IMMERSIVE AUDIO
First Steps in Dolby Atmos
ACOUSTICS AND
MONITORING
Room Acoustics,
Monitoring, Home Studios
ON MICS AND MIKING
Acoustic/Electric Guitar
Bands, Drums, Percussion
Bass, Vocals
ON MIXING
Drum Mixes
Mix Studio
Multiband Dynamics
Tracking
FOR SONGWRITERS
Microphones
Music Business
Production Techniques
Recording Demos
FOR YOUR STUDIO
From The Outside In
Maintenance
Studio Infrastructure
Join us as we delve into the science and artistry of recording music. From interviews with top engineers, artists, and producers to discussions with inventors and innovators and Q&A sessions where we answer your gear questions, RECORDING PODCAST is all about recording!
The official online forum for the RECORDING Magazine community! This is the place to share tips and tricks, look at new gear, and ask questions about microphones, monitoring, studio acoustics, signal processing, and more… basically, all things recording studio related.
Here we expand on some of our magazine’s informative reviews. Read the review, see how we tested the gear, and see/hear it in action for yourself!
Session Drummer Roundtable with Nick D’Virgilio, Daru Jones, and David Blascoe
The Drum Issue—Hit Record!
- Using a Minimal Mic Setup
- Better Drums Through Tuning
- The Kick Drum & The Right Mic
Celebrating 80 Years of Sennheiser
9 New Reviews
FEATURED REVIEW
Lauten Audio Kick Mic
And then there were three
The Lauten Audio Kick Mic is the newest entry in the company’s sonically intentional family of drum-focused microphones. Designed to capture the defining character of the bass drum, it joins the Snare Mic and Tom Mic, completing a trio of dedicated tools for the kit. READ FULL REVIEW
FEATURED ARTICLE
A Beginner’s Guide to Miking Drums
Kit setup, working with the drum room, mic choice, and more!
One look at a professional multitrack track list should make the complexity and importance of capturing a good drum kit sound obvious. Even the most conservative approach to a good drum kit recording will consume at least three tracks, but more often than not the number is more like ten. READ FULL ARTICLE
Solid State Logic Brings Good Vibrations with the Launch of SpringVerb Plug-In
John Moreland Wins Top Honors in USA Songwriting Competition; 2026 Competition Begins
Recording’s Readers’ Tracks is where respected engineer and producer Marty Peters listens to your recordings and critiques them, pointing out where and how you can make them better. Listen to the songs, read the reviews, and submit your own materials online via upload.
Artist Name: Just Go Quietly Title: Pieter Holland Genre: Pop Rock Rating:
“Just Go Quietly” is a pop-rock song written and performed by Pieter Holland. Pieter’s wife, Sally Holland, engineered the record in their Nashville studio, ROCKnROLL RANCH.
REC’s six monthly Sound Advice bulletins offer great advice:
- On Vocals: Useful advice on recording the best vocals.
- On Guitars: Miked or direct, electric or acoustic, ways to capture great guitar sounds.
- On Drums: Great techniques for recording drums.
- On Mastering & Mixing: Practical mastering topics for at-home users and tips on how to mix better songs.
- On Acoustics: Learn how to make your room sound better.
- On Digital Audio: All about digital and computer audio.
SAMPLE BULLETINS
