Recording

It can be difficult reading about compression without hearing what it does. Here are a number of audio files to accompany this article, with a detailed explanation of what they demonstrate.

Getting precisely the results you want from compressors can often be the key to a tight, modern-sounding mix. We explain what the controls are designed to achieve and how they relate to what you hear.

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When mixing drums, is it standard practice to try and tighten things up by getting rid of bleed on all but the overheads? I'm...

Just wondering if you could give me some advice on recording acoustic guitars. I'm finding it very difficult to get a clean...

In 1975, Aerosmith stormed into the mainstream with their Toys In The Attic album, and in doing so set the tone for a decade of West Coast heavy metal.

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I currently have an Emu 1820M audio interface and a Line 6 Pod XT Pro modelling guitar preamp, and am about to get a PreSonus...

Thunderous reverbs, haunting vocals and Mellotron galore: we tell the story of recording the Moody Blues symphonic rock masterpiece, Nights In White Satin.

If your music deserves the best musicians, the Internet provides the means to find them. We test the three leading on-line session services.

If your music deserves the best musicians, the Internet provides the means to find them. We test the three leading on-line session services.

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I always hear people talking about low‑pass filters and high‑pass filters and cutting at this and that frequency, but where do...

I'm doing an assignment that involves a section on crossovers. I get the general idea of what they do but don't know how they...

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Engineer Roy Cicala worked on all of John Lennon's albums from Imagine onwards, and in Whatever Gets You Thru The Night, recorded this solo number one hit single.

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I am about to do a recording at a farm in the North York Moors. It will be done 'live', using two acoustic guitars and two...

I'm quite new to vocal recording, and am using either a Neumann TLM103 or AKG C414, depending on the material being recorded....

On his second solo album, Van Morrison took the production reins for the first time. Manning the desk was engineer Shelly Yakus, who tells the story of recording Moondance.

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