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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.

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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 • Recording Magazine

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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• Digital Audio • Equipment • Recording Magazine

February 1996

The Pitfalls and Promises of the Center Channel

How to use the center channel in stereo as well as surround.

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• Mixing • TVTech Magazine

October 2003

Power Amps Revisited: The Joys Of An “Audiophile” Amplifier

Dave reviews the R.E. Designs LNPA 150 power amp.

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• Equipment • Recording Magazine

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 • Recording Magazine

February 1993

Principles of Multitrack Mixing: The Phantom Image

The quirky natures of phantom images.

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• Mixing • Recording Magazine

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 • Recording Magazine

November 1992

A Reader Asks About the “Aesthetics” of Audio Compression in Broadcasting

How to use black boxes when making compression decisions for broadcast.

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• Mixing • TVTech Magazine

March 2003

The Real World of Project Control Room Monitoring

How to Have Decent Listening Without Breaking Your Bank

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• Loudspeakers • Studio Design • Recording Magazine

April 1997

The Royer R-121 Ribbon Microphone

What Goes Around Comes Around. A review of the new ribbon microphone from Royer, the R-121.

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• Microphones • Recording Magazine

July 1999

Rules of Analysis

A few notes for AES.

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• Measurement

April 2003

The Saito Sessions

Chronicles the recording session of a classical soprano.

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• Producing • Recording Magazine

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

How Dave began his journey down the rabbit hole of audio perception measurement.

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• Measurement • TVTech Magazine

September 2001

Some Thoughts About Copyright

A discussion of copyright issues.

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• Copyright • TVTech Magazine

August 2002

Some Thoughts About Loudspeakers

How to think about loudspeakers as musical instruments.

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• Loudspeakers • TVTech Magazine

June 2003

Some Thoughts About Our Recent Day of Horror

Bad Audio and the Meaning of TV At A Time Like This. A piece from 2001.

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• davemoulton.com • Recording Industry • TVTech Magazine

November 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 • Recording Magazine

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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• Education • Recording Magazine

February 1995

So You Wanna Record A Wicked Blues Harp?

Shaker Harmonica Microphones

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• Microphones • Recording Magazine

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 • Recording Magazine

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 • Recording Magazine

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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• davemoulton.com • Studio Design • Recording Magazine

April 1994

Starting Over II

Dave's adventure, continued. Monitoring.

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• Loudspeakers • davemoulton.com • Recording Industry • 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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• davemoulton.com • Studio Design • Recording Magazine

April 1994

Starting Over IV

Three Not-So-Easy Pieces About Starting Over: Care And Feeding Of The Median Plane.

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• davemoulton.com • Studio Design • Recording Magazine

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 • Recording Magazine