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Joe Chiccarelli [White Stripes, Beck, Frank Zappa, Spoon] Interview Part 1: Tracking, Mixing & Pre-Production

Check out part 1 of our interview with the legendary Joe Chiccarelli, producer/engineer for White Stripes, Spoon, Alanis Morissette, Morrissey, U2, Elton John, Beck, Frank Zappa and many more.

In this part of their B&H interview series, Chiccarelli talks with SonicScoop editor Justin Colletti about best strategies for tracking, mixing Read more...

The Art of Listening to Microphones (A Special Technique for Building a Sense Memory for Your Mic Locker)

A good microphone locker offers a vast array of possibilities, with blurry borders and intangible contours.

Knowing how to choose the right ones can often seem like a daunting task at first. But through a technique I’d like to share, which is based on deep listening and simple, intuitive experimentation, Read more...

How to Build Your Own Soundproof Rehearsal Room (When You Have No Idea What You’re Doing)

This story first appeared in Trust Me, I’m a Scientist on March 31st, 2014.

Most paid rehearsal spaces stink, if not literally, then at least figuratively. For several years, my band rehearsed in one: A windowless room slapped together with drywall inside of a warehouse space in a sad and Read more...

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