The people who see sound
Everyone in the room could hear the punchy guitar riff blasting out of the amplifier - but only Poppy Porter could see it. She was on stage at an ...
How to position studio monitors
What’s the first thing you do when you unbox a new pair of studio monitors? Assuming you’ve done all the essentials first – like putting your phone ...
Demystifying the compressor
As an aspiring producer, you've probably come across the term ‘compressor’ more than once. A compressor is one of those tools that’s used to gently ...
How to master loudness
Why is it crucial to meet the loudness recommendations specified by streaming platforms? Because it will save your music from suffering a fate worse ...
The art of EQ in music production
EQ is one of the most fundamental tools in music production. Whether you're working on a mix with many individual tracks or on a rendered mix to be ...
How to polish your podcasts
Podcasts have never been more popular, in part thanks to their low barrier to entry. If you have an idea and a microphone, off you go. But aside from ...
How to acoustically treat your room with everyday items
Ideally, all rooms used for recording, mixing and mastering music should be treated acoustically with sound absorbers and diffusers – but it can be ...
Acoustic treatment for a small home studio
When you create music in small recording and mixing studios, acoustic treatment is crucial if you want balanced, consistent and high-quality results. ...
Recording vocals in a home studio
Recording voice or vocals in a home studio can sometimes be a challenge, whether you're a singer, podcaster or other kind of content-creator. ...
How to mix vocals
Background noise. Breathing. Unwanted artifacts. Mouth sounds. Flow. Timbre. Emotion. There’s a lot to deal with when working with sung or spoken ...
Studio Masters: Justin Stanley
Justin Stanley has been in the music business for decades – and his catalogue of collaborations is impressive, to say the least: Prince, Eric ...
When more is more: inside an immersive studio
In Copenhagen, Denmark, the buildings that used to house the locker rooms for workers at a shipyard have been transformed into recording studios and ...
Studio Masters: Steve Mazzaro
Steve Mazzaro is a musician, a composer, an engineer and a musical programmer. He’s a natural creative who needs to work in an environment free from ...
Studio masters: Greg Penny
Greg Penny’s cavernous warehouse studio building has a car inside it – a beautiful vintage convertible VW Beetle. And two Vespas. Plus a dining table ...
Blame it on the boogie: how music alters your mind
A few months after I passed my driving test, I crashed my dad’s car. It was no ordinary rear end bump, rather a full-frontal smash into an oak tree ...