Recording

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District Myths * The Shed * The Destructors * Mick Nolan * Three Cane Whale * Henderson/Oken * Pepe Deluxé * Cyrion

The single ‘Downtown’ gave Petula Clark a worldwide hit and rejuvenated her career. Presiding over the session was engineer Ray Prickett, who tells us how it happened...

Lapplander * Syd Arthur * Audnoyz * Lelio Padovani * Pocket Satellite * Xavier & Ophelia

Is there any difference between the quality of S/PDIF connections on low-end and high-end soundcards, or am I right in...

Can you explain a few things about creating MP3s? I'm currently converting WAVs to 24-bit, 44.1kHz and then converting them to...

I thought I had the whole M/S thing down until I listened to a commercial record and realised their stereo image was wider...

I've heard a lot about high-pass filtering tracks to reduce clutter at mixdown, but not as much about low-pass filtering in...

I'm looking to set up another computer alongside my main computer to slave all my CPU-draining VST instruments and effects. I'...

The Buggles' JG Ballard-inspired 'Video Killed The Radio Star' hit the number one spot in no fewer than 16 different countries, and confirmed Trevor Horn in his career as a producer in the process.

The Unknown Stuntman * Steve Nicholls * Permanent Déjà Vu * Stus Rollins

I recently spent €4000 on professionally designed and installed acoustic design and treatment. I then spent a further €4000 on...

This month I'm planning a week's worth of recording for a commercial release of my own viola-led instrumental music, and I'd...

I'd like to know what the advantages and disadvantages are of using stand-alone word clock units, like Apogee, Lynx, Antelope...

I'm currently involved in composing music tracks for a self-help medical audio program and I would like to be able to create...

I have recently invested in the range of UAD2 plug-ins, but am afraid I am not sure how to read the VU meters correctly. I am...

The haunting dub of ‘Ghost Town’ perfectly captured the mood of its time, and spent three weeks at the top of the British charts during the turbulent summer of 1981.

The Weir * Lucy Wise & The B'Gollies * Book Of Birds * Me And The Mountain Elf * Flintology * Elysium Theory * Matti Roots * Bob McCarroll

I'm looking for any VST freeware that can really do for amp distortion what convolution reverbs can do for sound reflection...

I'm in the long process of trying to write enough material to put a cohesive, album-length bunch of stuff together. I have a ...

A mate is moving abroad and selling lots of his studio, which is good for me as I'm about to buy his pair of Avantone Mixcubes...