Recording

American‑born producer, engineer and mixer Dave Sardy has worked with household names including Bush, Johnny Cash, Oasis and The Who. A favourite sound from his impressive discography is the guitar drone on ‘(Get Off Your) High Horse Lady’ from Oasis’ 2008 album Dig Out Your Soul.

Five years in the making, Netflix’s smash hit animated movie tested its music production team to the limit.

Recording a band live in the room is always a challenge — especially when it’s led by a jazz legend who switches instruments without warning!

We conclude our primer on coincident arrays by exploring the theory and practice of Mid‑Sides miking.

Paul White and Hugh Robjohns address some of the most frequently-asked questions about home studio recording and production. 

Experienced American producer Bill Schnee picks the 1978 track 'Never Even Thought' from Colin Blunstone as the sound he's most proud of creating in the studio.

What I’m wrestling with here is whether the finished recording should be a document of what it was (via the stereo mic with the narrow stereo image), or the enhanced larger experience with the spaced mics.

When opting for a more minimal approach to drum miking, a compressed omni mic beneath the snare can pay dividends...

This third article of our stereo mini‑series explores how to manipulate the perspective obtained from coincident mic pairs.

These audio files accompany my article titled The Drum Squash Mic Trick, published in SOS September 2025, and demonstrate the potential benefits of adding a fifth ‘squash’ mic to a basic four-mic setup on acoustic drum kits.

Before plates and springs, the great studios of the ’50s and ’60s created magical ambiences through a mix of science and inspired guesswork.

Singer, composer, engineer, producer, mastering engineer and hurdy‑gurdy virtuoso, Anna Murphy is a woman of many talents.

Power co‑produced some of Robbie Williams’ biggest‑selling albums and, asked to select a favourite sound, Power recalls how he got the layered drum sound on Williams’ 1998 single ‘No Regrets’.

Swedish hard rock band Ghost have topped charts worldwide — with an album that was mixed twice!

We look at what you need to know to program and play to a Click track.

In the first part of a new short series about stereo recording techniques, we start by exploring the most important tools of all: your brain and your ears!

Paul White explores the creative potential of using 'found' sounds, demonstrating how items found within your surroundings can be sampled, manipulated and transformed.

Grammy‑nominated producer and musician Hunter Lea currently produces and engineers out of Uptone Recorders in Tacoma, whose vintage equipment was used to produce his nominated favourite sound: the swelling oceanic tones on the 2024 track ‘Real Shoring’.

Having proved his worth on Tate McRae’s second album, producer and songwriter Grant Boutin played a pivotal role in the third.

Would there be a noticeable difference in recording directly and committing (printing) to a Unison plug‑in, versus recording the vocal dry and afterwards adding the preamp plug‑in as an insert?

When I record guitar in my little ‘studio’ at home, it always sounds kinda noisy. What’s the best way to tackle noise?