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“Sometimes it’s best not to meet your idols”: Todd Rundgren’s Top 5 favourite album productions
By Danny Scott published
“There’s not much more I can say,” he says of his work on the Meat Loaf classic

The curious case of The Weeknd’s mic distortion, and how his live sound team fixed it
By Ben Rogerson published
“We came to realize that it was the result of the combination of The Weeknd’s unique vocal timbre and the hyping of compression and high-end,” says front of house engineer Derek Brener

Best cheap microphones for recording 2025: Budget microphones for the home studio
By Matt McCracken last updated
Record at home for less with my pick of the best budget recording microphones around

"A reliable and arguably preferable alternative to plugin-based solutions": Audient Oria Mini review
By Jon Musgrave published
Hardware-based room correction is an attractive but often pricey option. Let’s see how this new affordable system performs

Audient’s ORIA Mini is the set-and-forget hardware that will fix your studio’s acoustic imperfections so that you can create better mixes
By Advertorial feature published
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It sits between your audio interface and your speakers

“A portable setup that offers a powerful means of recording and practising”: Fender Link I/O and Fender Studio review
By Pete Emery published
Fender introduces Link I/O and Fender Studio, a potentially potent and exceptionally portable little combo

“Clearly the M-10 is not tuned for this type of music”: V-Moda M-10 review
By Jon Musgrave published
If you like your headphones to be loud and punchy, then this stylish design could be for you

Music studio complex opens in former nuclear bunker in The Hague
By Matt Mullen published
Subterra has transformed the Cold War-era bunker into a "cultural hub for upcoming and established musical talent"

“In the actual song you hear today, the guitars, the riff, the bass, the drums and all the vocals are from those initial takes I did in my bedroom”: Sombr on the making of viral hit Undressed, and his formula for creating "a legendary indie rock song"
By Ben Rogerson published
“I remember playing the guitar riff and thinking, ‘OK, that is great.’ From there, the song just made sense, it flowed"
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