Adventures In Audio
Adventures In Audio

Is your analog audio contaminated by digital processing?

EQUIPMENTCOMMENT & OPINIONEDUCATION

The frequency response problem that affects ALL stereo recordings

COMMENT & OPINIONEDUCATION

Would you pay $1000 for a 1-metre cable?

COMMENT & OPINIONSTUDIO BUILDING

Gain staging podcast in Sound On Sound magazine - David Mellor

COMMENT & OPINIONEDUCATION

I listened to 26 unmastered songs. Did they sound bad?

TECHNIQUE

Why do pirated movies have bad sound?

COMMENT & OPINION

Turntable Tips - Do you love music? Or love audio?

COMMENT & OPINIONMUSIC

Turntable Tips - Buying, enjoying and upgrading your vinyl sound

COMMENT & OPINIONMUSIC

The Grammy-winning mastering strategy you haven't tried yet

TECHNIQUE

The noisy truth about your DAW: An ear-opening investigation

EQUIPMENT

CD vs. 24-bit streaming - Sound of the past vs. sound of the future (Turntable tips)

EQUIPMENT

When plugins fail - The sad and costly truth

EQUIPMENT

Why the Tascam TM-82 dynamic microphone does not have an on/off switch

EQUIPMENT

What buffer size setting should you use in your DAW?

TECHNIQUE

Why you should (or should not) upgrade to an Apple Mac Studio

EQUIPMENTSTUDIO BUILDING

The Vinyl Revival - So wrong on so many levels

COMMENT & OPINION

The Cassette Revival - So wrong on so many levels (video edition)

COMMENT & OPINION

So Mr. Bond - Who really wrote your theme tune? (No Time To Die edition)

COMMENT & OPINION

Get the sound you want from the tools you have

EQUIPMENT

So Mr. Bond... Who really did write your theme music?

MUSIC BUSINESS

What is the phase button for on a microphone preamplifier?

EQUIPMENT

Choosing studio monitors - Is it your most important buying decision?

STUDIO BUILDING

What is a channel strip? Why should you use one?

EQUIPMENT

The Automobili Pininfarina Battista has an amazing drivetone - Here's my attempt to copy it

COMMENT & OPINION

Your speakers are wrong

EQUIPMENTSTUDIO BUILDING

Why your audio is bad and why you can't do anything about it

EQUIPMENTCOMMENT & OPINION

Should songwriters and composers work for free?

COMMENT & OPINION

The cassette comeback - it's fun all the way!

EQUIPMENTCOMMENT & OPINION

Beyond the sound barrier - The loudest sound you'll NEVER hear

COMMENT & OPINIONEDUCATION

Q: Can a preamp's pad be used as a pop filter?

EQUIPMENT

Cassettes are DEAD (?)

EQUIPMENT

What's wrong with dbx?

EQUIPMENT

Why is modern music so bad?

COMMENT & OPINIONMUSIC

VIDEO: How much do you want to add real tube magic to your DAW? (Features Freqtube FT-1)

EQUIPMENTTECHNIQUE

Add real tube magic to your DAW with the Freqtube FT-1

EQUIPMENT

Unleash your creativity with the Taiga: The ultimate paraphonic modular synthesizer

EQUIPMENTPRESS RELEASES

From flat to fabulous: Transforming your audio with parametric EQ

EQUIPMENTTECHNIQUE

What is saturation? (It's not what you think it is)

EQUIPMENTEDUCATION

Why is the Neumann U47 considered the best microphone ever made?

EQUIPMENT

Why should you learn pro audio?

TECHNIQUEEDUCATION

When recording vocals, should you always be the same distance from the mic?

TECHNIQUE

The streaming revival - Will we ever need one? (Revivals series)

COMMENT & OPINIONMUSIC BUSINESS

How loud would you like me?

TECHNIQUECOMMENT & OPINION

Additive synthesis from first principles (less boring)

TECHNIQUEMUSICEDUCATION

Don't make these mistakes in pan

TECHNIQUE

Learn how to use chorussing (works in all DAWs)

EQUIPMENTTECHNIQUE

Linear phase filters and frequency response with the FabFilter Pro Q 2

EQUIPMENTEDUCATION

Fat, thin, bright, dull, nasal, hollow, boxy - Understand what all these tonal balance terms mean

TECHNIQUEEDUCATION

Gain Staging Mistakes Part 1: Setting preamp gain

TECHNIQUEEDUCATION

Using noise as a creative effect with the Waves CLA-1176, Soundtoys Decapitator, and basic DAW EQ

TECHNIQUE

Making a perfect sine wave and animating it

TECHNIQUE

Audio effects explained - A quick guide for beginners

TECHNIQUESTUDIO BUILDING

How to choose the best key for your song

TECHNIQUECOMMENT & OPINION

The amazing stereo effect that no-one can hear

EQUIPMENTTECHNIQUE

How to cheat in the Eurovision Song Contest

COMMENT & OPINION

What is the best studio microphone?

EQUIPMENT

Bad Audio Diary BAD 10: Don't get your pans in a pickle

COMMENT & OPINION

Bad Audio Diary BAD 9: What's wrong with this picture?

EQUIPMENTCOMMENT & OPINIONSTUDIO BUILDING

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

Did that Dolby thing ever work?

EQUIPMENT

Dolby? dbx? Which is best? What do you want to know?

EQUIPMENT

Waves Ultimate Subscription Plan - Ultimate subscription or ultimate mistake?

EQUIPMENTMUSIC BUSINESS

Your turntable might be one of Amazon's most returned items. Here's what you need to know.

COMMENT & OPINION

Virtually Useless? Hear what VU meters can really do for you in the studio

EQUIPMENT

How to get mind-blowing 110 dB dynamic range from CD-standard digital audio

EQUIPMENT

Napoleon XIV is dead

COMMENT & OPINIONMUSIC

The Price of Instant Playback: How Spotify Sacrificed Music for Speed (Turntable Tips series)

COMMENT & OPINIONMUSIC

Make Your Hi-Fi Sing: Tips and Tricks for Performance-Enhanced Listening (Turntable Tips Series)

COMMENT & OPINIONMUSIC

COMMENT & OPINION

Brutally raw and uncompromisingly pure: The ultimate hardcore analog experience (Turntable tips)

COMMENT & OPINION

SoundBite: Does compressor attack time work above the threshold?

EQUIPMENT

SoundBite: An introduction to decibels

TECHNIQUEEDUCATION

SoundBite: Panning effects with filters

TECHNIQUE

SoundBite: Put an end to clipping with the 32-bit float WAV file format

EQUIPMENT

SoundBite: Left-right stereo to MS and back again

TECHNIQUE

SoundBite: Gated reverb on snare from scratch

TECHNIQUE

Knowledge and audio tutorials in your Audio Masterclass course

COMMENT & OPINIONEDUCATION

A stereo microphone - Should you want one? What can you do with it?

EQUIPMENT

The EQ unwanted resonance trick - Is it wrong?

TECHNIQUECOMMENT & OPINION

How to set the shortest attack time in your compressor

TECHNIQUE

How to make your masters louder, even though streaming platforms don't allow it

TECHNIQUE

Sine wave frequencies - Can you hear them all?

COMMENT & OPINIONEDUCATION

Should I upgrade to the new Mac Pro?

COMMENT & OPINION

Graphic equalizer demonstration using the Waves GEQ Classic

EQUIPMENTTECHNIQUE

Bad Audio Diary BAD8: Nature documentaries - Are they making monkeys out of us?

COMMENT & OPINION

Harmonic enhancement: In the master or individual tracks? (Can you hear the difference?)

TECHNIQUE

What will happen if your snare drum clips?

TECHNIQUE

EQ demonstration HF bell boost

TECHNIQUE

How much bass can a Bluetooth speaker produce?

EQUIPMENT

One weird trick for monitoring your mix on a Bluetooth speaker

TECHNIQUE

Can a preamp's pad work as a pop filter

EQUIPMENTTECHNIQUE

Pro Tools, Logic Pro, Cubase - Why keyboard shortcuts don't work

COMMENT & OPINION

The end of latency?

EQUIPMENT

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

An interesting microphone setup for violinist Nigel Kennedy

TECHNIQUE

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

Is your analog audio contaminated by digital processing?

EQUIPMENTCOMMENT & OPINIONEDUCATION

The frequency response problem that affects ALL stereo recordings

COMMENT & OPINIONEDUCATION

Would you pay $1000 for a 1-metre cable?

COMMENT & OPINIONSTUDIO BUILDING

Gain staging podcast in Sound On Sound magazine - David Mellor

COMMENT & OPINIONEDUCATION

I listened to 26 unmastered songs. Did they sound bad?

TECHNIQUE

Why do pirated movies have bad sound?

COMMENT & OPINION

Your speakers are wrong

EQUIPMENTSTUDIO BUILDING

Why your audio is bad and why you can't do anything about it

EQUIPMENTCOMMENT & OPINION

Should songwriters and composers work for free?

COMMENT & OPINION

The cassette comeback - it's fun all the way!

EQUIPMENTCOMMENT & OPINION

Beyond the sound barrier - The loudest sound you'll NEVER hear

COMMENT & OPINIONEDUCATION

Q: Can a preamp's pad be used as a pop filter?

EQUIPMENT

Cassettes are DEAD (?)

EQUIPMENT

What's wrong with dbx?

EQUIPMENT

Why is modern music so bad?

COMMENT & OPINIONMUSIC

Did that Dolby thing ever work?

EQUIPMENT

Dolby? dbx? Which is best? What do you want to know?

EQUIPMENT

Waves Ultimate Subscription Plan - Ultimate subscription or ultimate mistake?

EQUIPMENTMUSIC BUSINESS

Your turntable might be one of Amazon's most returned items. Here's what you need to know.

COMMENT & OPINION

Virtually Useless? Hear what VU meters can really do for you in the studio

EQUIPMENT

How to get mind-blowing 110 dB dynamic range from CD-standard digital audio

EQUIPMENT

Napoleon XIV is dead

COMMENT & OPINIONMUSIC

The Price of Instant Playback: How Spotify Sacrificed Music for Speed (Turntable Tips series)

COMMENT & OPINIONMUSIC

Make Your Hi-Fi Sing: Tips and Tricks for Performance-Enhanced Listening (Turntable Tips Series)

COMMENT & OPINIONMUSIC

COMMENT & OPINION

Brutally raw and uncompromisingly pure: The ultimate hardcore analog experience (Turntable tips)

COMMENT & OPINION

Turntable Tips - Do you love music? Or love audio?

COMMENT & OPINIONMUSIC

Turntable Tips - Buying, enjoying and upgrading your vinyl sound

COMMENT & OPINIONMUSIC

The Grammy-winning mastering strategy you haven't tried yet

TECHNIQUE

The noisy truth about your DAW: An ear-opening investigation

EQUIPMENT

CD vs. 24-bit streaming - Sound of the past vs. sound of the future (Turntable tips)

EQUIPMENT

When plugins fail - The sad and costly truth

EQUIPMENT

VIDEO: How much do you want to add real tube magic to your DAW? (Features Freqtube FT-1)

EQUIPMENTTECHNIQUE

Add real tube magic to your DAW with the Freqtube FT-1

EQUIPMENT

Unleash your creativity with the Taiga: The ultimate paraphonic modular synthesizer

EQUIPMENTPRESS RELEASES

From flat to fabulous: Transforming your audio with parametric EQ

EQUIPMENTTECHNIQUE

What is saturation? (It's not what you think it is)

EQUIPMENTEDUCATION

Why is the Neumann U47 considered the best microphone ever made?

EQUIPMENT

Why should you learn pro audio?

TECHNIQUEEDUCATION

When recording vocals, should you always be the same distance from the mic?

TECHNIQUE

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