Jackfile 2: a step-by-step guide to wiring jack plugs.

Practical tips for wiring XLR connectors.

DIN Connectors

Matching

A more theoretical approach this month, with an explanation of cable impedance matching.

Jackfile 1: a look at jack plugs and sockets.

Interconnect

Mating Microphones - ever wondered why your low impedance mic won't work well with your recorder? Then read on...

Interconnect

Interconnect

A thorough explanation of the 'decibel' (dB) and its applications in recording.

Interconnect

Interconnect

Studio earthing techniques: Part Two.

Interconnect

Studio 'earthing' techniques.

Studio Wiring

Studio Wiring - how to interconnect all that equipment you've been buying.

A sound-sampling keyboard for £1800, and new software from Octave-Plateau, among other things.

Build a sync to MIDI interface

Timbre Editing Via MIDI

Jay Chapman leans back and takes a philosophical overview of timbre editing via MIDI.

Studio Test

Jim Betteridge on Seck... drugs and Rock'n' Roll?

Studio Test

Jim Betteridge finds that small is beautiful and that the Roland Micro Rack series is very desirable

Martin Russ outlines the practical benefits that using a Star Network can bring to anyone's existing MIDI set-up and further explores some applications of MIDI Switching Units.

Taking the hard option... everything you need to know about hard disks - and then some. Ian Waugh is your guide.

Home recording goes modular.

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

Ben Duncan guides us through the mystic world of jack plugs and tells us why not to take them for granted.

One for the DIY fans. In this new series, Martin Russ penetrates deep into the heart of MIDI equipment and explores how they work, what chips they use and more...