SOUND ON SOUND
Neil Rogers, or 'Bugs' to many, has over 20 years of experience performing and engineering in recording studios. He owns and runs Half-ton Studios in Cambridge and has produced recordings for Captain, Steven James Adams, The Travis Waltons, Freeze the Atlantic (ex Reuben and Hundred Reasons), The Broken Family Band and The British Public, to name but a few.
A Big String Sound On A Budget: this month, one of our engineers sets out to fake a big, lush, recorded string sound with only a handful of musicians.
Vic Keary's latest design is a compressor that's also a mic preamp and an EQ — but not, apparently, a channel strip!
American company Retro Instruments offer this true variable-mu valve compressor in 500-series format.
Our engineer figures out how to apply just the right amount of polish to an indie-rock track with a DIY aesthetic.
Audio files to accompany the article.
Our recording engineer tackles the challenge of recording a singing guitarist, and weighs up the merits of several mic techniques.
Our recording engineer tackles the challenge of recording a singing guitarist, and weighs up the merits of several mic techniques.
How do you make a mix gel when some of the tracks arrive already drenched in effects? That's just one of the challenges our mix engineer takes on this month.
Audio files to accompany the article.
Audio files to accompany the article.