SOUND ON SOUND
Hugh Robjohns has been Sound On Sound's Technical Editor since 1997. Prior to that he worked in a variety of (mostly) sound-related roles in BBC Television, ending up as a Sound Operations Lecturer at the BBC's technical training centre.
He continues to provide audio consultancy and bespoke broadcast audio training services all over the world, lectures at professional and public conventions, and occasionally records and masters acoustic and classical music too!
Will I lose signal quality using a poor quality ADAT cable?
It’s obvious to anyone working in any aspect of pro audio that it’s still a very male‑dominated industry...
Is a Beta 87A hotter than an SM58? I know there’s a difference in response curve, but how many dB hotter is it?
I’ve played with ‘out of phase’ parallel compression (where the compressed signal path is polarity inverted) — but, honestly, I didn’t really understand what I was doing...
Informative books about audio careers in the film and TV industry are relatively rare but, oddly, I’ve come across two new...
My Brüel & Kjær 4006 mics have alternative black and silver capsules. Under what conditions should I consider swapping them out?
I recently rewired my studio and patched a compressor and an effects unit into my mixer’s master inserts. Both processors were set to work with +4dB signals but the levels from the processors seemed low, so I switched them to their ‑10dB positions and the levels seem healthier. Have I done the right thing?
Spanning over 300 pages this book condenses an entire career of experience and knowledge into a really practical guide, focusing on exactly what a newcomer to the industry needs to know and do.
Sit/stand desks are becoming the norm in many work environments, and with these motorised speaker stands, your monitors needn’t be left behind!
I noticed in your review of the Lewitt LCT 1040 microphone that it has a switchable 120Hz 6dB/octave high‑pass filter, for countering the proximity effect. If my mic doesn’t have this feature, can I just set up the same thing in my DAW channel EQ?