Theory / Technical

This fully illustrated, 80-page eBook demystifies the physical and psychoacoustic principles behind stereo audio capture, busting long‑standing myths and replacing guesswork with clear, measurable concepts.

Lots of useful boxes now allow you to send analogue audio signals over Ethernet‑style Cat cables. But sadly there’s little progress towards wiring standards...

These demonstration recordings accompany the SOS eBook Stereo Miking and illustrate the effect of different array choices and distances on the sound character and stereo image.

Concluding our series on advanced stereo mic techniques, we explore binaural recording, disc‑shaped baffles and dummy heads, as well as a clever process called ‘Stereo Shuffling’.

Why are almost all audio interfaces still USB 2 devices? And does it matter?

We dive deeper into the theory and practice of hybrid arrays, and consider the benefits of using more than one array.

I have a tower PC that I had built specially for music production a few years ago. It used to work fine, but now I have to boot it twice before I can get Windows running.

With an understanding of spaced and coincident stereo arrays, we can exploit the characteristics of both — using either established arrays, or by creating our own!

Building on the concepts explored in previous parts of this series, it’s time to weigh up some of the pros and cons of coincident and spaced arrays.

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

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

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

Our second instalment draws on the work of Alan Blumlein, to explain how we can audition and evaluate different stereo‑miking techniques.

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!

Windows‑based musicians have long been asking for better support at the operating system level — and it seems to be very much on its way, with native low‑latency ASIO drivers and full support for MIDI 2.0. We reached out to Microsoft to find out more.

We’ve updated our set of free audio test files!