Jan Feb 2003
The Tradeoff of 192kHz Sampling: Choosing a sample rate for audio conversion between analog and digital domains, the effects from oversampling factor, filter characteristic, frequency response, aliasing intermodulation distortion, and pulse response has to be taken into consideration. Generally, most A/D converters (ADC) capable of 192 kHz sampling use a 0.45/0.55 filter, insufficient of giving the full benefit of the capacity in the format.

Audio CD’s : Here you will find all the info you want about making and playing Audio CDs. Including CD making, copying, CD-Extra, CD- changers, CD-RW and audio, plus more... Here you will find all the info you want about making and playing Audio CDs. Including CD making, copying, CD-Extra, CD changers, CD-RW and audio, plus more...

What makes anEVI box? Speaker Technologies!!!

Mar Apr 2003
The Ability to Hear Well:  A good sound engineer must have a sense of hearing that is as close as possible to what could be called "Perfect". Daman Sood in this article explains how the modern sound engineer should approach sound recording to achieve the maximum sound quality with equipment of average quality.

Hidden Features of Microphones for Drums:  No other instrument requires more complex miking techniques than the drum kit does. So what criteria are really relevant for choosing suitable microphones? Why have some specific microphones become worldwide standards for drums? Do these microphones have "hidden" features that makes them ideal for drums  and is there a way to reveal these features? Richard Barnert explains indepth

Minimizing Acoustic Distortion in Project Studios:  In this article Dr. Peter D’Antonio hopes to address the relevant acoustical issues facing project studio design, make some suggestions about addressing these problems and the real world limitations of these suggestions.

May June 2003
THE MAKING OF……NORAH JONES’ ‘Come Away With Me’:  Studio Systems starts an interesting series - The Making Of…Great hit albums. Or rather acclaimed albums. The point is to capture the creative moments in the studio. Providing details of instruments used, recording sessions and recording engineers and the methods employed in producing the album that succeeds in impacting the music trends and tastes, creating sales for the recording industry.

Minimizing Acoustic Distortion in Project Studios - Part II:  In this article, in the concluding part, Dr. Peter D’Antonion continues to address the relevent acoustical issues facing project studio design, makes some suggessions about addressing these problems and the real world limitations of these suggestions.

July Aug 2003
The Making of... Blue Man Group’s Audio

Multichannel Surround Sound Mixing: Surround sound has greatly increased the creative options available to audio engineers and sound designers. In the cinema, multiple audio channels have been used for many years, and the large auditoria of typical cinema complexes require a different approach to that which is often adopted for home listening, explains John Andrews.

Sep 0ct 2003
The making of Coldplay’s ’A Rush of Blood to the Head’: This time the album we are covering is Coldplay’s “A Rush of Blood to the Head”. A critically acclaimed album that diverts from the run-of-the-mill music we hear today. We take a peek into how and why the album came about

One on One with Roger D’arcy: Studio Systems met up with Roger D’arcy, Managing Director, Recording Architecture Ltd. (UK), Recording Architecture of London Inc (USA) and Recording Archi-tecture India Pvt. Ltd. who gives us an insight into his work & his thoughts on Indian studios.

Digital Audio Workstations on the Revolutionary Edge: Intel’s Richard Winterton explains why DAWs are changing the way music is being created, both by professio-nals and by audio enthusiasts. In this paper, Winterton discusses a few things to look for in the hardware when choosing a computer on which to base your DAW, and gives you tips on how to choose the right software. He also explains why he thinks you should take a serious look at Linux as the ideal platform base.

Practical Skills for Location Recording & Audio Editing: In this chapter, we look first at some of the practical aspects of location recording - at the basic technology and techniques you need to make good quality recordings. We then go on to the editing of audio material, so that you can use it effectively in the studio.

Nov Dec 2003
The Making Of ... ‘1 Giant Leap’: It is increasingly rare to come across a project that genuinely defies description, where no pigeonhole will do. The members of 1 Giant Leap, while pushing the cuttingedge technology of the 21st  century to its limit and utilizing their own fierce intelligence and consummate musicality plus a list of collaborators ranging from Michael Stipe to Kurt Vonnegut, Asha Bhosle to Dennis Hopper, have done just that.

Loudspeaker FAQ’s: This FAQ on loudspeakers explains lucidly every single aspect that you would need to look into while evaluating loudspeakers. Also, a detailed Q&A on how to build better speakers than you can buy, makes this article very interesting and informative.

MIDI channels, voices, timbers and modes: This article starts off with an introduction to MIDI channels, including the special role of the Basic Channel. This is followed by a description of polyphony and voices, which explains the terms polyphonic and monophonic. The subsequent section covers the subject of programs and timbres; a timbre is also known as a patch, and in MIDI roughly corresponds to a Program. The same section explains the term multitimbral (or multi-timbral)

Radio France: The great Kick-off for multichannel sound: Didier Gervais who is director of the audio department at Radio France invites Jean -José Wanègue the author of the article, to discover the new set-up of the recording and post-production centre of the French public radio broadcasting organization that has a new state of the art surround sound studio after its control room 104 has been fully refurbished.

Hot Articles for Sound in 2002

Jan Feb 2002
Interview - Nakul Kamte: Sound Designer of ‘Lagaan’ & ‘Dil Chahta Hai’
Sync Sound returns to Bollywood

How to make your own Audio CD: Laura Tyson, Digital Products Training Manager, Roland produces 
the first installment of the new ‘‘getting started’’ series that examines the burning issues involved with putting music onto the CD.

Mar Apr 2002
The Benefits of Professional Education:  Being self-taught can be a matter of pride. But the argument is in favour of trained professionals. In this article Studio Systems shared with Aditya Modi, who is assisting Daman Sood, on his experience at Full Sail, the renowned audio recording training institute.

May June 2002
Understanding Sound System Design and Feedback Using (Ugh!) Math:  One of the basic building blocks of sound system design is the Potential Acoustic Gain (PAG) equation. In this article Rick Frank guides us and explains that with a few simple calculations it can provide a guide to dealing with the problems and restrictions encountered in this process.

How to read Microphone Specifications:  When you read microphone specifications it is extremely important that you understand how to interpret them. In most cases the specifications can be measured or calculated in many different ways. This article is designed to help evaluate specifications in a meaningful way.

July Aug 2002
Room simulation for multichannel film and music:  To fully exploit new Reverb and Spatial algorithms for 5.1 and 7.1 environ- ments in music and film, effect mixing procedures may have to be changed slightly. This paper will describe production techniques for positioning of sources and listener in virtual rooms, and an algorithm structure to achieve this.

Sep Oct 2002
SERIAL DIGITAL AUDIO Routing Switchers:  When updating a facility to digital, one of the first things to consider is replacing the old patch bays with a centrally located routing switcher. This paper by J. S. Baker, Sierra Video Systems, deals with the step-child of a typical digital video installation namely, the study of serial digital audio.

Nov Dec 2002
An Inexpensive Precise Passive Crossover System: In this paper Neville Thiele describes a crossover system for a two-way loudspeaker system, in which the parameters of the high-pass filter take account of the parameters of the associated closed-back tweeter, to realise a desired fourth-order highpass filtered acoustic output.

Genelec’s Laminar Spiral Enclosure Technology (LSE):  Genlec’s (LSE) Laminar Spiral Enclosure Technology is a revolutionary result drawing on the years of acoustic research and knowledge, that Genelec’s engineering group accepted the challenges placed upon them.

Hot Articles for Sound in 2001

Jan Feb 2001
Microphone: Use & Placement: Once a microphone is selected for a given application, it must be used properly to get the best possible results. Again, there are two key areas: the interface of the microphone with the sound source, and the interface of the microphone with the sound system.

DVD Audio -A Producers Primer
John Kellogg of Dolby Laboratories lucidly explains the DVD - Audio format, which is the most significant new music format since the compact disc.

July Aug 2001
Cure yourself of"Knob-phobia"
This article by Mackie explains lucidly and gives an understanding of a few basic principals and little practice, that helps getting around on the mixing console without any problem.

Sep Oct 2001
DVD: Audio For Video
DVD for Audio Engineers
In this article Gary Hall reviews the capabilities of DVD format, especially its audio capabilities and examines the challenges and requirements to meet those challanges, in a ‘Frequently Asked Questions’ format.

Hot Articles for Sound in 2000

July Aug 2000
Q Sound's 3D Audio Technology - by Mikael Hagen
Interfacing Monitor Loudspeakers to Digital Mixing Console
Space is the Place - by Tom Stephenson

May June 2000
SACD Format : Development of the DSD recording solution  by Goldsmith Session
Getting the most out of your live keyboard Rig- by Richard Bugg
How DVD- Audio will alter audio economics forever? - by Dan Daley

Mar Apr 2000
Composing with Keyboards - by Scott Tibbs
Wireless Microphone Systems - by Tim Vear

Jan Feb 2000
Digital Mixing : is it right for you? - by Tom Stephenson
Facility : Music and Soul is the new sound recording studio set up by Dr. Akash Rajpal

Hot Articles for Sound in 1999

Nov Dec 1999
The Dumping Factor - by V.V.Merchant
Arraying Loudspeaker Systems - by Marty McCann

Sep Oct 1999
DAW - The Digital Audio Workstation market- still sexy says Yasmin Hasbmi
Music ,Mixing and Mastering - by Tom Stephenson
Glossary : Microphone Glossary
Studio Profile : InSync's Studio B.

July Aug 1999
Personality Profile : Chirag Cama in conversation with Suresh Kathuria, one of the leading film sound recording engineers.
Ring Mode Decoupling : by Clifford Pereira 
Microphone Selection : by Tim Vear

May June 1999
Sound Reinforcement : by Clifford Pereira 

Mar Apr 1999
ISDN :ISDN technology and its article has been very lucidly explained in this article
3-way Loudspeakers : 3 way loudspeakers sets the standard for digital age cinema sound
Woofer Technology : by Clifford Pereira

Jan Feb 1999
Music Recording - Personality Profile
Sound Reinforcement : Understanding Loudspeaker Power Handling and selecting proper  power amplifier.

Hot Articles for Sound in 1998

Mar Apr 1998
Facility Review:  With the technology of AMS Neve Logic 2, Gaurav Digital holds the edge over other mixing studios says Jason Power, Product Support engineer from AMS Neve.
Studio Facility: Feature on Alfa Studio, New Delhi.
Studio Spotlight: Hyderabad can now boast of an excellent facility for film post-production.

May June 1998
Studio Monitoring: Loudspeakers used for sound assessment should meet certain technical requirements. Daman Sood suggests guidelines for selecting a studio monitor.

July Aug 1998
Studio Facility: Renowned musician and singer Nandu Bhende has set up his new state-of-the-art audio recording facility called Insync Studios.
Studio Design: The studio design market globally is finding itnotimmunetothe larger trends of general world of business writes Dan Daley.

Sep Oct 1998
Studio Facility: Music composer Vishal 13haradwaj's new recording studio Satya.

Hot Articles for Sound in 1997

Jan Feb 1997
Market Report:  Sandeep Acharya reports on the new studios in Lucknow.
Mixing Console: SSL Omnimix in the audio for video  Post-pro process

Mar Apr 1997
Music Recording: Ajiv Asan is the new music recording facility set up by accomplished singer Suresh Shah

May June  1997
Antivirus: Dinshah Sanjana creates Raageshwari's Duniya
Sound Monitoring: Clifford Pereira elaborates on the need for a proper accurate neutral sound monitoring in a studio
Focus on Microphones: Neelesh Bliatia explains various microphone techniques. New Products: Check out the latest products launched.

July Aug 97
Studio Spotlight: Bishwadeep Chaterjee has been instrumental in establishing Spectral Harmony as a reputed sound recording studio in Mumbai.

Sep Oct 1997
Studio Spotlight: Empire recording studio setup by Nadiadwala has established itself as a premier sound recording facility. Studio Systems takes a look at this new recording facility.
Studio Facility: Galactica's new digital Studio B. 
Review: Soundscape version 2 DAW.

Nov Dec 1997
Studio Facility: Galactica's new digital Studio B. 
Review: Soundscape version 2 DAW.

Hot Articles for Sound in 1995-1996

Nov Dec'95/ Jan Feb.'96
Budget Audio Studio :  AKG's low budget audio recording studio.
Dat Recording : Location recording goes digital. Check out the advantages of digital recording
Guide: to Compact Disc Recorders.
Studio Design: Andy Munro designs Famous' sound recording studio
Acoustic Designing: Courtenay Nicholas sums up the various factors that go into the designing of studios.

Mar Apr 96
Studio Maintenance : Tape Calibration is the coroner-stone of the art of sound and music recording writes Kaizad Bhabha.

May June 96
Studio Spotlight: A musicians studio is what composer/musician  Raju Singh's new studio Joshua is all about

Studio Spotlight: CMM recording studio has already established itself in a short span of time. Chief Sound Recordist Sethuraman sounds confident on the future prospects of the studio

Sep Oct 96
Music Recording: Music recording scenario is stagnant in Mumbai for free lance sound recordists and not as successful as the Asian music scene in London

Hot Articles for Sound in 1994

May June 94
CD Pre-Mastering: What equipment is required
The Hottest Mixing Consoles For The Indian Market By Preeti Singh

Sep Oct 1994
Studio : The Fourth dimension of digital
Audio for Video : Online onsite for recording TV serials

Hot Articles for Sound in 1993

Introduction to Tapeless Recording by Yasmin Hashmi
Studio: New Delhi gets it First Di i al Recording set-up-Studio Synthesis 82
Audio Studio: PAN Music's Digital Studio

Hot Articles for Sound in 1986

June 1986
STUDIO: Studio Synthesis in South Delhi and XIC's Sound Studio in the Heart of Bombay.

July 1986
STUDIO: The Ferrograffers of Bombay by Siraj Syed.

August 1986
STUDIO : Sudeep Studio completes a decade

September 1986
STUDIO : S Kalyani Studio

October 1986
STUDIO:  Usha Uthup's Studio Vibrations

December 1986
STUDIO  Rave, Bombay.

Hot Articles for Sound in 1987

February 1987
STUDIO:  Salil Chaudhury's  Sound on Sound   

March 1987 
Bani  Centre   

April 87
Sound Advice

May 87
STUDIO

June 87
STUDIO

July 87
Consumer  Audio Video

August 87
ZUBAIRI'S MAGIC

September 87
Studio

October 87
Pro audio video

Hot Articles for Sound in 1988

June 1988
Consumer Audio

December 1988
THE 4 PHASES OF RECORDING BY DAMAN SOOD

Hot Articles for Sound in 1989

March 1989
Introduction  To The Recording  Arts (II): Daman Sood

April 1989
Introduction  To The Recording (III)
STREES 'N' THE STUDIO: 
Recording is a job that can induce more stress than most others. How do you cope with it?

May 1989
Introduction  To The Recording Arts(XI)

Nov Dec 1989
Introduction  To The Recording Arts(V)
Film Sound Recording : An Introduction By Prasad Kulkarni

Hot Articles for Sound in 1990

Jan March 1990
Introduction  To The Recording Arts(VI)

July Aug 1990
Hard Disk  Recording 

Nov Dec 1990
Introduction  To The Recording Arts(VII)

Hot Articles for Sound in 1991

May June 1991
Sound Recording
Studio: India's best recording studio in Madras-Media
Recording Notes: Processing your way to great vocals 

Nov Dec1991
Cassette Technology: Improving Cassette Quality by John Fisher.
Film Sound Recording :Surviving the poor theatre conditions by Padmanabhan.
Tape Technology: The Making Of An Appropriate HighSpeed Duplication Tape by Kishore
Studio: Selecting Monitor Systems

Hot Articles for Sound in 1992

Mar Apr1992
Sound Recording: Compressor Limiter Application Notes-By Colin Park
Studio Recording: What is a Sound Effect? By Robert L Mott

Sept Oct 1992
Recording Technology : Taking Head Trip  by Jhohn French- Courtesy: REP magzine.
Western Outdoor: Studio Satisfaction Guranteed by Anil Chopra and their studio promo brochure.
Studio Recording : What is Sound Effect by Robet L. Mott.

Hot Articles for Sound in 1993 

News - Studio
Studio: A dream merchant's Labour of Love The Golden Chariot by Ajit Menon