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.
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October 1992
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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.
On the Importance of Lyrics
Panoramic Power Response: A Fresh Approach To Loudspeaker Dispersion and Control Room Design
Moulton's fresh take on monitoring in the recording studio.
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• Loudspeakers
• Studio Design
September 2000
The PAQRAT - Making Your MDM Into A 20-Bit Recorder
Getting your 16-bit digital multitrack to function as a 20-bit recorder.
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• Equipment
February 1996
Power Amps Revisited: The Joys Of An “Audiophile” Amplifier
R.E. Designs LNPA 150 power amp.
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• Equipment
March 1997
Principles of Multitrack Mixing: The Kick Drum/Bass Relationship
Pop and rock means kick drum and bass. Mixing them well is essential.
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• Mixing
February 1993
Principles of Multitrack Mixing: The Phantom Image
The quirky natures of phantom images.
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• Mixing
December 1992
Principles of Multitrack Mixing: the Use of Early Delays
Early delays are those "echos" following the initial onset of a sound (usually room reflections), which effect a great impact on a sound's apparent quality.
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• Acoustics
• Mixing
November 1992
The Real World of Project Control Room Monitoring
How to Have Decent Listening Without Breaking Your Bank
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• Loudspeakers
• Studio Design
April 1997
The Royer R-121 Ribbon Microphone
What Goes Around Comes Around
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• Microphones
July 1999
The Saito Sessions
Chronicles the recording session of a classical soprano.
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• Producing
August 1995
Sensible Sound on the BL5
"demonstrably the finest loudspeaker system designed and manufactured thus far."
• News
October 2005
Some Reminiscing About My Experiences With Subjective Testing
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• Measurement
September 2001
So What’s So Good About Digital, Anyway?
Dave's take on the old debate over analog vs. digital audio.
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• Digital Audio
June 1993
So Ya Wanna Learn About Audio? A Reformed But Unrepentant Teacher Tells All
Getting educated. A very useful overview. Relevant!
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• Recording Industry
February 1995
So You Wanna Record A Wicked Blues Harp?
Shaker Harmonica Microphones
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• Microphones
July 1999
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.
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• Measurement
June 1994
Spectral Management, or, Ways To Think About EQ and Mixing
Dave talks about the huge range of sounds we can hear and how these dimensions should be approached from a mixing standpoint.
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• Hearing
• Mixing
March 1993
Starting Over
My own personal life adventure building a home studio. This adventure is recounted in a series of "Starting Over" articles.
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• Studio Design
April 1994
Starting Over II
Dave's adventure, continued. Monitoring.
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• Studio Design
April 1994
Starting Over III, Where Audio Hits The Air, The Zen Of Specs Takes On A Whole New Outlook.
Dave loses it when it comes to fan noise (and he doesn't mean the cheering of his readers, either!).
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• Studio Design
April 1994
Starting Over IV
Three Not-So-Easy Pieces About Starting Over: Care And Feeding Of The Median Plane.
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• Studio Design
June 1994
Stereo Reconsidered: A+B/A-B: Another Way of Mixing
Dave explains how to listen in A+B/A-B, or "Sum and Difference" Listening and Mixing.
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• Mixing
January 1993
Straight Arrow Recording: A Profile
A Vermont studio. Mike Billingsley (inventor of the SASS mic) built this one.
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• Studio Design
May 1994
Studio Profile: Orchard Sound. It’s All A Question Of Balancing Your Priorities
Scott Hull's home studio.
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• Studio Design
February 1995
Taking Stock: How Important Is High Resolution Audio, Anyway?
An epic discussion of high resolution digital audio.
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• Digital Audio
• Recording Industry
September 2000
Taming the Big Wave
Getting Control of Low Frequencies in the Studio and Control Room
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• Acoustics
• Studio Design
January 1997
The Tascam TM-D8000 Digital Mixing Console: An Overview
Another offering in the low-cost digital console sweepstakes.
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• Equipment
August 1998
Ultra Audio on the BL5
"represents a true reinvention of the loudspeaker as we know it"
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• News
July 2004
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