AmpliTube Fender Twin Reverb demo

The Vinyl Revival - So wrong on so many levels

The Cassette Revival - So wrong on so many levels

So Mr. Bond - Who really wrote your theme tune?

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

Audio effects explained - A quick guide for beginners

How to cheat in the Eurovision Song Contest

The amazing stereo effect that no-one can hear

How loud would you like me?

Additive synthesis from first principles (less boring)

Don't make these mistakes in pan

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

Learn how to use chorussing (works in all DAWs)

The End of Latency?

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

Add reverb to your recordings using the natural echo chamber technique

How to choose an audio interface

Audio left-right test. Does it matter?

What is comb filtering? What does it sound like?

NEW: Audio crossfades come to Final Cut Pro X (FCPX) 10.4.9!

How the ear hears frequency

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

Harmonic distortion with the Soundtoys Decapitator

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

Gain Staging Mistakes Part 1: Setting preamp gain

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

Making a perfect sine wave and animating it

Can you copyright a sine wave?

How much bass can a Bluetooth speaker produce?

One weird trick for monitoring your mix on a Bluetooth speaker

Compressing a snare drum to even out the level

Digital reverb for acoustic music should be believable, appropriate, and integrated

Whats the difference? Recording, Mixing, Mastering

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

TONAL BALANCE: Understand what all the words mean

WAVs or stems? What's best for your mix? - The Pedalboard Exception

How to fix a wandering stereo image in dialog

Noise as a creative effect

Sine wave frequencies - Can you hear them all?

Should I upgrade to the new Mac Pro?

What is a pad? What is it used for? Why does your microphone or preamp have one?

Graphic equalizer demonstration using the Waves GEQ Classic

What do COVID 19 and acoustic feedback have in common?

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

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

What will happen if your snare drum clips?

EQ demonstration HF bell boost

What is the difference between recording, mixing, and mastering?

Give the bass drum more kick with techniques from the 1970s

Bass - How high can you go? Test your monitors (and your ears)

Loudness levels of pro audio experts

Drums clipped, compressed, EQed, then reverbed, going from clean sound to total madness.

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

What is harmonic distortion?

Parallel compression three ways using the Slate Digital Virtual Mix Rack FG-401 compressor

Adding reverb to a tom fill using Audio Ease's Altiverb

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

Loudness normalization using the Waves WLM Plus loudness meter

How to add gated reverb to a snare drum using VerbSuite Classics

Bad Audio Diary BAD7: Make the dialog stand out from the background

How to make a musical scale from first principles (Pythagoras, Ptolemy)

How to use the gain reduction meter in a compressor like the Warm Audio WA-2A Opto Compressor

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

Microphones - Will we always connect them to a preamplifier?

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

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

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

How to eliminate feedback from an acoustic guitar on stage

Do cables have a sound of their own?

When to pan left, when to pan right

Drum reverbs - should they linger longer?

How to record a 50 strong choir and piano accompaniment with just five mics

The ancient myths and legends of soundproofing

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

What is the difference between gain and level?

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

Which loudspeakers are best for accurate monitoring?

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

Why your studio needs a pair of mediocre loudspeakers

Admit it - Do you always raise the microphone up and point it down?

How do you record a singer with poor microphone technique?

Mixing tips debunked? Or maybe not.

How to get a drummer to play in time to a click track

A new word for the audio dictionary

What is the difference between audio and MIDI?

How loud should the bass instrument be?

Why do microphones sound different?

When you are mixing, what is the first thing you should do? What's the last? What should you NOT DO?

Better theatre sound through proper loudspeaker placement

How to edit out pops in speech or singing

The best hardware equalizer ever!

Should you use an equalizer for monitoring in the studio?

PREVIEW: How to set the low frequency controls of the Pultec EQ on kick drum (inc. the Pultec trick)

PREVIEW: A demonstration of compression on female vocal focusing on the ratio and gain controls

A simple mixing tip that will improve nearly all of your mixes

Comparing the cardioid microphone polar pattern at 0 and 90 degrees

Comparison between omnidirectional and cardioid microphone polar patterns

Bad Audio Diary BAD6: Boris Johnson moves his microphone in the House of Commons

Comparing the cardioid microphone polar pattern at 0 and 90 degrees

Bad Audio Diary BAD5: Gabbie Hanna sings a monstrous high note

Comparing two plug ins that emulate the Pultec EQP 1A equalizer

Side chain compression without a side chain input

Waves J37 harmonic enhancement on female vocal with three tape types

A quick demonstration of pan law

How to EQ bass guitar using the Pultec EQP-1A

How to set the low frequency controls of the Pultec equalizer on kick drum (inc. the Pultec trick)

Setting microphone preamplifier gain for both headroom and signal to noise ratio

Waves CLA 76 compressor plug-in on snare drum (Universal Audio 1176 emulation)

Bad Audio Diary BAD4: Just how bad can data compressed audio get?

Bad Audio Diary BAD3: Can you use guitar amplifiers as studio monitors?

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

Bad Audio Diary BAD2 : Accidental amplification - Can it be avoided?

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

Free Download - Equipping Your Home Recording Studio

Free Download - How to avoid these 4 huge mistakes in recording

The two golden rules of microphone placement

Apple and Avid conspire to heist 9 decibels of level!

How to record or amplify the melodica or any unfamiliar instrument

The difference between minimum phase and linear phase EQ on transient signals

Why mono is better than stereo for recording vocals and dialogue

How much difference does mastering really make? [PODCAST]

What exactly does the phrase 'leave headroom for mastering' mean? [PODCAST]

Do some microphones respond to EQ better than others? [PODCAST]

A simple mixing tip that will improve nearly all of your mixes [PODCAST]

The new battlefield in the loudness war?

Gating a noisy bass guitar

The Audio Masterclass Course Tour

Clipping and compressing a drum recording to achieve an exciting sound texture

Compressing the kick drum using different methods for interesting effects

Making a track with Ableton Live, reFX Nexus 2, Lennar Digital Sylenth and Reveal Sound Spire

Additive Synthesis From First Principles

STC 4038 Ribbon Microphone

Band splitting and processing a bass guitar

The importance of neat topping and tailing

Recordings of speech by newly starting Audio Masterclass students

A demonstration of compression on female vocal focusing on the ratio and gain make-up controls

Mixing and enhancement of a recording of drums

Two microphone preamplifiers compared at Abbey Road Studio 2 - tube and transistor

Recordings of acoustic guitar by Audio Masterclass students

Waves CLA-76 compressor plug-in on snare drum (Universal Audio 1176 emulation)

AmpliTube Marshall JTM 100 demo

AmpliTube Fender Bassman demo

Demonstrating the polar response of an omnidirectional microphone

Cymbal recorded with a Shure SM57 microphone

Microphone scratch test

Demonstrating the Waves J37 analog tape emulation plug-in and comparison with a real tape recorder

The Making of a CD: SinFiction's 'Led By Verses'

Click removal at the start of a track

When is a click not a click? When should you fix a click, and when should you leave it alone?

Noise problem at the end of a mix

Microphone preamplifier comparison by Audio Masterclass

Achieving the 'mastered sound' while keeping a wide dynamic range

Low-level recording of speech

The frequency balance of a HIT RECORD!

Shure SM57 and AKG C451 microphones compared

Stereoizing an electric guitar with pitch change

Vocal harmony effects

Spin echo with low-pass filter

The importance of editing speech cleanly

Adding stereo echo to an acoustic guitar

Children's choir recording problem

Comparison between tube mic+pre and solid-state mic+pre

Violet Design The Globe microphone test at Abbey Road Studio 2

Violet Design Flamingo microphone test at Abbey Road Studio 2

Violet Design Amethyst microphone test at Abbey Road Studio 2

Filtering the vuvuzela by Audio Masterclass

Audio Masterclass: Piano Recording Techniques, Excerpt (Abbey Road Studio 3)

Audio Masterclass: Electric Guitar Recording Techniques, Excerpt (Abbey Road Studio 3)

Audio Masterclass: Drum Recording Techniques - Excerpt, Single Neumann U47 (Abbey Road Studio 3)

Audio Masterclass: Four Classic Compressors Compared - Excerpt, Fairchild 660 (Abbey Road Studio 3)

Audio Masterclass: Acoustic Guitar Recording Techniques - Excerpt (Abbey Road Studio 3)

Microphone Polar Patterns and Stereo Configurations - Excerpt, Cardioid (Abbey Road Studio 2)