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While Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne’s writing partnership was certainly successful, it was the partnership between Jeff Lynne and engineer Richard Dodd that gave the records their distinctive sparkle.
In search of reality, Leonard Cohen convinced his producer Patrick Leonard to abandon his hang-ups about using sampled instruments.
The film of Led Zeppelin’s reunion concert was five years in the making — yet Alan Moulder had only three weeks to mix the entire soundtrack!
Our engineer explains how to go about getting decent results from a live-band tracking session when pressed for time.
Truly an international effort, Lukas Graham’s breakthrough hit ‘7 Years’ was masterminded by a Danish film-sound designer and a Californian mix engineer.
We’re used to hearing rock albums reworked by electronic producers — but Alanis Morissette chose to do things the other way around...
Part six-string, part speaker cabinet, resonator guitars are like no other instruments. Here’s how to capture their distinctive sound.
In 1956, Frank Sinatra revived his flagging career with an album that would define the swing sound and go on to become one of the most highly regarded in history. John Palladino, now in his 92nd year, was at the controls...
Engineer Phil Hampson didn’t even like punk rock — yet, with an inexperienced Martin Hannett, he recorded one of the defining records of the era.
Tomorrow's pioneering paean to the joys of communal public transport has proved to be a classic of the British psychedelic underground.
This month Mike listens hard to Ellie Goulding, Pink, Sam And The Womp, Katy Perry and the all time classic 'Hotel California' by the Eagles.
Reggae fan Daniel Boyle painstakingly researched the equipment Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry used in his groundbreaking Black Ark studio — then made an album with the dub legend himself.
Nine years after its original launch, Eiosis have rebooted their Air EQ plug-in with some unique new features.
Neil Young has made his share of experimental albums, but his latest might be the most extreme, thanks to Daniel Lanois' revolutionary approach to live dub mixing.
The Lead A1 aims to condense the most playable elements of the Nord keyboard range into a single instrument.
David Kosten is one of the UK’s most sonically adventurous producers, but insists that the song is king — no matter how twisted the recording.
Moog modulars have always been unattainable objects of desire for most of us. But all that’s about to change...