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If music be the food of love, shouldn’t we eat better while we’re making it?
Here are some of our favourite function generators that will capably augment your patches, all weighing in at well under £200.
Recently I had to record a Japanese taiko drum ensemble, but I got a fair bit of distortion even though my recording levels never reached 0dBFS. Why was I getting this distortion/compression?
What causes microphone feedback and what are the best ways to deal with it?
The studio should be a place of calm, but it’s hard to relax when your financial security and self‑worth are constantly on the line.
What’s the best technique, or combination of methods, for refreshing the high end when pitching-down samples?
I have a 500‑series setup which includes some mic preamps that I’d like to wire up to a jack patchbay, is it possible to block phantom power?
Are you forever having to untangle your mic leads? Sandwich bags might just be the answer...
I want to run a stereo pair of mics down a single cable to minimise the visual clutter on a tall mic stand, is star-quad cable a viable solution?
When doing parallel compression, are there advantages to using the compressor fully wet on another channel, and feeding it with an aux send from the first track?
If you need more low end from your monitors, adding a sub can be very tempting — but is it the right option for you?
Paul White takes us through the history and evolution of guitar synths, from early attempts at creating onboard sounds and audio-to-MIDI pickups, through to using pedals and plug-ins to emulate synth effects.
Setting boundaries to protect our health is hard, but it will help us live longer and do better work.
While mixing, I usually monitor with the control room level pot on my analogue console set between about four and five (out of 10)...
As a mix engineer, it’s your job to give clients what they want — but what they say and what they mean aren’t always quite the same...
What benefits have the latest crop of CPUs brought for audio users — and what might the coming year have in store for us?
Feedback and feed‑forward compressors can sound very different. Which type is right for which job?
How often do you need to change the valve in a microphone? How do you know when it needs changing?
I’d like a clearer understanding of what a fully floating balanced output is and how I can take advantage of it....
These gadgets might not be the most glamorous devices, but at some point in your recording adventures you’ll probably find you need each and every one.