Recording

Legendary engineer Phill Brown has worked with the biggest names in music, from Led Zeppelin and David Bowie to Cat Stevens and the Rolling Stones. Asked to choose a favourite sound from his vast catalogue, he nominates the drum sound on ‘After The Flood’, from Talk Talk’s 1991 album Laughing Stock.

Yungblud capped a triumphant 2025 with a hit collaboration with Aerosmith. Long‑term producer Matt Schwartz was behind the desk.

Asked to nominate a favourite sound from his vast back catalogue, Jeff zeroes in on the drum recording for Shania Twain’s 1997 hit ‘Man! I Feel Like A Woman’.

Guitarist Steve Rothery is the longest‑serving member of prog‑rockers Marillion, and here he details how he got his favourite guitar sound on Marillion’s ‘The Great Escape’.

To perfect Olivia Dean’s intimate, personal sound world, the artist and producer/songwriter Zach Nahome decided to step outside the studio.

Famed recording engineer and record producer Kyle Lehning started his recording career at the age of 18 in Nashville. His career trajectory saw him go on to work with a virtual Who’s Who of the American country music scene...

For their first major‑label release, Wolf Alice hired super‑producer Greg Kurstin to channel their inspiration.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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!