One of the most mystifying topic of the studio is impedance. Impedance is basically what it sounds like, anything that impedes the flow electrical current. Impedance manifests itself in three ways: Resistance, Capacitive Reactance, and Inductive Reactance, the most commonly referred to of these is Resistance. The letter assigned to impedance is “Z” which is […]

There are two main types of connections used in a studio to carry audio signals. These connections are balanced and unbalanced. When possible it is always better to use a balanced connection.
Unbalanced connections:
Unbalanced connections consist of two contact points, one is considered hot, the other ground (0V). Unbalanced connections transmit the signal […]

Before we can understand digital audio, we must first have a very general understanding of how sound occurs naturally. Sound is actually a mechanical wave that is propagating through the air (typically, but it can travel through other mediums as well). A basic visual illustration of sound is the sine wave.

A sine wave […]

1. Know your gear
Historically this statement meant: know your outboard gear as well as your console if you had one. In the context of most home recording studios these days (where most mixing if not all is done “in the box”) it means, know the strengths and weaknesses of digital recording in general, and know […]