[Feature Article] Of Suspensions and Magnets - The Operating Principles of Loudspeakers - Part 2
We started this series by describing the cone diaphragm of an electrodynamic speaker. It obviously plays an important role in the final quality of a speaker, as the radiating element, but it's far fr…
[Feature Article] We interview the author of “The Great… - The Golden Age of British Recording
In the early 1960s, at the beginning of the British Invasion, the studio scene in England was thriving, but the British studios used different gear and got a very different sound than their U.S. coun…
[Feature Article] We interview the author of "Beatles G… - Fab Four Gear!
Did you know that John Lennon’s first guitar was a Gallotone Champion acoustic that he ordered from a catalog, or that George Harrison played a Framus Hootenanny 12-string on “Help," or that Ringo st…
[Feature Article] We choose our favorite new products f… - Top 10 from Musikmesse
Musikmesse, the massive music trade show that takes place every year around this time in Frankfurt, Germany is the place for numerous new product introductions. The Audiofanzine crew was on the groun…
[Feature Article] Multiply your creative processing wit… - 5 Multi-Effects Plug-Ins You Might Have Missed
You could collect individual plug-ins that deliver the kinds of effects you use most; that’s one approach, and a popular one. Another is to use a single plug-in that offers lots of effects for sound …
[Feature Article] How to Know When Your Mix is Finished - 5 questions to ask yourself to determine if your mix is ready to go
Top mix engineers will tell you that they instinctively know when they're finished with a mix. But for those of us who haven’t reached that level yet, it’s usually hard to have that kind of certainty…
[Feature Article] Getting Down to Work with Reverb - A guide to mixing music - Part 78
We have been discussing reverb for quite some time now, although in a more or less theoretical way. I know it can get a bit frustrating but, trust me, it was necessary. Now that we are done with all …
[Feature Article] The Ears Have It! (part 1) - Improve your band’s onstage sound with in-ear monitors
Bands frequently run their stage monitors super loud in order to better hear themselves singing. But in the process, they're not only increasing stage volume to unbearable levels, they're also sabota…
[Feature Article] The Best DJ CD Decks for Around $500 - The top budget CD decks for DJs
Even if DJs are turning more and more towards immaterial formats nowadays, it's still useful to keep a good old CD player lying around, one that can play back normal Red Book CDs as well as those sta…
[Feature Article] When you want to get creative with an… - 5 of My Favorite Delay Plug-Ins
A versatile delay plug-in is one of the most useful tools you can have in your audio-processing arsenal. It will not only enhance your tracks, but it can also contribute to the creative process by su…