Moulton Laboratories

the art and science of sound

Articles

Many of the articles on these pages originally appeared in magazines such as Recording and TV Technology. Out of deference to the publishers involved, works written in the last two years will generally not be shown.

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The Equal Loudness Contours

What They are and What They Mean for your Mixing

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• Hearing • Mixing

March 1997

Fadeout: Fear, Loathing and Copyright, Virtual Style

A rant, this time about copy protection. Everybody's a crook of some sort, it turns out.

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• Recording Industry • Software

November 1994

A Fresh Approach to Equalization: the Tom Bates Way

Using EQ to make things sound better (instead of less bad).

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• Mixing

April 2004

“From Exile to Exaltation” wins 2006 Independent Music Awards for Best Gospel Song

Two of Dave's surround mixes were nominated for the Independent Music Awards, one wins!

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• News • davemoulton.com

December 2005

From Stereo to Mono and Back

The Shortest Distance From A to B Is Definitely Not A Straight Line!

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• Mixing

July 1993

A Gift of Sound

Sound Sculptures by David Moulton

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• News • davemoulton.com

February 2002

Grammy Nomination

for "Best Engineered Classical Album" / George Crumb's Ancient Voices of Children

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• News • davemoulton.com

January 2000

Great Expectations or Crashing Dreams?

How Hyperchange is Consuming Your Computer And How To Cope With It!

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• Software

February 1995

Great Rock ‘n Roll Clichés: Trash or Icons

Clichés are not always a bad thing.

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• Producing

May 1994

How High Do We Really Need To Hear

What Really Happens To Them Ultrasonic Signals, Anyway?

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• Digital Audio • Hearing

April 2000

Issues pertaining to the composing of “minimalist” loudspeaker music for home theater arrays

Power Chords, Polyphonic Trains and Plain Old Phase

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• ASA Papers • Loudspeakers

June 2006

The Key Ingredients for A Good Demo Recording

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• Producing

June 1997

Kick/Bass Revisited: A New Dimension Is Added By Rap And Hip-Hop

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• Producing

August 1994

A Letter to Santa

Dave out of his mind with Christmas Spirits.

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• Humor • Recording Industry

December 1994

A Little Bit More About Dither and Bits

Toby Mountain’s Dither Demo

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• Digital Audio

June 1997

Looking At MIDI Through the Wrong End of The Telescope

A Quick Review of Voltage Control Languages, and the Origins of MIDI

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• Digital Audio

January 1995

Loudspeaker array as a musical composition genre

Composing in surround sound.

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• ASA Papers • Loudspeakers

June 2006

The loudspeaker as musical instrument

An examination of the issues surrounding loudspeaker performance of music in typical rooms.

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• ASA Papers • Loudspeakers

May 2003

The Mackie 32-Input 8•Bus Console: The Last Best Console?

Multitrack analog console.

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• Equipment

June 1994

The Mackie Digital 8•Bus Mixing Console, Version 2.0

Multitrack digital console.

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• Equipment

November 1999

Mackie Ultra Automation System

Automating your console.

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• Equipment

May 1996

Making Loudspeakers And Control Rooms That Make Music “Sound Good”

An unabridged version of an article that originally appeared in Mix Magazine, edited by Moulton.

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• Acoustics • Loudspeakers • Studio Design

January 1999

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.

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• Acoustics • Hearing • Microphones

May 1993

The Mikrodigi 360 Digital Microphone: 21st Century Technology Is Really Here!

Recording magazine declined to publish this one. Too bad it was for the April issue! They thought it was a joke!

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• Humor • Microphones

April 1995

More Rock and Roll Clichés For Fun And Profit

While Amateurs Plagiarize, Professionals Use What Works!

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• Producing