What's so special with the SM7B?
Just the other day, chatting with a friend on a video meet (pandemic-style), he came up saying that the Shure SM 7B is a great mic for...
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Blind testing in practice
(note: if you're just interested in downloading the scramble utility, go here) Is a microphone better than another? Is a interface better...
How to mix on headphones
This has got to be one of the most common discussions about mixing. Most beginners are convinced that you cannot make a proper mix unless...
The importance of being Plaice
A plaice is, apparently a large edible marine flatfish of Western European waters. Can't say I knew that, and this being The Audio Blog,...
Why microphones sound different?
In audio circles, it is an article of faith that you cannot judge a microphones by its specs or frequency response graphs, but you have...
Same LUFS, different loudness!
If you read the post about how average LUFS are irrelevant to you as a mixing engineer, you may remember that I closed with the promise...
Do I need better converters?
Take any audio forum or Facebook group, or even a conversation at a pub among audio-interested people, and sooner or later someone will...
Critical gear for the self-recording musician!
As we all know, these days going to a studio with a proper control room and recording engineer has become more and more unusual. ...
Average LUFS are irrelevant!
Well, ok - they are relevant, but not in the sense you might think. There are a lot of people (very few of whom are mastering engineers....
It's the sound absorption, stupid!
Ok, my attempt to a Clitonian presidential slogan is perhaps not the best, but after reading the n-th question about sound proofing, I...
How do I record a great vocal take in an untreated room?
Ok, there's gazillion excellent videos and pages on the subject, but this question appears quite often in lots of places so I thought I'd...
Is it worth to go recording in a studio?
Studios are fun. They usually have nice and comfy interiors, nice people (if the people ain't nice, the studio's soon out of business),...
Should I use ASIO4All?
ASIO4All is a great tool but it's important to understand when it makes sense to use it.
Why your mic may be tricking you!
Even if you have started recording for just a little while, you've most likely heard about microphone polar patterns (and if you haven't,...
Listen, don't look!
A short post today about something very simple, but sometimes overlooked. The prevalence of DAWs, plugin effects and digital recording...
What is mastering?
There's few subjects that seem to provoke as much confusion and misunderstanding as mastering - and this post is about shedding a little...
Pump up the volume (not the gain)
You may have read the post about how DAWs destroy your recordings (if you haven't, there's worse ways of spending five minutes), so you...
Master that stream!
It's no news that most music listening nowadays happens via streaming sites, and applications like Spotify, Apple Music etc, as opposite...
Computers aren't that good with numbers
This is a blog about all things audio, so it may seem odd to talk of something that apparently hasn't much to do with audio. We want to...
No pain, no gain!
A quick post today on something not particularly difficult or esoteric - but which seems to be a source of confusion to more than a few,...
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