Recording and Mixing Tutorials

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Microphone choice and placement: At the core of the recording arts

Revisiting Recording Fundamentals I decided to start getting some of the things that I have learned over the years as a professional recording engineer down on paper (and video). It seems like there is more confusion and lack of direction in the “studio” these days than at any other point in time. The reasons for this […]

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Do Converters improve the quality of sound captured with External Clocks?

This has been an oft bandied about rumour: get a better clock and your converter will capture sound more accurately, giving you better recordings and more accurate monitoring. We have sought to shed some light on this controversy by throwing down the gauntlet, and getting some of the most widely regarded clocks in the world,

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Universal Audio Console 2.0 – Time to link up multiple UA devices

I recently had an install job for producer and studio owner Rayito who is not only a frighteningly talented guitar player (more on this later) but a uber talented composer and producer. For his recent projects with Ricky Martin, he wanted MORE UA might, and the ability to combine his separate travel and studio Apollo

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