SOUND ON SOUND
Paul White initially trained in electronics at The Royal Radar Establishment in Malvern then went on to work with Malvern Instruments, a company specialising in laser analysis equipment, before moving into technical writing.
He joined the Sound On Sound team in 1991 where he became Editor In Chief, a position he held for many years before becoming Executive Editor in 2020. Paul has written over 20 recording and music technology textbooks, the latest being The Producer’s Manual.
Having established his own multitrack home studio in the 1980s, he’s worked with many notable names including Bert Jansch and Gordon Giltrap. He’s played in various bands over the years and currently collaborates with Malvern musician Mark Soden, under the name of Cydonia Collective. Paul still performs live claiming that as he has suffered for his music he doesn’t see why everyone else shouldn’t too!
Now that studio equipment is getting cheaper and smaller, Paul White argues it makes sense to spend some of the money saved on making our studios nicer...
I need some way to play a stereo backing track when playing live with my band. I don't want to use a CD player, as they skip, but I'm wondering what other options are there?
Eight channels of high-spec mic preamplification, A-D/D-A conversion, and ADAT lightpipe I/O, all at a remarkable price. Is it too good to be true?
The story of a multi-miked location recording session, from pre-concert setup to the post-recording software-controlled mixdown.
This impressive mic from SE Electronics uses two valves instead of the usual one. But does it actually make any sonic difference?
This dual-channel compressor combines valve circuitry with an opto-compressor design. But does it deliver the best or the worst of both worlds?
If I record the DI'd signal from a guitar so I can put it through a guitar amp later, what are the concerns, if any? Will the line-level signal coming out of my mixer be too high or otherwise inappropriate for the amp?
This month, the SOS team help The Arcades to rock even harder than before!
With the move to version 4, BIAS's aptly-named Peak editing package leaves Mac OS9 behind, but offers a wealth of new features: built-in CD burning, a new user interface, Audio Units support, and processing tools including a real-time convolving reverb.
The big news for Logic users is not the new features in Logic Pro and Express, but the new (and extremely competitive) pricing. So which of the two is the bundle for you?