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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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About Acoustic and Microphone Levels: Levels Management I

How to engineer appropriate acoustical and audio levels in light of our ears' enormous range of dynamic sensitivity.

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• Mixing • Recording Magazine

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 • Recording Magazine

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 • Recording Magazine

August 1993

About Playback And Mixing Levels: Levels Management II

How to set playback levels, for you and your end listeners.

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• Mixing • Recording Magazine

April 1996

Beyond Levels Management

What Exactly Do We Mean By Loud?

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• Mixing • Recording Magazine

January 1997

Beyond Spectral Management

Parametric Equalization for Fun and Profit

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• Mixing • Recording Magazine

March 1994

The Brave New World: Bad Audio

Dave discusses audio in TV world.

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• Mixing • TVTech Magazine

October 2001

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 • Recording Magazine

May 1994

The Equal Loudness Contours

What They are and What They Mean for your Mixing

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• Hearing • Mixing • Recording Magazine

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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• Mixing • Recording Magazine

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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• Mixing • Recording Magazine

July 1993

A Happy Accident: A Better Way to Play Back Stereo?

Examine a different surround sound configuration.

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• Mixing • TVTech Magazine

November 2003

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

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

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