The Audio Blog

(or, a tale of gain, faders and plugins output controls) Once upon a time, mixing was something done on large and uber-expensive...

It's pretty common when recording (or mixing) to add a high pass filter (aka low cut) to every track, with the common exception of kick...

Take any audio forum or Facebook group, or even a conversation at a pub among audio-interested people, and sooner or later someone will...

Well, ok - they are relevant, but not in the sense you might think. There are a lot of people (very few of whom are mastering engineers)...

This short post originates from a chat I had with a friend a few days ago, as I realized the reason he was struggling a bit was because...

ASIO4All is a great tool but it's important to understand when it makes sense to use it.

A short post today about something very simple, but sometimes overlooked. The prevalence of DAWs, plugin effects and digital recording...

You may have read the post about how DAWs destroy your recordings (if you haven't, there's worse ways of spending five minutes), so you...

This is a blog about all things audio, so it may seem odd to talk of something that apparently hasn't much to do with audio. We want to...

A quick post today on something not particularly difficult or esoteric - but which seems to be a source of confusion to more than a few,...

Well, ok: I lied. DAWs do not destroy recordings. I love DAWs, and we can make wonderful recordings and mixes using any. This post is...