Arturia, the French audio gear manufacturer, has recently announced its Minifuse audio interface range. Purpose-built for home studios on a low budget, all of the new interfaces in this range feature USB-A and USB-C connectivity. For the…
Author: Connor Edney
With working from home becoming a more adopted work option, audio quality has become ever more important for those that once sat in an office (and those that didn’t). From video calls to enjoying both…
Created to accommodate the electric instruments being born in the 1960s, DI (Direct Injection) boxes convert unbalanced high impedance signals into balanced low impedance signals. This allows us to route unbalanced signals such as a…
Patch bays allows us to route multiple pieces of outboard gear in one signal chain, while also allowing for us to create complex signal chains. Rather than climb behind your desk to rearrange your cables…
Both additive and subtractive EQ have their place in the mixing process. Additive EQ can add colour to a sound, but so can subtractive EQ. EQ’ing is a vital process in our production process, so…
A limp kick drum is one of the biggest fears for all music producers. A kick drum should be punchy, but shouldn’t dominate the mix (well, to in all cases). Untidy frequency bands can be…
Sound is a natural beauty, but we need to control it in a music studio. Whether in a bedroom or a purpose-built studio, acoustic treatment is our friend. It helps us tame reflected sound so…
Budding recording artists & producers all have one hoop they have to jump through, and that’s acoustic treatment. The power of acoustic treatment is heavily underestimated. People tend to think that a good microphone will…
Amplifiers are in stereos, speakers & other music equipment, but they’re also in the likes of televisions and computers. They’re all around us. Amplifiers receive an input signal and create a larger copy of it…
A Talk Box consists of a speaker driver, known as a horn driver, and a plastic tube, which is connected to a mic stand, for the user to talk into. Talk Boxes feature an effects…
