Moulton Laboratories
the art and science of sound
ARTICLES
AcousticsASA Papers
Composition
Copyright
Digital Audio
Equipment
Education
Hearing
Humor
Loudspeakers
Measurement
Microphones
Mixing
Producing
Recording Industry
Software
Studio Design
MULTIMEDIA
Frequency Range
Featured Articles
Original Notes on Music for the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts Garage in Kansas City, MO
Creating loudspeaker music for a large space.
10/2011
Issues pertaining to the composing of “minimalist” loudspeaker music for home theater arrays
Power Chords, Polyphonic Trains and Plain Old Phase
6/2006
Design considerations for an idealized domestic surround sound listening space
The author describes an ideal surround sound system.
6/2006
IN DISCUSSION
24 Bits: Can You Hear ‘Em? 96 kHz.: Can You Hear It?:
"...has anyone really addressed inherent problems most sound systems have? Pre…
Random Articles
Speaker, Speaker, On The Wall, Who Sounds Coolest Of Them All?
If you sometimes have a hard time figuring out the best piece of gear to use, you're not alone. Moulton investigates the difference between "blind" and "sounds cool" testing methodologies.
6/1994
The Difference Between What You Hear and What You “Hear!”
An overview of those human biological signal processors otherwise known as ears, and how they impact the question of audibility.
2/2000
Making Your Home Control Room The Best That It Can Be: Some Basic Principles
Seven issues you will need to address as you build the control room of your home studio.
6/2002
Principles of Multitrack Mixing: The Kick Drum/Bass Relationship
Pop and rock means kick drum and bass. Mixing them well is essential.
2/1993
The Microphone vs. the Ear
Why Recordings Don't Sound Quite Like the Real Thing and Some Things You Can Do About It. An informal introduction to the realities of psychoacoustics.
5/1993
The Brave New World: About The Rooms In Which Loudspeakers Work
Conceptualizing the room as part of the loudspeaker itself.
6/2001
TV Audio IS Getting Better, And We’re Learning To Use Metadata Too!
How television engineers (attempt to) broadcast audio signals intact from the control room to the end-user's set-top box.
10/2003
Straight Arrow Recording: A Profile
A Vermont studio. Mike Billingsley (inventor of the SASS mic) built this one.
5/1994
©1988 - ©2012 David Moulton, All Rights Reserved. Privacy Policy