Everybody’s first few recordings – whether that means three or thirteen – usually go the same way. The deadline’s fast approaching and hardly anything is...

Last week we looked at how microphones work and covered everything you need to know to decipher how a microphone works from its name. This week, we’re...

Post-production is sometimes overlooked in the audio field. Record producers, music engineers and platinum records are more respected, popular and cool....

We’ve published a few lists of microphones for those in the market before, but we’ve never given you a proper introduction to microphones before today....

Recording vocals can be one of the more challenging tracking phase processes you may run into. If it wasn’t enough of a tough cookie in the studio, you can...

My new book, “The Studio Musician’s Handbook” (written with top Los Angeles studio bassist Paul ILL) is about to be released and I thought it would be a good...

When you’re in the tracking phases of a recording project and need to get the best takes out of each musician you’re working with, one trick of the trade is...

Field recording seems to be a dark art to many sound designers and composers, yet it is one way to create rich libraries of original material. Through some...

Whether you're a full-time film composer or you simply write music to the occasional video for fun, using a second computer to host the video can save you...

Field recording seems a dark art to many sound designers and composers, yet it is one way to create rich libraries of original material. Through some simple...

Whatever genre you are working in and whatever DAW you use to produce your music, it is likely you have suffered from latency issues at some point. Whether...

After touching on the critical subject of acoustics and room treatment in a few recent tutorials, I felt it was fitting to create a basic guide to...