Success in recording and mixing requires using the most accurate speakers and acoustically unambiguous rooms you can get access to.
This means that to get great results at every stage, we have to either strive to work in rooms that do not adversely color Read more...
When performing, recording or mixing, trusting what we hear is essential. That trust is built, in part, on our training and experience.
It is the sum total of how much we’ve studied, who we hang with, what we listen to, and what we dig. But that trust is also built Read more...
Do-it-yourself kits are becoming more and more common in the audio community, especially among the more ambitious—and more thrifty—among us. With a bit of time and focus, you can wind up with professional-grade audio equipment worth much more than the literal sum of its parts.
There is a very wide Read more...
“Modding” gear has been a pretty common practice throughout the years, and many engineers have sent out some of their gear to experts who replace components with the aim of increasing performance.
But the folks at Microphone-Parts.com have a different model: They send you the parts and let you do Read more...
DIY Recording Equipment (DIYRE) has quickly become one of my favorite audio companies. Their open source “Colour” format, created by founder Peterson Goodwyn, has created a wide range of sonic possibilities in a particularly affordable DIY manner.
With the Colour system, DIYRE offers something like a “lunchbox-within-a-lunchbox”, taking care of Read more...
