Recording

Recording a rock band playing 'live' in the studio presents a unique set of challenges, but it is still possible to achieve a good result.

CD Of The Month - 300ft Gorilla

Gorilla Tactics

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

I'm just about to get started on quite a big project in my new home studio. I'm a bit concerned about the acoustics of the...

To avoid newsstand buyers of the magazine from having to key in long URLs by hand, here are the links to the various MP3 files that accompany the JULY 2007 instalment of Mix Rescue.

If you'd like to breathe some life into your acoustic drum recordings, here's what you need to know.

Tricky's highly unorthodox approach to recording and making music led to the creation of one of the most unique and critically lauded records of the '90s.

This month, we invited guest mix-rescuer Luke Fletcher to create an authentic '60s feel.

To avoid newsstand buyers of the magazine from having to key in long URLs by hand, here are the links to the various MP3 files that accompany the JUNE 2007 instalment of Mix Rescue.

The editorial team assess another clutch of recordings from more willing masochists.

I have a small home setup based around a Yamaha AW4416 multitracker and a Focusrite Penta compressor. Usually, I just...

I realise that it's almost impossible to name a specific model for the job, but could you tell me what type of microphone I...

1973's 'The Most Beautiful Girl In The World' was one of the defining moments of the Nashville sound, and was the product of a finely-honed studio recording process.

How much treble is too much? As this month's Mix Rescue discovers, it's easy to overdo things at the recording stage, but not quite so easy to correct them at the mix.

These audio files demonstrate some of the mix processing used to create the Wild Hope remix.

Another round-up of your compositions...

I have just started playing mandolin in a live band, and we're currently touring the UK. However, although my mandolin is...

Bass is the linchpin for so much of today's music, anchoring the other sounds and providing a foundation for the mix as a whole. But at the same time, it can seem maddeningly difficult to pin down and control. Help is at hand...

Phil Spector was one of the first producers to realise that a recording studio could be an instrument in itself - and the sound he created over 40 years ago has influenced popular music ever since.

Another group of masochists offer their self-recordings up for scrutiny by the SOS editorial team. Read it and weep?

Why were all the monitors pictured in your Tori Amos article, upside down? Am I missing something?