Studio Stories

Drums, doors and damping... the Studio SOS Team get to grips with Teddy Pagano's London studio.

We take a distance-learning approach this month, to help US reader Jody Whitesides improve the sound of his home studio.

A dead live room, a live control room and faulty monitors... sounds like a job for the Studio SOS team!

SOS's crack studio squad tame unwanted reflections, track down strange noises coming from a Mac, and make some good-sounding drums sound even better!

50 years ago this month, the most celebrated electronic music studio in the world was established. We trace the history of the Radiophonic Workshop, talking to the composers and technical staff who helped to create its unique body of work.

Reader Stu Evans has a smart studio but a lacklustre drum sound. Can the team breathe life into it?

This month we tackle problems that were causing a bass-heavy mix and use coat-hangers to produce better vocal recordings!

Calderdale College in West Yorkshire gets the Studio SOS treatment, as we turn a concrete room into a working studio.