Increasingly, the quest for finding suitable plug-ins that can help home (and pro) recordists solve problems, bolster a digital track’s positive attributes, and explore new sonic...
I have been a user of IK Multimedia’s T-RackS digital mastering software since it was first introduced in the early 2000s and I have always absolutely...
I was confused. Not just by the unfamiliar environment of the interface, I mean that’s part and parcel to the job of reviewing the new and...
Laundry day. As I haul another heaping basket of laundry across the bedroom floor, I notice a pair of my favorite jeans crumpled in the corner....
Plugging Into Better In what can only be described as some sort of grand irony, the very first musical recordings couldn’t even be played back and...
The morning sun glances off the white-capped canvas of the Pacific Ocean in a refracted bouquet of peaches, pinks, jades, and cerulean blues. Glimpses of herons...
A year ago this month, I covered a pair of condenser microphones that I was quite obviously impressed with. Regular readers of this column may have...
Over the years, I have experimented with an endless variety of mic setups with regard to all instruments, but particularly the acoustic guitar. That tinkering evolved...
When writing a review column of roughly 800 to 1000 words on a regular basis, one is destined to come across a tool so complex and...