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Here we expand on some of our magazine’s informative reviews. Read the review, see how we tested the gear, and see/hear it in action for yourself!
Drums!
11 New Reviews
M-Audio • Novation • PreSonus • Three-Body Technology
Toontrack • UJAM • United Plugins
FEATURED REVIEW
Grace Design m303
A beautiful direct box, inside and out
Grace Design is well known for crafting some of the cleanest, clearest microphone and instrument preamps available. Now, the Grace brothers and their team have extended that design know-how into the company’s first dedicated direct box offering—the just-released m303.
FEATURED ARTICLE
A Beginner’s Guide to Miking Drums
Kit setup, working with the drum room, mic choice, and more!
One look at a professional multitrack track list should make the complexity and importance of capturing a good drum kit sound obvious. Even the most conservative approach to a good drum kit recording will consume at least three tracks, but more often than not the number is more like ten.
NAMM 2025: On-Stage Designs New MS500 Travel Mic Stand for Performers On-the-Go
Flock Audio Announces PATCH LV – Digitally-Controlled All-Analog Patchbay for Live Sound with DANTE
Recording’s Readers’ Tracks is where respected engineer and producer Marty Peters listens to your recordings and critiques them, pointing out where and how you can make them better. Listen to the songs, read the reviews, and submit your own materials online via upload.
Artist Name: Just Go Quietly Title: Pieter Holland Genre: Pop Rock Rating:
“Just Go Quietly” is a pop-rock song written and performed by Pieter Holland. Pieter’s wife, Sally Holland, engineered the record in their Nashville studio, ROCKnROLL RANCH.
REC’s six monthly Sound Advice bulletins offer great advice:
- On Vocals: Useful advice on recording the best vocals.
- On Guitars: Miked or direct, electric or acoustic, ways to capture great guitar sounds.
- On Drums: Great techniques for recording drums.
- On Mastering & Mixing: Practical mastering topics for at-home users and tips on how to mix better songs.
- On Acoustics: Learn how to make your room sound better.
- On Digital Audio: All about digital and computer audio.
SAMPLE BULLETINS
