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First Steps in Dolby Atmos
ACOUSTICS AND
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ON MICS AND MIKING
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ON MIXING
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First Look: Immerse Yourself Inside the New Sweetwater Airstream
Home Sweet Home Studio!
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Acoustic Guitar Recording
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Sweet Spot Conundrums
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Know Your Studio Connections
Exclusive: JZ Microphones MU-1
9 Sweet Reviews
FEATURED REVIEW
JZ Microphones MU-1
Two sonic topologies together in perfect phase
The JZ Microphones MU-1 is a microphone conceived by producer and engineer Marc Urselli. It combines a classic ribbon motor and a large diaphragm cardioid condenser capsule within a single microphone body.
FEATURED ARTICLE
Master It Yourself: Giving Your Music the Final Polish
Mastering continues to be one of those tantalizing pursuits where we’d all like to do it, but aren’t sure quite what is needed. Meanwhile, we hear sage advice telling us to leave it alone. “Don’t do any fancy compression,” we’re told. “Leave that for the mastering engineer. He or she has very special compressors that will…

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.


















