building your own recording haven

A high quality DI box circuit

If the major record companies won't give you the deal you know you deserve, you could do worse than to do it yourself. David Bradwell investigates the pros and cons of pressing your own single.

All You Need To Know About Making Your Own Records

Some musicians and bands decide to take their future success into their own hands, by putting money into producing their own records. Tony Batchelor and Sue Silutoe take the mystery out of making your own CD, vinyl or cassette release, from initial Session Tape to final product.

Steve Jansen & Richard Barbieri

Following a brief diversion in the form of last year's Rain Tree Crow project, Steve Jansen and Richard Barbieri are once more pursuing their creative partnership. Paul Ireson reports on the recording of their latest album.

CHECKA

Phil Walsh takes time off from watching DIY nasty to design a lead tester, plug prober, mike checker, buttock fondler. Oh all right, we lied about the last one

Control Room

A last look at how to extend the low bass response of your studio monitors.

Mike Skeet explains how to bring sound on sound recording into the 20th century using two video recorders and a Sony PCM processor.

Martin Russ looks at solutions to the perennial problem of where to put all those keyboards that MIDI musicians accumulate.

What Goes On

Room Within A Room Construction

Interconnect

Studio earthing techniques: Part Two.

Control Room

Learn to read the future in these pages...

From the immortal pen of Ben Duncan comes the penultimate part of this epic reference work.

Sampling Keyboard

Simon Trask again, this time experiencing the simple delights of the budget Roland sampler. It's easy to use, but has the low cost brought too many compromises?

Walls have Ears...

DIY soundproofing and acoustic treatment for walls.

The final part of the saga.

Bits & Pieces

PART 9: It is easy to list all the glamorous' items required for a home studio - synths, sampler, mixing console, tape machines, etc - but the small things are important too. In this final part of the series, David Mellor gathers together all those essential bits and pieces.

Cables

The Principles Of Soundproofing

Mainframe's road to fame

First DIY steps to a MIDI sync box for your portastudio.

Digital Equipment Protector

How to avoid being struck by lightning! A simple, but ingenious Digital Equipment Protector, costing under £1.