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When producer Sam Williams discovered Supergrass, he knew he had to capture the band's infectious energy on tape.
Recording a library of acoustic guitar samples highlighted the importance of repeatability, blind testing, small lasers and double‑sided sticky tape.
The Sontronics range of phantom‑powered ribbon mics have just been given a major overhaul. We put them to work in a real-world recording session.
Searching for a crossover hit, the team behind classical tenor Andrea Bocelli turned to one of the all-time great rock producers.
Led Zeppelin's 'Kashmir' became a band-defining track, but it started life in an Airstream trailer known as the Ronnie Lane Mobile Studio.
After a record label bidding war the success of the Cranberries' first single was vital. Fans of the Smiths, they called in producer Stephen Street...
On October 23rd, the inaugural Library Music Awards cast a spotlight on the underrated world of Production Music....
The highlight of Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody is a meticulous recreation of their most famous live show — using a fresh mix of the original audio recordings.
I mostly record vocals and acoustic guitars, but sometimes harmony vocals with groups of two or three singers. However, as my skills improve I’d like to try small folk line-ups too...
Can you emulate a classic valve microphone using solid-state circuitry? Slovakian mic makers Flea certainly think so!
A move to the country led the National to rethink their recording process and embrace studio experimentation as never before.
The Apollo Twin is a two-in, six-out desktop recording interface for Mac computers with Thunderbolt connectivity, that combines the same 24-bit, 192kHz audio conversion of its predecessors with UAD Solo or Duo processing. It allows a plethora of high-quality UAD plug-ins to be run in recording and monitoring paths at low latencies (in the region of 2ms).
To help you brush up on your listening skills, we examine the production of some recent hits from Dean Lewis, Jonas Brothers, Childish Gambino and a classic mix from Tom Jones.
Much vaunted as a fusion of indie and dance music, Happy Mondays' joyous version of 'Step On' is greater than the sum of its parts.
Possibly the oldest independent studio in the world, Vox was built in 1936, and its layout served as the template for the celebrated Gold Star Studios.
In this three-part series, we follow the painstaking production of a metal album, all the way from rehearsals to release.
Paul Wiffen reflects on the evolving role of the programmer and the lonely life of the modern studio musician.
Session guitarist Tim Renwick has contacted us to report the theft of his own guitars from his studio -- Fender Strats...