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Why do we hate the sound of our own voices?

If you've ever cringed after hearing a recording of yourself, you're not alone.

Step Into the Studio: A First-Timer’s Guide to Professional Recording

The process of preparing for your first recording session can be intimidating. That is why a first-timer's guide to professional recording is necessary.

7 Habits That Will Help You Record Better Audio

7 Habits That Will Help You Record Better Audio, follow them and you will get a great transcription.

Recording Adventures: Preparing for a succesful field recording trip

Make the most of your field recording trip with these excellent planning tips from recordist George Vlad:

Here's why we hate the sound of our voices

For many people, hearing a recording of their voice can be extremely unpleasant, and both physiology and psychology could be to blame.

Gain Staging With Plug-Ins

Learn why proper gain staging is more important than ever, and helpful tips for getting cleaner signal chains using plug-ins in your DAW.

Digital sound archives can bring extinct birds (briefly) back to life

Sound recordings of extinct birds remind us that these beings are invaluable, and that humans have a duty to preserve them.

Why You Need A Complete Professional Audio Bag from Talamas

Putting sound and acoustics to work in medicine

Researchers use sound and acoustics to advance health research.

The Best Way To Record Your Band In A Home Studio

Recording a band in a home studio is challenging for two main reasons: lack of space and lack of gear. Bedroom studios typically lack enough space to fit an entire band comfortably. Nor do they have the number of microphones, preamps, converter channels, stands and cables needed to capture all those tracks live. But there’s... Read more »

What underwater sounds can tell us about the state of coral reefs

Scientists are studying how the sound of an underwater ecosystem like a coral reef can reveal information about its health.

3 Recording Tips for a Better Bass Sound

Want to record better-sounding bass tracks? Check out these informative tips from Sweetwater's professional engineers and bass players!

Test your Recording and studio Knowledge

Measuring trees with the speed of sound

Living trees can rot from the inside out, leaving only a hollowed trunk. Wood rot in living trees can cause overestimates of global carbon pools, timber loss in forestry, and poor tree health. Understanding wood decay in forests is of special concern in the tropics because tropical forests are estimated to harbor 96% of the world's tree diversity and about 25% of terrestrial carbon, compared to the roughly 10% of carbon held in temperate forests.