Big Big Train, We Happy Few, Gorman, Trace and John Gomm

I've made a recording of someone talking, but there's quite a lot of background noise. How can I extract the vocals, or at...

Making your own drum triggers for recording is easy and inexpensive.

I've just started putting my vinyl collection onto my hard drive for the purposes of backing up and preserving it. I'm...

'Take On Me' was a huge hit, but its birth was a difficult one, taking three years, three versions and a pioneering video to finally give A-ha their first chart success.

The most important pieces of hardware in any studio are the ones on the sides of your head. We look at the amazing journey your music makes on its way to the brain...

Ol' Hoopty * Andy Le Fevre * Outer Space Alliance * Lounge Fly * The No-ones * Trace

Steve Brown had never produced a record or recorded live drums before he met singer-songwriter Rumer. Half a million album sales later, her faith in the partnership has paid off.

'Do you have the time to listen to me whine?' asked Green Day in the opening lines of their song 'Basket Case'. For 16 million people, the answer was apparently 'yes'...

Zooropa * Fractal * James Parker * The Ridings * Mundane Sands * Give Chase * Anton Evans * Coral Caves * Lads O' The Fair * Floodplains