Recording

Born of the fertile late‑'80s Manchester music scene, 808 State's 'Pacific State' was a landmark in British house music.

Half the battle in capturing a great electric guitar sound lies in understanding problems with the instrument itself — and solving them quickly.

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This month we review to music from Young Peculiar, The Situation, Vincent Pierce Smith & Karttikeya, Mark Barnwell and Christian Gregory.

A Big String Sound On A Budget: this month, one of our engineers sets out to fake a big, lush, recorded string sound with only a handful of musicians.

A Big String Sound On A Budget: this month, one of our engineers sets out to fake a big, lush, recorded string sound with only a handful of musicians.

This month we comment on releases from Testing Tomorrow, Clemistry & Audnoyz and Emiliano Cannavò.

Prefab Sprout rose to fame in an era of indulgence and eye‑watering studio budgets. These days, things are a little different...

I'm really interested in the vocal sound on Haim's debut album, Days Are Gone — could you tell me what sort of processing might be involved in this album?

I keep reading in your mic reviews about the sound being more natural when hitting a mic on-axis. Does this mean that there’s a risk of coloration with the ORTF technique right in the centre of the stereo image?

Tomorrow's pioneering paean to the joys of communal public transport has proved to be a classic of the British psychedelic underground.

The Internet is changing every facet of the music business — including live performance. There's never been a better time to take to the cyber-stage.

Proving that not every pop star is a manufactured creation, John Newman is as at home in the studio as he is on TV.

This month we comment on releases from Seth Lakeman and The Cuckoo Clocks

I keep reading advice that it's bad for a padded line signal to be run through a mic preamp input, and that it's better to use a dedicated line input

I recently bought an old analogue mixing desk, where all the channel and bus insert points are unbalanced, which is quite common, I think. But all my outboard gear has balanced inputs and outputs!

While Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne’s writing partnership was certainly successful, it was the partnership between Jeff Lynne and engineer Richard Dodd that gave the records their distinctive sparkle.

Our recording engineer tackles the challenge of recording a singing guitarist, and weighs up the merits of several mic techniques.

Our recording engineer tackles the challenge of recording a singing guitarist, and weighs up the merits of several mic techniques.

Engineer Eric Tomlinson recorded a host of classic soundtracks during his 40-year career, not to mention what's...

Joe Matera, Obsidian Kingdom, The Flickers.