Tips & Techniques

Recording and mixing techniques

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    Sylvia Massy recording setup and explanation
    Sylvia Massy recording setup and explanation

    Russell Cottier and the RecordProduction.com crew visited Edge Studios in Cheshire , UK, on a rainy day to find out about the famous recording techniques that Sylvia is known for - recording guitars through cheese and light bulbs, using hose pipe to get a different...

    Andrew Dudman takes us around his live recording setup
    Andrew Dudman Takes us around his live recording setup

    Around 80 producers and engineers met up at  Abbey Road's Studio Three  in October 2018 to participate in a live recording workshop with senior Abbey Road Studios engineer Andrew Dudman.

    Tape flange feature one way to get a flanging effect
    Tape flange feature One way to get a flanging effect

    A group of recording engineers met up at Rimshot Studios, a lovely recording studio in the UK's Kent countryside, to try out some ideas, share techniques and hang out.

    Ian Shepherd tries wearable binaural mic's on a studio session
    Ian Shepherd tries wearable binaural mic

    March 2017 - We were at Rimshot Studios recording a new production series for the site with musician Nigel Powell, pop producer superstar Gary Stevenson and ace engineer / producer George Shilling.

    Production masterclass with Nigel Powell featuring Clint Murphy, Mike Exeter & George Shilling
    Production masterclass with Nigel Powell Featuring Clint Murphy, Mike Exeter & George Shilling

    Three engineers on one session? How did we avoid a punch-up?. Actually, the three people working on the session all come from different backgrounds but surprisingly to us, they got on really well and we may have inadvertently created a production team by mistake.

    Metal recording workshop feature with top recording engineers
    Metal recording workshop feature with top recording engineers

    Engineers Clint Murphy and Mike Exeter got together with Stuart Jones at Woodworm studios to record a feature for us following the recording of a complete track with a band to compare various recording approaches and methods.

    Robert Carranza recording acoustic guitar and vocals
    Robert Carranza Recording acoustic guitar and vocals

    We met up with music producer Robert Carranza in L.A where he spoke about his technique for recording acoustic guitar and vocals at the same time and keeping the different microphones in phase with each.