More Thoughts About Copyright

Seven issues you will need to address as you build the control room of your home studio.

A summary and interesting look back at the history of Dolby's noise-reduction scheme.

Discussing the limits of music specifically composed for performance playback on a set of surround sound loudspeakers.

Dave's take on the old debate over analog vs. digital audio.

And in this column, I really get down to it. Here we go, with the awful, terrible and painful truth. I’m sorry to be the one to tell ya...

Lyrics are a big deal, and we ignore them at our peril. Nonetheless, we DO tend to ignore them. Hopefully, this article may convince to change your musicianly ways regarding lyrics.

How to kick the woofers before buying (uhm, not really).

The final step of preparing a recording for release in its final format (such as a CD).

A review of Mackie's multitrack digital mixer, the Digital 8•Bus console.

The needs and design of control rooms.

All about our amazing auditory system.

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.