Studio Accessories

Headphones are certainly one accessory that no studio can afford to be without. They're vital, in particular, for recording vocals, as they enable you to hear the music without having your monitors (speakers) turned up. You can now pick up a pair...

Essentially, a microphone is a mechanical device that converts a sound impulse into an electrical signal. However, there's not an awful lot of energy in a sound wave, and we need signals to be a bit more significant in order to do things like...

Used mostly for vocals, these thin filters help to tame loud sibilance and transients (typically consonant sounds like T, S, K, P and Q) that can otherwise result in a burst of air hitting the microphone and negatively affecting your...

In studio terms, the word 'Outboard' basically refers to anything that's not built-in to another unit. So, all the boxes and racks of gear that provide effects, dynamic processing, and all the other fun stuff we get to play with at mix-down! Useful...

Graphic Equalisers offer a massive amount of control over any given sound source. Unlike a semi-parametric EQ (usually found on mixing desks) that allows cut or boost of 2 or 3 frequencies, a Graphic EQ has a series of faders that represent the...