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Recording Magazine
May 2002: "Mackie MDR24/96 Hard Disk Recorder" - a review
Mar 2002: "Vocal Booth Blues"
Jan 2002: "Audio-Technica 3031 and 3032 microphones" - a review
May 2000: "Tascam DA-78HR" - a review
Fall 1999: "FMR RNC Compressor" - a review
Apr 1999: "The Dirty Dozen" - Sound reinforcement do's and don'ts.
Mar 1999: "Event 20/20p Studio Monitors" - a review.
Jun 1998: "BPM StudioTechnik CR-10, CR-95, and TB-95 microphones" - a review.
Apr 1998: "AKG C480B microphone" - a review.
Jan 1997: "The Glass Booth" - two simple designs for isolation booths
Jan 1997: "The Joe Meek VC3 Pro Channel" - a review of this mic pre/ compressor/ enhancer piece.
Nov 1996: "Doing It All For A Song," a "Fadeout" guest editorial about ways to encourage the best performance from an artist.
Sep 1996: "Are Computer Platforms Converging?" An article describing the Apple-IBM-Motorola Common Hardware Reference Platform (CHRP).
Bass Player Magazine
I wrote a studio-techniques column entitled "Studio Time" for about two years. Each column was about 1000 words.
Aug 1999: "Location Recording" - part 2
Jun 1999: "Location Recording" - part 1
Apr 1999: "Are Your Papers In Order?" - Session documentation
Feb 1999: "Acoustics 101"
Nov 1998: "Monitoring"
Aug 1998: "One Song's Challenges" - Mixing experiences
Jun 1998: "Patch Bays"
Apr 1998: "Shhhhh!" - Noise Reduction
Feb 1998: "Gain Staging" - Gain Staging
Nov 1997: "Balancing Act" - Balanced signal lines
Aug 1997: "Compress This" - Compression
Jun 1997: "Going Direct" - Direct Inject (DI) recording
Apr 1997: "The Signal Chain" - Intro to the signal chain from instrument to recorder.
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