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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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On the Importance of Lyrics
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.
• Producing • Recording Magazine
October 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.
• Acoustics • Mixing • Recording Magazine
November 1992
Principles of Multitrack Mixing: The Phantom Image
The quirky natures of phantom images.
• Mixing • Recording Magazine
December 1992
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.
• Mixing • Recording Magazine
January 1993
Principles of Multitrack Mixing: The Kick Drum/Bass Relationship
Pop and rock means kick drum and bass. Mixing them well is essential.
• Mixing • Recording Magazine
February 1993
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.
• Hearing • Mixing • Recording Magazine
March 1993
The Zen of Specifications
Lies, damn lies, and audio specifications! This article talks about making sense of them all.
• Measurement • Recording Magazine
April 1993
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
The Microphone vs. the Ear
Why Recordings Don't Sound Quite Like the Real Thing and Some Things You Can Do About It. An informal introduction to the realities of psychoacoustics.
• Acoustics • Hearing • Microphones • Recording Magazine
May 1993
So What’s So Good About Digital, Anyway?
Dave's take on the old debate over analog vs. digital audio.
• Digital Audio • Recording Magazine
June 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
From Stereo to Mono and Back
The Shortest Distance From A to B Is Definitely Not A Straight Line!
• Mixing • Recording Magazine
July 1993
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 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
Creativity and Emotion in the Studio
About Emotion Filters, Communication Resistors and Mood Switches
• Producing • Recording Magazine
February 1994
Beyond Spectral Management
Parametric Equalization for Fun and Profit
• Mixing • Recording Magazine
March 1994
Way Beyond Spectral Management: Compression as Timbre
Dave discusses COMPRESSION. Y'know, making the soft stuff loud and the loud stuff soft.
• Mixing • Recording Magazine
April 1994
Starting Over
My own personal life adventure building a home studio. This adventure is recounted in a series of "Starting Over" articles.
• davemoulton.com • Studio Design • Recording Magazine
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!).
• davemoulton.com • Studio Design • Recording Magazine
April 1994
Great Rock ‘n Roll Clichés: Trash or Icons
Clichés are not always a bad thing.
• Producing • Recording Magazine
May 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
Straight Arrow Recording: A Profile
A Vermont studio. Mike Billingsley (inventor of the SASS mic) built this one.
• Studio Design • Recording Magazine
May 1994
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.
• Measurement • Recording Magazine
June 1994
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
The Mackie 32-Input 8•Bus Console: The Last Best Console?
Dave assesses a well-known multitrack analog mixing console.
• Equipment • Recording Magazine
June 1994
Starting Over IV
Three Not-So-Easy Pieces About Starting Over: Care And Feeding Of The Median Plane.
• davemoulton.com • Studio Design • Recording Magazine
June 1994
More Rock and Roll Clichés For Fun And Profit
While Amateurs Plagiarize, Professionals Use What Works!
• Producing • Recording Magazine
July 1994
Kick/Bass Revisited: A New Dimension Is Added By Rap And Hip-Hop
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• Producing • Recording Magazine
August 1994
What IS The Sound Of One Amp Clipping?
Our Intrepid Author Ventures (or Sinks?) Deeper Into The Swamps of Subjective Listening Tests
• Equipment • Measurement • Recording Magazine
September 1994
On Special Instructions, Computer Hell, and Time vs. Money
"A hell as certain as change, mortality, and the end of life as we know it." (Mark Parsons)
• Software • Recording Magazine
November 1994

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