SOUND ON SOUND
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.
If you need more low end from your monitors, adding a sub can be very tempting — but is it the right option for you?
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?
Setting boundaries to protect our health is hard, but it will help us live longer and do better work.
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?
What benefits have the latest crop of CPUs brought for audio users — and what might the coming year have in store for us?
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...
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....
Feedback and feed‑forward compressors can sound very different. Which type is right for which job?
Just how do professional engineers tackle the earliest stages of their mixes, and can the rest of us learn anything from their approach?
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.
I’m planning to get a Cloudlifter to plug into an iRig Pre HD, which I connect to an iPhone for recording my acoustic songs with a Shure SM7B mic...
I enjoyed the review of Caveman’s AP1 acoustic pedal in the October issue [www.soundonsound.com/reviews/caveman-audio-...
Will I lose signal quality using a poor quality ADAT cable?
Is a Beta 87A hotter than an SM58? I know there’s a difference in response curve, but how many dB hotter is it?
We’re often advised to check mixes on a car stereo. But how useful is the fabled ‘car test’ in reality?
Learn to stop worrying and love your mixes with our 10‑point checklist!
I’ve played with ‘out of phase’ parallel compression (where the compressed signal path is polarity inverted) — but, honestly, I didn’t really understand what I was doing...