Articles, interviews and reviews of the people and equipment plus tips and advice of getting the best out of your equipment. Some articles will be featured in the relevant instruments pages but we will be providing links here for the avid readers among you. All the article links on this page open in a new window so you can read the article then come back to the next one - Enjoy!!
A new series of articles provided by professional studio designer John Storyk starts with advice on Internal Room Acoustics and Home/Project Studio design.

Home Recorders Should Partner With Professional Recording Studios
Architecture & Acoustics - Costs
Create Unique Recordings
More Bandwidth
Ergonomics & Room Layouts
Compare Mix?
Delay or Reverb
Making Unique Mixes
Mixing Made Easy
Room Layout Principles
Small Rooms - High Frequency Control
Small Rooms - Low Frequency Control
Surface Applied Acoustic Treatments
Music Metadata - Coding your recordings for maximum royalties by Peter Spellman
Furniture Tips and advice on furniture for use in home recording studios by Beth Walters and John Storyk
How to get a great Bass Sound in your Home StudioTips and advice from Michael Laskow TAXI CEO
How do I record an Organ? Advice and tips on recording Hammond Organs.
How do I record a Synthesizer
Is it easier to Mix if each part of the Drum Kit has been recorded onto a Seperate Track? Tips and Advice from Studio Buddy by Michael Laskow TAXI CEO
How do I record a Snare Drum Tips and Advice from Studio Buddy by Michael Laskow TAXI CEO
The Slice & Dice of Music Editing Music Editor Brett Perry spills the beans.
Roadies Helpful info and links for Roadies.
Sound Engineering External Articles
Free Recording Handbook Read it online or browse the JeepJazz Question and Answer section.
Studio Recording Engineer An interesting forum for sound engineers and those who are interested in seeking a career as an audio engineer.
Free Technical Manuals Very useful downloadable online manuals and sound charts in .pdf format (the free Adobe Acrobat Reader required). Includes synths, amplifiers, monitors, mixers, signal processors, digital processors, performance tools, power products, drum, guitar and recording equipment
The Studio Musicians Jargon Buster A book which provides a glossary of musical technology and recording. Nearly 2000 essential terms and processes for home and studio musicians, fully explained, illustrated and cross referenced
Record Your Band at Home with Professional Results: Common Mistakes Tips for keeping your home recording adventures low-stress and productive by Trent Sandusky published at AssociatedContent.
Carling Live Their 'Behind The Scenes' section presents a series of interviews with people in the biz including: Do You Want to be a Promoter, Do You Want to Be a Live Sound Engineer, Do You Want to be a Band Manager, Do You Want to be the Head of Music at a Radio Station, Do You Want to become a Venue Manager and Do you want to be a booking agent?
Sound on Sound magazine have a wide range of informative tutorials and articles on sound production, equipment and recording including a neat Technical Glossary of Terms.
Choosing a recording setup A five part series of articles from Sound on Sound magazine who have a wide range of articles on sound and recording from their regular magazine.
Cubase Notes: Interactive Phrase Synthesizer The Interactive Phrase Synthesizer is one of those parts of Cubase that most of us know exist, but which few have actually used. We take a look at what it can do, as well as offering some handy tips on setting up loops and introducing the idea of controlling your computer remotely...
Cubase Notes: An Introduction to Cubase's Studio Module The Studio Module allows PC and Atari users to select configurations and patch names for their synths within Cubase. Paul Nagle guides you through the basics of creating a Studio Module setup.
Introduction To Mixer Automation: Part 1 Paul White introduces the concept of VCA and moving-fader mixer automation in the first part of a short series on automated mixers and their applications.
Introduction To Mixer Automation: Part 2 Paul White concludes his short series on mixer automation with a step-by-step guide to setting up and running an automated mix.
Testing1212 Site for live sound engineers in the UK
UnpluggedSound contains neat articles and information on Acoustic Sound Reinforcement and audio engineering by Anton Niedersteiner including general PA operating tips, Kamloops resources, offline references, links n more.
Recently discovered John Vestman's site which contains some rather cool information and tips for bands and musicians on Mastering and other recording related subjects - great for beginners!
Vocalist motivation
Secrets of Miking
Success Tape Series
How to Prepare for Mastering
Suprising Differences
Cutting a Hot CD
Mastering Procedures
What to Expect from Mastering
Tips for better Mixing
Tips for Recording Vocals
The Myth of Digital Sound
Cassette Mastering Tips
Compression Explained
Studio Monitor Madness
A - Z Sound Glossary Excellent sound glossary explaining each term used in sound and recording with cross-referances to related terms. The site contains text descriptions and information about mixing desks, input devices, wireless microphones, processors and how to use them suitable for beginners to intermediate users. This is a USA site so please remember that their electricity supply works at a different ampage from UK. USA readers should also check out his links section which contains manufacturers, dealers, distributors, hire companies and reference sources.
Home Studio Registry where musicians and composers can swap information and tips.
Can you really do it all yourself? can you get major label quality recording at home?
Compression - A simple explanation
Musicians Friend This popular online musicians store includes a wealth of tips, reviews and buying guides in the articles section.
Recording Vocals by Rick Ording The article explains how to master the psycological and technical process of recording a singer including everything from preparation and mics to trouble shooting and mixing. Aimed at songwriters, dj's producers and sound engineers.
Speech Intelligibility Factors that affect intelligibility in sound systems article from Meyer Sound Laboratories includes diagrams and charts.

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