Bang On The Drum All Day By Jonah Altrove • August 13, 2019 My father used to say, “Son, opinions are like drum miking techniques. Everyone has one.” Or something like that… Truthfully, there’s an overwhelming amount of… Read More
Capturing Great-Sounding Drums Using Only Four Tracks By Ward Lionel Kremer • July 1, 2019 Here’s a simple, common-sense method to record a great-sounding drum kit on only four tracks. I’ve always been a follower of the less-is-more philosophy, and… Read More
The Grand Mother By Mark Frink • June 25, 2019 Ask 100 sound engineers how to mike a piano and you’ll get 99 ideas. The piano is the Mother of Musical Creation, the heart of… Read More
Church Sound: Guitar Amps In Your Worship Services By Wayne DuCharme • May 28, 2019 Many worship teams now include an electric guitar to reproduce the growing number of contemporary worship songs found on the radio and used in churches… Read More
Microfiles: Shure Model 55—The History Of A True Classic By Craig Leerman • May 20, 2019 Ask any person on the planet to think of a vintage microphone, and the Shure Model 55 is what probably comes to mind. This iconic… Read More
Mic Techniques For Taming The Live Stage By Bruce Bartlett • May 17, 2019 Approaches for controlling feedback and leakage as well as fostering delivery of clean, natural sound Read More
Church Sound: Effective Microphone Strategies For Choirs By Bruce Bartlett • April 24, 2019 One of the biggest challenges in church sound is miking the choir. We want to achieve a good balance, a natural sound, and high gain… Read More
In The Studio: Condenser Or Dynamic For Vocals? The Cases For Both By Joe Gilder • April 17, 2019 Whether it’s a documentary on your favorite band, a movie scene in a recording studio, or a full-page ad in Sweetwater‘s latest catalog, one common… Read More
In The Studio: Stereo Microphone Techniques By PSW Staff • March 27, 2019 One of the most popular specialized microphone techniques is stereo miking. The use of two or more microphones to create a stereo image will often… Read More
Continual Progress: A Look At Headworn, Lav & Podium Microphone Options By PSW Staff • March 6, 2019 At first glance, headset, lavalier and podium microphones all appear to be relatively simple, but a closer look reveals that there’s a lot more going… Read More
Flying Solo On The Front Lines By Nicholas Radina • February 21, 2019 Are you a Lone Ranger of the audio world? I’ve been one for more than 20 years, working as an independent practitioner of live sound. Read More
Captured For Posterity: Microphone Choice & Application For Live Recording By Craig Leerman • February 20, 2019 When done well, a live recording captures the energy and personality of the performance, along with the ambiance and (if desired) audience response. There are… Read More
In The Studio: Four Vocal Microphone Placement Techniques By Bobby Owsinski • February 18, 2019 Plus an exercise to lead you through different ways of vocal miking Read More
In The Studio: Mic With Your Ears, Not Your Eyes By Bruce A. Miller • February 4, 2019 Often, a young engineer will start to position microphones based on what they see done by others or read in a magazine. Sometimes they experiment… Read More
Top Five Reasons Mic Preamps Matter By Daniel Keller • February 4, 2019 Few topics stir up more debate than microphone preamplifiers. With dozens, if not hundreds of different brands, models, shapes, sizes, variations, and configurations to choose… Read More
