Techniques: Recording

Our engineer has the rare chance to compare an overdubbing approach with a band-in-the-room recording — and the winner is clear!

The audio files available on this page accompany my Session Notes article in SOS May 2019 about recording a rock band...

When you record multiple sources in one room, bleed is inevitable. And, used creatively, bleed can make good recordings even better...

Our engineer records a rock trio while trying also to offer sufficient options to create a drum sample library!

Listing of all SOS April 2019 articles with accompanying media files.

Our engineer records a rock trio while trying also to offer sufficient options to create a drum sample library!

Listing of all SOS March 2019 articles with accompanying media files.

After a record label bidding war the success of the Cranberries' first single was vital. Fans of the Smiths, they called in producer Stephen Street...

Find out how a professional VO artist kept his business afloat during a 12‑day ocean cruise!

In Part 2 of our Video Feature, Josh Giunta from GSI Studios moves on to the recording and mixing processes, exploring the fine art of microphone positioning, dealing with phase, and mixing techniques.

Getting a big‑sounding drum recording in a small space is never easy — but it can be done...

Audio & Video Files to accompany this month's Session Notes article.

GSI Studios is an artist-run facility in Manhattan and one that takes piano recording very seriously. Watch our video and learn how Head Engineer Josh Giunta lifts the lid on his process for capturing the optimum piano sound...

To showcase the band to promoters and festival bookers, singer‑songwriter Greg McDonald wanted to film an 'as live' main‑stage performance by the full band line‑up...

Chris Watson’s fascination with location sound recording has taken him to some of the most remote places on Earth, where climatic extremes and uncooperative wildlife push his equipment and skills to their limits.

Cypress Hill’s crossover classic launched the group into the mainstream — and without sampling a single horse...

You can do so much more with noise gates and expanders than nix unwanted noise...

Recording an acoustic guitar duo in two separate rooms means great separation, but a lot of work to make the different spaces sound alike!

K‑pop is a truly global music style, and BTS’s successful assault on the US charts was led by a British mix engineer.

When Grammy-winning engineer Vance Powell has to track an entire record in a day, you can rest assured he has some tricks up his sleeve…