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Recording / Studios
Studio Craft
Understand the microphones, signal chains, rooms and techniques that capture the sound you worked to create.
Baring All With Steve Bartek & Ira Ingber
By Scott Ulrichs
Steve Bartek (Oingo Boingo) and Ira Ingber (Bob Dylan, Captain Beefheart's circle) sit down to discuss their collaborative album There Goes My Compass, released under the band name Baring All, along with decades of hard-won wisdom on guitars, vintage amps, speakers, voltage regulation, and the art of self-imposed creative limitations.
Home Studio Recording Adventures
By Riverhorse
One guitar-loving filmmaker-journalist recounts his late-night journey into home studio recording, navigating DAW software, the Universal Audio OX Box, and JBL monitors to finally capture his hard-won analog tones at home.
Recording
Candid reflections on the challenges of recording, featuring Eric Johnson on studio self-sabotage and Tom Dowd on the debate between tube warmth and modern technology.
The Universal Audio OX Box
By Riverhorse
ToneQuest puts Universal Audio's OX Box through its paces as a load box, attenuator, and silent recording rig, finding it exquisitely versatile — then sits down with UA's Senior Product Manager Tore Mogensen and TQR Editorial Board member Corey Congilio to dig into its design and legacy.
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