A Blast From The Past

Mid and Side microphone recording techniques revisited.

Acoustic Guitar

Recording the acoustic guitar.

Acoustic Drums

Some people look upon the prospect of recording an acoustic drum kit with dread. It needn't be that daunting if you follow a few simple guidelines.

Recording Electric Guitar

How to get the best in your studio from an electric guitar.

Bass Guitar and how to record it.

Acoustic Drums 2

To continue the saga of recording acoustic drums, this month we look at ways of treating the recorded sound.

The first part of a new series on recording and signal processing. This month we look at a few simple ways of making a vocal part sound more interesting.

Drum Machines and Electronic Percussion

Martin Sheehan looks at recording drum machines and electronic percussion

Acoustic Guitar Miking Techniques

More from Ken Dibble on miking up the acoustic guitar.

Betteridge back again, with a step-by-step guide to the mysteries of mike technique.

A little lateral thinking from Paul White reveals new and better ways of getting signals to and from tape.

Sound Workshop

The problems and pleasures of home studio upgrading.

The underlying concepts of multitrack recording are explained from the bottom up.

A flexible home studio set up explored.

Mark Prendergast takes a look behind the scenes at the recording of New Order's fifth LP, 'Technique'.

Studio Sound Techniques

Studio tales

Unforgettable out-takes from the rock'n'roll hall of shame

Handel’s Messiah

Diary of Decca’s new recording

how to sing them, how to mic them, how to treat them, how to tape them...

Take five and come alive - we show you how

Home recording heroes.

our answers to the common cassetting problems

our cures for common recording complaints

You may be a whizz with the little black boxes, but how are you at recording real sounds and real performances? Wilf Smarties serves up a selection of tasty studio tricks.