Raimundo Amador's Advice: "Hang In There and Learn to Wait"
After a long and tortuous wait for the information that the press department of the artist’s label promised to provide us, and which kept being delayed day after day, we can…
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Max Sunyer, Guitar Sage of the Catalan Jazz Circle
To broaden our perspective on instruments, we decided to invite an experienced guitarist, one of those some of us were already trying to learn from on our first electric guitars…
Chema Vílchez on Essential Setups
What are your recommendations for amplifying a classical guitar, and an acoustic?When it comes to amplifying an acoustic instrument, I've always leaned toward miking rather than…
On Electric Guitars and Amps
Since the electric guitar went on the market in the 1950s, there has been a great variety of possibilities and, today, there is also a series of patterns, both sonic and…
Javier Vargas Interview: I Look for Tuning Stability and Tone
What do you look for in an electric guitar, and what's the latest guitar you've been working with most consistently?The guitar has to hold its tuning well, but above all, what I…
Jonathan Mover, Phil Collins, Vinnie Colaiuta: What Do They Play?
Jonathan Mover grew up in Peabody, a small town north of Boston, and started playing at thirteen. He progressed from a practice pad to his first kit, and practiced constantly…
Moi Natenzon: A Very Personal Style
First of all, as with all our guests, thank you for kindly taking part. We're pleased to introduce percussion through a fine professional who undoubtedly sparks our interest and…
Interview with Fernando Favier. Flamenco and Jazz.
Rhythm born from within, combined with magic and the most exquisite techniqueJust a few weeks ago, we had the opportunity to hear Fernando Favier live, and already at the…
Audio Level Meters and Prevention: Definition, Features, Operation and Applications
The future will always be tomorrow; perhaps that is why it is hard or impossible to define exactly how far we will go—or, as the popular saying goes, where we are headed. What we…
Sound Measurements
We know that sound can be heard, although each person hears it differently depending on where they are in a venue, and it also varies a great deal with the response of each…
Constructive and Destructive Interference
Being in one position or another in a concert audience means the sound each listener perceives will be different. This phenomenon is unavoidable and is a consequence, among other…
Loudspeaker Arrays and Configurations for Live Sound
Although most medium and large events today use line arrays, we must not forget that they are not always the ideal system for every case. Using a line array requires more advanced…
Power Amps: The Muscle of the Audio System
The primary job of any power amplifier is to boost the signals it receives at its input from a preamp to the level needed to drive the speaker or speakers connected to its output…
Loudspeaker Processors: How Digital Management Replaced the Analog Crossover
In previous issues we have talked about sound reinforcement systems, line arrays, subwoofer arrays and new technologies in the fascinating world of live sound. A fundamental…
Pro Tools: A Survival Guide
The name of our magazine, ISP Música, gives a good idea of two of the reader profiles who devour each monthly issue: musicians and sound professionals. The former enjoy the…
Do You Record Yourself? A Survival Guide
The computer has gradually become an essential tool for most people… Guitarists, bassists, drummers, keyboardists, singers? Who at this point doesn't have social media wired into…
Recording Vocals (Part I): Improve the Quality of Your Sessions
This isn’t the first time we’ve tackled this topic: although recording vocals may seem like a simple task, it may be one of the elements that is hardest to get sounding right. The…
Recording bass. Get optimal results.
In the recording studio, it's inevitable that almost every session we do will include at least one instrument providing the lowest frequencies, usually with a monophonic musical…
How to Record... Drums (II)
We continue with the series of articles on the great art of acoustically recording different instruments, in this case with the one dedicated to drums, which we began last month…
Recording Drums at PKO, Part II: The Most Widely Used Mic Techniques
If you missed the previous installment, here's a quick catch-up: we're taking a tour of the most widely used microphone techniques for recording an acoustic drum kit. The…