Paul Wolff has designed more legendary pieces of gear than most of us have used. In his years with API alone, Paul designed the 550B EQ, 512 and 3124 ...

I've often fantasized about building a huge analog synth. But besides the obstacles of cost and not having a spare room in my house for it, I've alway...

DIY audio folks like to share--that's what makes us a community. My kits and the DIY Project Directory are possible because others have shared their r...

When I sent out the newsletter announcing the last "Explain Like I'm 5 Podcast," I asked which audio topics you wanted to hear explained to a 5-year-o...

This podcast marks the first of a new series in which I attempt to explain complex audio subjects so that a 5-year-old could understand them. In this ...

What's the difference between "pro" and "consumer" line levels? Is it ok to plug an instrument into a line level input? What's the difference between ...

Sticker shock is a common malady in the recording world. It takes a lot of money to outfit and maintain a studio. But why? What are the factors that d...

How do filters work? As audio engineers, we use filters every day. We're all intimately familiar with high-pass, low-pass, band-pass, shelf, etc. filt...

We audio nerds love to talk about particular parts and circuitry—transformers, op-amps, discrete vs integrated, passive vs active, etc—but we rarely d...

Last week, I put out the call for you to ask "Everything you always wanted to know about audio electronics, but were afraid to ask." The response was ...