Why Specifications Matter | Part 2: Noise
Noise performance is important, but to fairly compare different products, you need to understand how noise specs are calculated.
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Noise performance is important, but to fairly compare different products, you need to understand how noise specs are calculated.
From this month we’ve decided to widen the scope of Inside Track, and where better to start than with perhaps the hottest producer of the moment.
Richard James Burgess talks about the recent release of ‘Landscape A Go-Go’, a comprehensive 5 CD anthology of their work covering their entire recorded output between 1977 and 1983.
I want to record some vinyl into my DAW, could a turntable simply be plugged into any audio interface and the EQ applied after amplification?
I’d like to purchase an in‑line gain booster and would appreciate your recommendation.
Henrietta Smith‑Rolla, aka Afrodeutsche, bridges musical worlds like few others. The crossing of borders has always been a subject close to home for the British‑Ghanaian‑Russian‑German composer, DJ and producer, whose moniker was chosen after an exploration of her heritage.
Since a work trip to the Seychelles, I’ve created a sonic album of every trip I’ve been on and it’s glorious; I can’t believe I didn’t think to do it earlier.
Roland Lamb talks about the inspiration behind the ROLI Seaboard, the challenges faced when creating a new type of instrument and the three product ranges from ROLI: the Seaboard, Block System and LUMI.
Kevin Paul talks to Record Producer and Mixer Danton Supple, who gives a fascinating insight into learning his trade at Sarm and Westside Studios during the 1980s and how he approaches the different roles of Recording Engineer, Producer and Mix Engineer.
Specifications can be a useful guide when choosing equipment. Our new series, in association with Audio Precision, explains how to understand and compare the specs of competing products.
Since breaking through with BTS’s ‘Dynamite’, David Stewart has been making his mark on modern pop music with hit after hit.
We condense nearly 50 years’ worth of producing and engineering experience into 36 indispensable tips!
The man behind colossal hits for Harry Styles, Miley Cyrus and Florence + the Machine takes a surprisingly old‑school approach to writing and production.
If we’re not going to embrace new technologies, if we’re not willing to learn and exploit new tools, what are studios going to be for?
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There were some strange pin assignments on Eventides in the old days — could that be the problem?
Mexican‑Canadian songwriter and producer Andrea Rocha was classically trained and has worked with some of pop’s brightest stars, including Ellie Goulding, Gabrielle Aplin and Becky Hill.
Our ears are so used to hearing music made in recording studios that it can sound quite different to hear something that was recorded with an ambience...
Kevin Paul chats to producer engineer Gareth Jones about his impressive career at Mute Records and Hansa Studios in Berlin, working with bands such as Depeche Mode, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, Erasure and Goldfrapp.
In the final part of this series, Rob Toulson focuses on mic techniques for recording drums and talks us through the issue of frequency cancellation in a multiple mic setup, details how to choose the recording sweet spot in a room and explains the various stereo mic options that are available including the famous Glyn Johns technique.