
Studio SOS
We help television composer Dave Lowe transform a cavernous-sounding spare bedroom into a usable home studio.
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We help television composer Dave Lowe transform a cavernous-sounding spare bedroom into a usable home studio.
The SOS rescue team set off for Bristol to help out readers Alistair Vickery and Jon Midwinter, who wanted help with their mixes — not only getting the bass sounding right, but also stopping it getting out of the house and annoying the neighbours!
We help SOS reader Ian Anderson achieve his favourite drum sound.
This month, Studio SOS takes on a unique challenge: modifying a motorhome for use as a mobile recording studio!
This month we play the role of studio design consultants... and leave the heavy work to the studio owners!
Follow one SOS reader on his quest to transform a box room into a studio worthy of the name!
The SOS team travel to London’s West End, to optimise a studio that helps homeless people record their music.
The Studio SOS team put their DIY skills to the test, constructing a new studio desk and optimising a home studio’s acoustics.
With over 50 Studio SOS visits under our belt, we thought it was time to discuss some of the most common studio problems we've tackled.
This month the team travel to Wales to mix vocals, acoustic guitars, and a troublesome hurdy-gurdy for a studio based in a mobile home!
Chris Brockis had been having trouble mixing in his attic home studio, so he enlisted the help of the trusty SOS team.
Like a bird on the wing, we travel over the sea to Skye to help last year’s SOS Awards prize winner set up his brand-new studio!
This month, we travel all the way to Amsterdam to help last year's SOS Awards prize winner set up his brand-new, £14,000$20,000 studio!
Do you have studio issues that we might be able to help with and that could be realistically tackled in a day? Please get in touch...
Team SOS travel to Sheffield, to help one man in his quest to realise his lofty studio ambitions.
We visit a reader's studio in a converted garage to improve the acoustics, and to advise on mic selection and recording techniques for electric and acoustic guitar.
As well as tackling monitoring issues, this month’s Studio SOS visit sees the team making extensive modifications to a leaky vocal booth.
With a little cunning and resourcefulness, you can improve the sound of nearly any studio — even when it’s on the other side of the world!
In a departure from the usual home-studio make-overs, this month we answer an SOS call from the historic Radio Caroline!
The SOS team visit a London studio in a building directly under a busy road — and with another studio in the room next door!