I’m keeping this FAQ in for historical reasons, at least until I’m sure absolutely no one is attempting to do what this person was doing at the time he wrote! …

Koen Heldens wrote: Hi Bob, It has been a while since we last communicated. Hope you are doing well! Recently I’ve been experimenting with M/S techniques during mixdown, not for …

Here’s a question on mastering techniques with and without artist I recorded 12 songs last winter in San Francisco. No budget to speak of, but good equipment and the prducer …

From: “Gary Baldanza” Bob, Thanks for getting back to me. I’m a bit confused. I thought that purchasing mastering services included the mix, or, to put it another way, how can you …

From: Sun Whang My comments are: Hello Bob! I spent all weekend reading your articles, they’re great! But I’m an amateur engineer and lots of questions came to my mind. …

From: Edward Woodhead My comments are: I have a sony ECM-999PR electret condenser microphone and recently purchased a Rode NT1. The Rode requirers phantom power to work. Is it safe …

From: Red My comments are: I love this site. I have a question.. How can I midi a microphone so I can use a harmonica to record other sounds such …

Here’s a conversation I carried on via email because I felt that these questions and answers should be at our website. My question is about getting punch. I have this …

I have read that it is a mistake to mix by addition rather than subtraction. When I find that certain sounds are too quiet in my mix I will usually …

Hi Bob. First off, thanks for this informative site. I write, produce and mix electronic music in my homestudio setup. I use a pair of Adam A7 nearfield monitors (love …