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Home-based Music Recording Systems

There are now an incredible amount of options for home-based music recording systems!

Essentially the field is split into two distinct categories – “stand alone” systems and computer based systems. Let’s take a look at both to see which option will suit you best ...

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Which cable do I need?

If you visit your local musical instrument shop you will probably find a lot of different
cables on display, all with different connectors on the ends. How do you tell which cable
will be the right one for your application? Here are some simple guidelines...

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Monitors, fold-back & feedback

There is sometimes a great deal of confusion when discussing musical equipment as
people often use two or even three different names or terms for the same item...

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Have you ever “blown up” a speaker or an amplifier?

Unfortunately, most of us have at one time or another, usually as a result of a misunderstanding of load matching....

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“Audio chain” from start to finish

Let’s take a look at the “audio chain” from start to finish and identify the components that
make up a professional audio system. We can call it a chain because all the links must
work together for the system to perform properly...

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Exploring THE MIXER

OK, last issue we took an overview of the entire audio chain then looked more closely at microphones – this time, as promised, we’ll explore THE MIXER....

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Amplifiers – the “muscle” of your audio system?

Last issue was all about the mixing console (the heart of your sound system), so this time
lets take a closer look at amplifiers – the “muscle” of your audio system...

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