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Acoustics and Monitoring

ACOUSTICS AND
MONITORING
Room Acoustics,
Monitoring, Home Studios

On Mics and Miking

ON MICS AND MIKING
Acoustic/Electric Guitar
Bands, Drums, Percussion
Bass, Vocals

On Mastering

ON MASTERING
The Mastering Process
DIY Mastering
Q&A’s

On Mixing

ON MIXING
Drum Mixes
Mix Studio
Multiband Dynamics
Tracking

for songwriters

FOR SONGWRITERS
Microphones
Music Business
Production Techniques
Recording Demos

for your studio

FOR YOUR STUDIO
From The Outside In
Maintenance
Studio Infrastructure

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Join us as we delve into the science and artistry of recording music. From interviews with top engineers, artists, and producers to discussions with inventors and innovators and Q&A sessions where we answer your gear questions, RECORDING PODCAST is all about recording!

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The official online forum for the RECORDING Magazine community! This is the place to share tips and tricks, look at new gear, and ask questions about microphones, monitoring, studio acoustics, signal processing, and more… basically, all things recording studio related.

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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!

First Steps in Dolby Atmos: Space, Gear, and Throwing DARDTs

Headphones & Monitors

• Monitors Should Be Like Sensible Shoes
• Headphone Mixing Rules
• Open-Back, Closed-Back and In-Ears…Oh My!

15 New Reviews

APL • Audeze • Audio-Technica • Austrian Audio
beyerdynamic • Dekoni• KSD Studio Monitors
Orchestral Tools • Rhodes Music • Torso • Waves
Audio-Technica ATH-R70xa, ATH-R50x & ATH-R30x

FEATURED REVIEW

Audio-Technica ATH-R70xa, ATH-R50x & ATH-R30x

A trio of affordable, lightweight, great-sounding open-back headphones

Audio-Technica headphones (ATH), especially the ATH-M50 (2007) and ATH-M50x (2014), need little introduction. While the M-Series (M for monitor) are professional closed-back designs, in September 2015, we reviewed the newly introduced open-back ATH-R70x.

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Monitors and Monitoring

FEATURED ARTICLE

Monitors and Monitoring—What’s Right For Your Studio

A hard look at the art and science of hearing your music right

In studios of all types and sizes, every decision made—levels, EQ, compression, reverb—is based on what the engineer hears in the studio monitoring system.

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Spitfire Audio announces availability of SPITFIRE SWARMS as consolidated KONTAKT PLAYER library bringing together several ...SWARM releases

Spitfire Audio announces availability of SPITFIRE SWARMS

Rhodes Introduces the Stage 61: A Compact Passive Tine Piano for Stage and Studio

Rhodes Introduces the Stage 61

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CRAS Opens its Doors to the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Valley

Moog Music Unveils Geddy Lee Minimoog Model D Synth, Honoring the Iconic Rush Legend

Moog Music Unveils Geddy Lee Minimoog Model D Synth, Honoring the Iconic Rush Legend

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.

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REC’s six monthly Sound Advice bulletins offer great advice:

  1. On Vocals: Useful advice on recording the best vocals.
  2. On Guitars: Miked or direct, electric or acoustic, ways to capture great guitar sounds.
  3. On Drums: Great techniques for recording drums.
  4. On Mastering & Mixing: Practical mastering topics for at-home users and tips on how to mix better songs.
  5. On Acoustics: Learn how to make your room sound better.
  6. On Digital Audio: All about digital and computer audio.

SAMPLE BULLETINS

Sound Advice Guitars Sample
Sound Advice Digital Audio Sample
Sound Advice Drums Sample