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    Studio SOS: The Hatch Studio

    Your Studio Problems Solved

    This month we play the role of studio design consultants... and leave the heavy work to the studio owners!

    Techniques Oct 2007
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    Studio SOS: Jamie

    Your Studio Problems Solved

    In this episode, the SOS crew sort out monitoring problems and offer some practical mastering tips to another reader.

    Techniques Sep 2007
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    Studio SOS: Lews Castle College

    Workshop

    This month we journey to the Outer Hebrides, where a college teaching Gaelic music has more than a few wires crossed...

    Techniques Aug 2007
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    Studio SOS: Ingestre Hall Residential Arts Centre

    Acoustics & Ergonomics Workshop

    The SOS crew go hob-nobbing at a stately home this month, and get to grips with the acoustics of a large and lively room.

    Techniques Jul 2007
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    Studio SOS: Amplifying & Recording A Tea-Chest Bass

    Chris Walker

    The SOS crew visit reader Chris Walker's home studio and help solve amplification problems for his tea-chest bass.

    Techniques Jun 2007
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    Studio SOS: John Farrell

    Optimising A Student's Bedroom Studio

    The team take a trip up north to a multi-student household in Leeds, West Yorkshire.

    Techniques May 2007
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    Studio SOS: Duncan Drury

    Optimising Your Studio Space

    This month, the SOS team visit a student's home studio to help him overcome a few teething troubles with layout and acoustics...

    Techniques Apr 2007
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    Studio SOS: Darren Williams

    A Drum Recording Room

    The SOS crew help drummer Darren Williams sort out a better space in which to record drums and operate as a remote session drummer.

    Techniques Mar 2007
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    Studio SOS: David Crane

    Bedroom Studio Makeover

    Would you let two strange men drill holes in your house? USA-based SOS reader David Crane took the risk enough to let Paul and Hugh at his walls with a drill to solve his cabling issues...

    Techniques Feb 2007
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    Tori Amos

    Inside Her Martian Engineering Studio

    Over the last decade, some extraordinary music has emerged from Tori Amos's Martian Engineering studio. A new box set collects together the highlights, while the studio itself is soon to open to paying customers.

    People Feb 2007
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    Studio SOS: Ray Parkes

    Digital Detectives

    Sorting digital gremlins and rogue reflections is all in a day's work for the Studio SOS team...

    Techniques Jan 2007
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    Studio SOS: Ross Prior

    Your Studio Problems Solved

    Sweetening the mixing environment and sorting out the bass end is this month's task — but there's much more to do than adding a bit of rockwool!

    Techniques Dec 2006
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    Studio SOS: Midge Ure

    Updating Studio Acoustics

    This month, the SOS team help out with the acoustics at Ultravox and Band Aid star Midge Ure's personal studio.

    Techniques Nov 2006
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    Studio SOS: Recording Drums & Guitars

    Jon Marsh

    Recording drums and guitars is the task in this month's studio troubleshooting visit.

    Techniques Sep 2006
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    Studio SOS: Ergonomics

    Simon McEvoy

    This month's task for the SOS crew involves stripping down Simon McEvoy's entire studio to improve the acoustics and ergonomics.

    Techniques Aug 2006
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    Studio SOS: Portable Acoustic Treatment

    Hilgrove Kenrick

    The team create portable acoustic treatment for a TV/film music composer who has plans to move house.

    Techniques Jul 2006
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    Studio SOS: Mobile Home Studio

    Paul 'Spyder' Fitzpatrick

    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!

    Techniques Jun 2006
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    Studio SOS: The Lab

    Flying Duvet Remedies

    Flying duvets provide an emergency remedy for control-room acoustics in The Lab's two-storey industrial unit.

    Techniques May 2006
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    Studio SOS: Drum Recording

    Simon Kusnierek • Jon Kent • Nate Lewis • Dan Edney

    Drum recording problems face the Studio SOS team this month, as they sort out two Bristol-based studios at once.

    Techniques Apr 2006
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    Studio SOS: Building A DIY Vocal Booth

    Paul Joyner

    This time, the team convert a small empty room into a professional vocal booth within the space of a single afternoon!

    Techniques Mar 2006
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    Studio SOS: Troublesome Monitoring

    South

    The SOS team get busy at the London studio of a band called South, by transforming the sound of their troublesome monitoring room.

    Techniques Jan 2006

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