Moulton Laboratories

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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.

About Acoustic and Microphone Levels: Levels Management I

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March 1996

About Buying A Console

Moulton talks about the factors influencing our big ticket audio gear purchases; in particular, the console.

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• Equipment • Mixing

January 1994

About Comb Filtering, Phase Shift and Polarity Reversal

The phenomena of comb filtering, phase shift and polarity reversal are surrounded in myth and are a bedrock topic for audio engineers.

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• Acoustics • Mixing

August 1993

About Playback And Mixing Levels: Levels Management II

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April 1996

Beyond Levels Management

What Exactly Do We Mean By Loud?

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January 1997

Beyond Spectral Management

Parametric Equalization for Fun and Profit

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March 1994

End-User Systems

Engineers should consider how and where their music ends up being played. Moulton breaks the multitude of playback systems down into seven basic sonic environments.

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• Loudspeakers • Mixing

May 1994

The Equal Loudness Contours

What They are and What They Mean for your Mixing

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March 1997

A Fresh Approach to Equalization: the Tom Bates Way

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

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April 2004

From Stereo to Mono and Back

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

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July 1993

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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February 1993

Principles of Multitrack Mixing: The Phantom Image

The quirky natures of phantom images.

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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

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

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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