SOUND ON SOUND
Hugh Robjohns has been Sound On Sound's Technical Editor since 1997. Prior to that he worked in a variety of (mostly) sound-related roles in BBC Television, ending up as a Sound Operations Lecturer at the BBC's technical training centre.
He continues to provide audio consultancy and bespoke broadcast audio training services all over the world, lectures at professional and public conventions, and occasionally records and masters acoustic and classical music too!
Sit/stand desks are becoming the norm in many work environments, and with these motorised speaker stands, your monitors needn’t be left behind!
I noticed in your review of the Lewitt LCT 1040 microphone that it has a switchable 120Hz 6dB/octave high‑pass filter, for countering the proximity effect. If my mic doesn’t have this feature, can I just set up the same thing in my DAW channel EQ?
With its innovative modular approach to sound engines, this powerful stage keyboard should suit the needs of most performers!
Officially approved by Revox, the company’s entire tape recorder portfolio is described through this book's 34 short chapters.
Shure offer a very neat lateral‑thinking solution to mounting stereo microphone arrays quickly and accurately.
I have a Tram TR50 lavalier mic with a very low output level. I was thinking about getting an inline gain booster for it, but someone told me that this kind of device was not appropriate for lav mics...
There are many high‑end converters that boast excellent specifications — but this one sounds good too!
The waveform of an audio file looks bizarre when I load it in Adobe Audition, with a curious displacement of the audio...
This versatile input channel gives you the classic sound of tubes, transformers and inductors.
I keep reading about the use of ‘negative feedback’ to reduce distortion in audio gear. How does this work and how effective is it?