Recording

Armed with a bunch of Alesis technical papers, Paul White unravels the mysteries of those inscrutable error messages, the sevret button combinations and the finer points of ADAT tape care.

Paul White explains some of the principles behind the 3D sound perception, and shows how you can apply some of these to your mixes using nothing but simple effects and a little EQ.

David Mellor takes a look at the components of a typical disk recording system, and passes on some hints on what to look for when deciding on a setup.

Though the acoustic piano isn't exactly Paul White's forte, he (fortunately) knows rather more about miking it up than about playing it...

Paul White looks at both sides of hard disk recording, and concludes that although it's generally a good thing, it isn't destined to take over the world just yet.

Irritated by the pop-fixated production values of small commercial studios, Per Villez decided to attempt a jazz recording session at home, using minimal equipment to produce master-quality results. Here he explains how he went about it on his own terms.

Recording the spoken word requires a slightly different approach to recording vocals, and intelligibility takes over from musicality as the prime consideration. Paul White spreads the word.

Changing from analogue to digital multitrack brings many benefits and one or two pitfalls. Craig Anderton offers some hints and tips to help you get the best from digital recording.

Paul White offers a tip for boosting gain when recording your synths.

Gordon Reid turns his attention to multi-band digital noise removal systems.