Recording

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.

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.

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

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!

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?

Led by vocalist, guitarist and keyboardist Jürgen Engler, Die Krupps’ blending of electronica with heavy guitars went on to influence numerous other bands, including Depeche Mode and Rammstein.

Metalcore presents unique production challenges — and few are better placed to meet them than genre veteran Jordan Fish.

Pascal Gabriel, aka Stubbleman, joins Kevin Paul for his latest MixBus Interview and gives an insight into his working methods, favourite studio equipment and shares some valuable advice to artists and producers.

David Mellor continues his exploration of microphone polar patterns by discussing techniques for capturing stereo recordings.

Stefan Boman is the house mix engineer at Atlantis Studios in Stockholm, Sweden. Asked to choose a favourite sound from a session he’s worked on, he nominates ‘No Song Unheard’ by the Hellacopters.

FKA Twigs has worked with many big‑name producers, but it was experimental electronic artist Koreless who guided the making of her new hit album Eusexua.

The new album by Noah Lennox, aka Panda Bear, features familiar collaborators pulling in a very different musical direction.

I have to record some whispering. The room is not great so I will put the whisperer close to the mic, are there any risks with recording a vocalist very close to a mic?