Multi-tracking and Overdubbing

This month we examine basic multitrack techniques including overdubbing and drop-ins, and explain about sync.

Noise Problems

Just when you thought noise was a thing of the past... Gremlins are back - in a studio near you.

Noise Reduction Systems

An explanation of the most common noise reduction systems in audio use, including Dolby A, B, C, and dbx.

Following on from last month's glossary of terms, we begin our run through the complicated business that is recording, with a back-to-basics approach to setting record levels.

A major new series, beginning this month, that helps readers take their first steps into the world of recording. First off is a comprehensive glossary of recording terms.

Drum recording guide

From miking cymbals to mixing toms - all you need to know

An interesting approach to experimental music using clocks as a basis for rhythm generation. Digital watches are right out.

As a humble home studio hopeful who has never pointed a mic in earnest at anything outdoors before, James Walters goes in search of the basic equipment.

Sessionmen Special

Behind the scenes stuff with ace players Ian Lynn (keyboards) and Dave Mattacks (drums).

Radio One - DJ Mix

the truth behind live sessions

Production Tips & Techniques

Production Tips & Techniques

Dave Stewart On Going It Alone In The Music Biz

The major record company route is not the only one to musical success. Dave Stewart has successfully avoided the majors and still manages to make a good living from his home-produced music. Here, he charts his musical history.

All you ever wanted to know about stereo mic techniques, explained in plain English.

Bryan Ferry

You know all those classic sixties and seventies songs you keep hearing on TV ads these days? Well, almost every one you hear is not in fact the original recording but a completely new version. To give you an idea of how such reconstructions are produced, Nigel Beaham-Powell of Streets Ahead Music Productions recounts how he went about reproducing a Bryan Ferry track.

The first of a series of articles in which David Mellor explains the tricks and techniques of the studio trade and how they can be successfully applied by the home recordist. This month's technique allows multi-instrument recordings to be built up using minimal equipment, and is known to its practitioners as 'sound on sound'. Now where have you heard that phrase before?

An exciting new series for the home electro-musician running a home studio

Tape Machines

The problems and thrills of shopping around for the best deal for your first piece of public vinyl, by Paul Riley, bass player for Survivor.

Studio Sound Techniques

Tape echo techniques for reel-to-reel machines.

An extensive step-by-step guide to correct editing.

Studio Sound Techniques

Making tape loops.

Paul White explains the basic principles of tape recorders to help you make better recordings.

Quick tips for recording.