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"I have resisted the explosion in modular, monosynths, polysynths and gizmos... because of the lack of focus they inflict."
“I’ve loved standalone sequenced synths and grooveboxes since coming late to the Roland MC202 and Korg’s Electribes. But the computer always seemed the way forward...”
“Nothing, to my mind, represents the harmonious marriage between the creative and the technical quite like a patchbay.”
Over the last few years, while so many musicians are bemoaning the death of their own CD sales and the singular lack of income...
I love music. Of course I love music. Why else would I make it and record it and listen to it and write about it? But I also love silence...
I’ll never tire of scanning through a press release to see if a new product could slot into my studio workflow.
Using professional mixes to help guide your own decisions can provide very interesting results!
There is good reason why so many creative types opt to shut themselves away in out‑of‑town studios or workspaces. It has everything to do with the way that individual creativity works, and removing distraction...
Whether you’re playing music or just stroking your chin about it, do yourself a favour and check out the Nashville Number System. If you’re anything like the author, you’ll wonder what took you so long!
The adoption of the DAW as the central creative instrument in pop music represents a new era of using the studio musically and expressively.
Back in the pre‑computer days, manufacturers saw the need for straightforward and affordable mixers to handle the stack of electronics and bring it all down to a simple stereo pair, or even just a mono output.
Since a work trip to the Seychelles, I’ve created a sonic album of every trip I’ve been on and it’s glorious; I can’t believe I didn’t think to do it earlier.
Our ears are so used to hearing music made in recording studios that it can sound quite different to hear something that was recorded with an ambience...
The Nagra VI is a visually stunning, operationally simple, and a technologically versatile 8‑track digital audio recorder, derived from a long genealogy of superb‑sounding and beautifully engineered machines...
One of my favourite musical sounds ever is the unscripted, unplanned, impossible‑to‑replicate sound of an orchestra setting up for a session.
There’s a running gag in modular circles about how someone has just completed their system. But in a few days, maybe a week, other modules will start popping up out of drawers and things will change.
Multitrack recording at home, a decade before the Portastudio...
Not long ago, I learned a sobering lesson about pet hates and how they can trip you up. I initially dismissed the 1010music...
If regular open mic nights aren’t quite right for the emerging army of knob‑twiddlers, loopers and beatmakers, where do we go to perform?
When a studio also has helpful staff, talented engineers and clued-up assistants, the whole experience is a joy.