SOUND ON SOUND
To help you brush up on your listening skills, we examine the production of some recent hits from Panic! At The Disco, Mabel, Dan + Shay, Kacey Musgraves plus a classic Carpenters mix.
I've been struggling with recording and mixing 'epic' guitar sounds. I'm after something that balances aggression with tone, but which doesn't sound too distorted... Any tips?
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...
Our engineer records a rock trio while trying also to offer sufficient options to create a drum sample library!
I'm looking through my reverb plug-in's preset list, and I'm wondering: what do all those cryptic preset names mean?
We examine the production of some recent hits to help you brush up on your listening skills.
I couldn't use the Neumann TLM103 as my 'kicksnare' mic, as it couldn't handle the sound level produced by the drummer. Even with zero gain at the preamp this mic produced a distorted signal. What was I doing wrong?
Our engineer records a rock trio while trying also to offer sufficient options to create a drum sample library!
We examine the production of some recent hit records to help you brush up your listening skills.