Adventures In Audio
Adventures In Audio

Why analogue recording should come back, but not in the way you knew it

COMMENT & OPINION

Weird and wonderful sounds using the Air Music Tech Chorus plug-in

EQUIPMENTTECHNIQUE

The end of latency?

EQUIPMENTUNCATEGORIZED

What to do in your studio when there's a power cut

COMMENT & OPINION

An investigation of the pre-delay parameter of the Lexicon 480L reverb plug-in

EQUIPMENT

Add reverb to your recordings using the natural echo chamber technique

TECHNIQUESTUDIO BUILDING

The difference between mic level and line level

EQUIPMENT

What do COVID-19 and acoustic feedback have in common?

COMMENT & OPINION

Loudness levels of pro audio experts

COMMENT & OPINION

How important is it that your monitor loudspeakers are at the right height?

COMMENT & OPINION

What can we learn about room acoustics from this image?

STUDIO BUILDING

Can you hear the subtle effect of the knee control of the compressor? (With audio and video demonstrations)

EQUIPMENT

Should you switch phantom power off if it isn't needed?

EQUIPMENT

Which loudspeakers are best for accurate monitoring?

EQUIPMENT

Does a mix engineer need a copy of the song lyrics?

COMMENT & OPINION

Why your studio needs a pair of mediocre loudspeakers

EQUIPMENT

Bad Audio Diary BAD 6: Boris Johnson moves his microphone in the House of Commons

COMMENT & OPINION

Why your studio door should not have a latch

EQUIPMENT

Which side of the microphone is the front?

EQUIPMENT

When we go the the movie theater, we expect the film to have a 'look'. But should it also have a 'sound'?

COMMENT & OPINION

What basic equipment do you need to make professional recordings?

EQUIPMENT

Exploring the MASSIVE headroom in your DAW

EQUIPMENT

Do you need more plug-ins? Or more skills?

COMMENT & OPINION

I see your 1940s Neumann microphone and raise you an 1851 grand piano [with audio]

COMMENT & OPINION

Why you should ventilate your home recording studio

STUDIO BUILDING

Q: What is your main concern if your interest is voice over?

TECHNIQUESTUDIO BUILDING

Why do microphones sound different?

EQUIPMENT

Channel strips - powerful tool or utter folly?

EQUIPMENT

Are you compressing too much? Here's how to tell...

EQUIPMENT

If setting the gain correctly is so important, why don't mic preamplifiers have meters?

EQUIPMENT

The Internet goes analogue!

EQUIPMENT

How to choose an audio interface

EQUIPMENT

How to choose the best key for your song

TECHNIQUECOMMENT & OPINION

What is the best studio microphone?

EQUIPMENT

What is the Neve sound? (Using the Slate Digital FG-73)

EQUIPMENT

Can you hear the difference between a sine wave and a square wave?

COMMENT & OPINION

I make a musical scale from scratch

COMMENT & OPINION

Sine wave tones 20 Hz to 20 kHz - Can you hear them all?

COMMENT & OPINION

Make the dialog stand out from the background

COMMENT & OPINION

"It's all about great microphones and preamps!" Or is it?

EQUIPMENT

The cassette revival? This is just so wrong on many levels.

COMMENT & OPINION

As a producer, what should you really worry about in your work?

COMMENT & OPINION

Microphone preamplifiers: Do they really make a difference?

EQUIPMENT

The best hardware equalizer ever!

EQUIPMENT

Should you use an equalizer for monitoring in the studio?

EQUIPMENT

What is the math behind audio compression?

EQUIPMENT

A new word for the audio dictionary

COMMENT & OPINION

What is the difference between audio and MIDI?

EQUIPMENT

Why does sound engineering have to be so LOUD?

COMMENT & OPINION

Can you be artist, engineer and producer all at the same time?

COMMENT & OPINION

Your compressor adds noise to your recording. Why does it do that?

EQUIPMENT

How to connect a turntable to a mixing console

EQUIPMENT

How does Audio Masterclass think about audio? [includes video]

COMMENT & OPINION

What is it like to play the world's most expensive musical instrument?

COMMENT & OPINION

What is a graphic equalizer (graphic EQ)?

EQUIPMENT

Will background noise spoil your recording? What can you do?

EQUIPMENT

Could this be your next Neumann microphone?

COMMENT & OPINION

Audio compressor controls: The release control

EQUIPMENT

On the right is a loudspeaker, on the left is a gong. What?

COMMENT & OPINION

What is an equalizer?

EQUIPMENT

What is the difference between EQ and filters? *With Audio*

EQUIPMENT

What difference will a preamp make to your recording?

EQUIPMENT

How the ear hears frequency

COMMENT & OPINION

How the ear hears frequency

COMMENT & OPINIONVIDEOS

Watch our video on linear phase filters and frequency response with the FabFilter Pro Q 2

EQUIPMENTVIDEOS

Read our post on linear phase filters and frequency response with the Fabfilter Pro Q 2

EQUIPMENT

Digital reverb for acoustic music should be believable, appropriate, and integrated with the direct sound from the mics

COMMENT & OPINIONVIDEOS

What's the best height for studio monitors? Answer - Not too low!

STUDIO BUILDINGVIDEOS

What is the Red Book standard? Do I need to use it? Why?

EQUIPMENT

Will floating point change the way we record?

EQUIPMENT

Mixing: What is the 'Pedalboard Exception'?

EQUIPMENT

Microphones - Will we always connect them to a preamplifier?

COMMENT & OPINION

Spend $40,000 building a studio, and get it all back!

STUDIO BUILDING

Mic the speaker, or use the line output?

EQUIPMENT

If tube microphones are so great, why don't we have tube loudspeakers?

COMMENT & OPINION

Quick, professional-grade mastering - All you need is a plug-in

EQUIPMENT

Do cables have a sound of their own?

STUDIO BUILDING

Why your turntable is mounted on a flexible suspension

COMMENT & OPINION

How to eliminate feedback from an acoustic guitar on stage

EQUIPMENT

What is the phase button for on a microphone preamplifier?

EQUIPMENT

The ancient myths and legends of soundproofing

STUDIO BUILDING

The room you have right now that you can't use as a recording studio

EQUIPMENT

Why are ribbon microphones damaged by phantom power?

EQUIPMENT

Can a plug-in improve your monitoring acoustics?

EQUIPMENT

Can a compressor correct vocals that are at different levels?

EQUIPMENT

Why does a microphone need a shock mount?

EQUIPMENT

Why would you want to mix a microphone and an instrument signal in your preamp?

EQUIPMENT

"There is background noise in my studio. Should I use a noise-reduction plug-in?"

EQUIPMENT

Comparing the cardioid microphone polar pattern at 0 and 90 degrees

EQUIPMENT

Comparing the cardioid microphone polar pattern at 0 and 90 degrees

EQUIPMENT

The difference between stereo and mono WAV files (essential knowledge)

COMMENT & OPINION

Bad Audio Diary BAD1: Incredible audio errors in UK government video

COMMENT & OPINION

A brief introduction to microphones for the home recording studio

EQUIPMENT

What is the difference between 0 dB and 0 dBFS?

COMMENT & OPINION

What is the purpose of an audio compressor?

EQUIPMENT

Solid State Logic lifts the veil - You need to take a look!

EQUIPMENT

What can we learn from this photograph?

COMMENT & OPINION

2 settings every preamp owner should know and use

EQUIPMENT

How many microphones does a home recording studio owner need?

EQUIPMENT

An interesting demonstration of the harmonic series on French horn

COMMENT & OPINION

The difference between minimum-phase and linear-phase EQ on transient signals such as snare drum

EQUIPMENT

Could this be your next DAW?

COMMENT & OPINION

Audio compressor controls: The threshold control

EQUIPMENT

Audio compressor controls: The ratio control

EQUIPMENT

Why analogue recording should come back, but not in the way you knew it

COMMENT & OPINION

Weird and wonderful sounds using the Air Music Tech Chorus plug-in

EQUIPMENTTECHNIQUE

The end of latency?

EQUIPMENTUNCATEGORIZED

What to do in your studio when there's a power cut

COMMENT & OPINION

An investigation of the pre-delay parameter of the Lexicon 480L reverb plug-in

EQUIPMENT

Add reverb to your recordings using the natural echo chamber technique

TECHNIQUESTUDIO BUILDING

Why you should ventilate your home recording studio

STUDIO BUILDING

Q: What is your main concern if your interest is voice over?

TECHNIQUESTUDIO BUILDING

Why do microphones sound different?

EQUIPMENT

Channel strips - powerful tool or utter folly?

EQUIPMENT

Are you compressing too much? Here's how to tell...

EQUIPMENT

If setting the gain correctly is so important, why don't mic preamplifiers have meters?

EQUIPMENT

The Internet goes analogue!

EQUIPMENT

How to choose an audio interface

EQUIPMENT

How to choose the best key for your song

TECHNIQUECOMMENT & OPINION

What is the difference between EQ and filters? *With Audio*

EQUIPMENT

What difference will a preamp make to your recording?

EQUIPMENT

How the ear hears frequency

COMMENT & OPINION

How the ear hears frequency

COMMENT & OPINIONVIDEOS

Watch our video on linear phase filters and frequency response with the FabFilter Pro Q 2

EQUIPMENTVIDEOS

Read our post on linear phase filters and frequency response with the Fabfilter Pro Q 2

EQUIPMENT

Digital reverb for acoustic music should be believable, appropriate, and integrated with the direct sound from the mics

COMMENT & OPINIONVIDEOS

What's the best height for studio monitors? Answer - Not too low!

STUDIO BUILDINGVIDEOS

What is the Red Book standard? Do I need to use it? Why?

EQUIPMENT

Will floating point change the way we record?

EQUIPMENT

Mixing: What is the 'Pedalboard Exception'?

EQUIPMENT

The difference between mic level and line level

EQUIPMENT

What do COVID-19 and acoustic feedback have in common?

COMMENT & OPINION

Loudness levels of pro audio experts

COMMENT & OPINION

How important is it that your monitor loudspeakers are at the right height?

COMMENT & OPINION

What can we learn about room acoustics from this image?

STUDIO BUILDING

Can you hear the subtle effect of the knee control of the compressor? (With audio and video demonstrations)

EQUIPMENT

What is the best studio microphone?

EQUIPMENT

What is the Neve sound? (Using the Slate Digital FG-73)

EQUIPMENT

Can you hear the difference between a sine wave and a square wave?

COMMENT & OPINION

I make a musical scale from scratch

COMMENT & OPINION

Sine wave tones 20 Hz to 20 kHz - Can you hear them all?

COMMENT & OPINION

Make the dialog stand out from the background

COMMENT & OPINION

"It's all about great microphones and preamps!" Or is it?

EQUIPMENT

The cassette revival? This is just so wrong on many levels.

COMMENT & OPINION

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