Recording

Armed with a subversive view of society and a command of catchy synth-pop, Devo burst into the charts in 1980 with weird classic 'Whip It'. Producer Robert Margouleff talks de-evolution...

TECHNIQUE

Big Sounds From Small Amps

The philosophy that 'bigger is better'...

Here are the URL links to the audio examples that accompany and enhance the July 2008 Guitar Technology article on getting BIG sounds from small amps.

I've been looking for a vocal mic for a particularly 'old-time' sounding project — something to give some classy...

I've got a problem with one of the gain knobs and both of the bass knobs on my Rane TTM56 DJ mixer. They've been used quite...

The crack team of Paul White and Hugh Robjohns have travelled the world solving readers' problems. Here, they down the Hob...

Could you explain the techniques for recording vocal duets? I'd like to know, for example, whether the two singers are...

If you've ever spent hours mixing only to be confronted with a wall of mud, you might need to think harder about how to use reverb and delay in your mixes — and some simple tricks can yield dramatic results.

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Links to audio files that accompany the JULY 2008 front cover article on Reverb.

The partnership between Blondie and producer Mike Chapman created a perfect pop record - and catapulted the group from the underground to mainstream chart success.

For newsstand readers without subscriber access, here is a list of the Audio file links that accompany the essential Sound On Sound guide to recording kick and snare drums.

We pass on the hard-won wisdom of 50 top producers in the essential Sound On Sound guide to recording kick and snare drums, the backbone of modern music.

From their roots as a drum & bass act, Pendulum have transformed themselves into a dance-rock powerhouse.

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Is 24-bit recording any better than 16-bit recording in a home studio, given that the only qualitative difference is (...

I've recently upgraded to an Intel iMac with Logic Express 7, and have been experiencing a few problems while transferring...

I'm going to be recording a string section. I'll be recording the section using both close-miking and a Decca tree in order...

The crack team of Paul White and Hugh Robjohns have travelled the world solving readers' problems. Here, they down the Hob...

I have a vast amount of mic cable and a load of three-pin Neutrik NC3FX female connectors ready for soldering (there is no...

Recording opera requires a completely different approach, environment and technique to pop or rock music — a fact that has seldom been better demonstrated than in Pavarotti's 1972 recording of 'Nessun Dorma'.