Studio Stories

Down at the bottom of the garden, among the birds and the bees, we went to Alex Hutchings’ studio, to eliminate some unpleasant frequencies.

When misfortune befell one of our contributors, we sent the SOS team to help him get his studio back up and running.

A home studio visit sees the SOS team tackle some stubborn synth and DAW gremlins.

The SOS team travel to London’s West End, to optimise a studio that helps homeless people record their music.

We talk guitar recording and more with Grammy-nominated engineer Michael Ilbert, based in Berlin's legendary Hansa Studios.

The SOS team travel to the big smoke to deal with some tricky acoustics in a media composer’s writing studio.

The SOS team travel to a Stourbridge community centre to solve some low-end problems and build some speaker stands.

In this video, mix engineer Cenzo Townshend gives us a tour of his new studio and shows us the techniques behind his mix of ‘Marks To Prove It’.

This month, we optimise speaker placement, tame some early reflections, and get our hands dirty with a problematic mix.

What do you get when you cross a recording musician with a photographer? A nice-looking studio that serves a dual purpose, thats what...

This month, we tame a reflective room, tweak vocal compressors and slay the Blue Screen Of Death.

The Studio SOS team pay a visit to the lucky winner of the spectacular £30,000 SOS Dream Studio giveaway we ran at this year's LIMS show, to help him get his unbelievable studio prize up and running.

Ever wanted to set up both a control room and live room in two tiny bedrooms? On a budget? With remote-control facilities? Actually, it can be done!

We show Tom Hennessey that as long as you have good ideas and a good ear, you can put together decent recordings and mixes on the smallest of budgets.

We lend some practical studio advice to a seasoned pro guitarist who is rather newer to the world of songwriting and home recording.

Even if you have the space and the gear, like reader Kevin Brown, you still need to know how to make the best of it. We paid a visit to help him optimise his new garage-conversion studio.

We turn a less-than-ideal square rented room into a workable recording and mixing space.

We turn a family homes garage into a usable recording studio, and take reader Danny Williams through a number of gear maintenance, recording and mixing tips.