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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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Acoustics • Mixing • Recording Magazine
August 1993
About the Loudness of Sounds and the Risk of Hearing Damage
Very important article -- this one's about loudness. Uh-oh! Required reading.

• Hearing • Recording Magazine
June 1993
About Playback And Mixing Levels: Levels Management II
How to set playback levels, for you and your end listeners.
• Mixing • Recording Magazine
April 1996
About Women In Audio, AES Style, And Losing (Or Finding) Your Voice
We're in a sexist business, and mostly we really don't like to deal with that fact. Time to get sensitized!
• Education • Recording Industry • Recording Magazine
May 1995
Acoustical Measurements For The Rest of Us
How to measure the room acoustics in your home studio.
• Measurement • Recording Magazine
April 2001
The Anatek SR-7 Sample Rate & Format Converter
Dave reviews a digital audio sample rate converter.
• Equipment • Recording Magazine
January 1996
The Aphex 661 Expressor™ With Tubessence® And Easyrider® Tube Compressor/Limiter
Dave reviews a tube compressor/limiter.
• Equipment • Recording Magazine
March 1996
The Audio Technica 30 Series Microphones
A review of three mid-priced condenser microphones for studio use.
• Microphones • Recording Magazine
July 1999
Audio-Technica AT4060 Tube Condenser Microphone
A review of Audio-Technica's vacuum-tube cardioid condenser microphone, the AT4060.
• Microphones • Recording Magazine
April 1999
The Audio Window
This piece examines the human range of audibility. Fundamental stuff, but you may not have thought about it in these terms before.
• Hearing • Recording Magazine
December 2000
Beyond Levels Management
What Exactly Do We Mean By Loud?
• Mixing • Recording Magazine
January 1997
Beyond Spectral Management
Parametric Equalization for Fun and Profit
• Mixing • Recording Magazine
March 1994
Bits ‘n Pieces About Digital Audio
A refresher course in the technology we've all come to take for granted: digital audio.
• Digital Audio • Recording Magazine
May 1997
A Bit About Digital
Digital audio. ONEs and ZEROs, right? Yadda-yadda-yadda... Dave takes on the yaddas in this comprehensive overview of recording and processing in the digital realm.
• Digital Audio • Recording Magazine
May 1993
Choosing Studio Monitors: How Should We Go About It?
How to kick the woofers before buying (uhm, not really).
• Loudspeakers • Recording Magazine
November 2000
Creativity and Emotion in the Studio
About Emotion Filters, Communication Resistors and Mood Switches
• Producing • Recording Magazine
February 1994
Dave Goes To The Grammies
Can Glitz ‘n Glamour Seduce Our Intrepid Audio Explorer? You Bet!
• Humor • davemoulton.com • Recording Industry • Recording Magazine
June 2000
David Musial And SkyRoom
A home studio in a skyscraper.
• Studio Design • Recording Magazine
March 1995
Eight Vocal Microphones Tested and Compared
In the market for a microphone? You will likely find this comparative analysis of vocal microphones illuminating.
• Equipment • Measurement • Microphones • Recording Magazine
June 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.
• Loudspeakers • Mixing • Recording Magazine
May 1994
The Equal Loudness Contours
What They are and What They Mean for your Mixing
• Hearing • Mixing • Recording Magazine
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.
• Copyright • Software • Recording Magazine
November 1994
A Fresh Approach to Equalization: the Tom Bates Way
Using EQ to make things sound better (instead of less bad).
• Mixing • Recording Magazine
April 2004
From Stereo to Mono and Back
The Shortest Distance From A to B Is Definitely Not A Straight Line!
• Mixing • Recording Magazine
July 1993
Great Expectations or Crashing Dreams?
How Hyperchange is Consuming Your Computer And How To Cope With It!
• Software • Recording Magazine
February 1995
Great Rock ‘n Roll Clichés: Trash or Icons
Clichés are not always a bad thing.
• Producing • Recording Magazine
May 1994
Hearing: The Highs and the Lows of It
Dave attempts to explain how we perceive pitch, to an alien.
• Hearing • Recording Magazine
February 2001
Hearing: The Louds and the Softs of It
Where Dave tries to explain loudness to an alien.
• Hearing • Recording Magazine
May 2001

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