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Best microphones for recording 2025: My top studio mics for instruments, vocals and more

By Matt McCracken last updated

These are the best recording microphones from the biggest brands including AKG, Rode, Audio Technica, Neumann and more

Microphones
The Hives singer

“So full of energy, joy, anger and life”: The Hives big up their new record

By Will Simpson published

Josh Homme also appears on album, due in August with a tour to follow

Recording
Wolfgang Flur

How a fake Daft Punk fooled Kraftwerk’s Wolfgang Flür into a collaboration

By Will Simpson published

They pretended to be Thomas Bangalter

Producers & Engineers
Will Smith salutes the crowd prior to the game between the Washington Wizards and Philadelphia 76ers at the Wells Fargo Center on March 26

“He was like, ‘You gotta say what’s true for you'”: Will Smith on taking advice from Jay-Z and Kendrick Lamar

By Will Simpson published

The younger men said 'keep it real’

Artists
Jeff Beck

Guitarist Mick Rogers thinks he's in possession of Jeff Beck's last recording

By Will Simpson published

"Nothing came of it because Jeff was playing through his dodgy Marshall and didn’t like the sound,” he explains

Guitarists
Marcus Mumford and Neil Young

“He was like, ‘You’ve got it all wrong, man”: How Neil Young changed Mumford And Sons’ approach to making albums

By Will Simpson published

"You need to pay attention to how you record music," they were advised

Artists
AlphaTheta Wave-Eight

It’s time to finally ditch those cables: SonicLink from AlphaTheta is here, and it will most likely change your life

By Advertorial published

Seamless, ultra-low latency wireless audio comes to the DJ booth

Dj Gear
Abbey Road Studio One

Refurbished Abbey Road Studio One reopens with evening of "boundary-pushing expressive dance"

By Will Simpson published

Iconic studio had been closed for six months of renovation

Studios
Billie Eilish

Billie Eilish’s mix engineers reveal the star's “favourite part” of her smash hit, Birds Of A Feather

By Ben Rogerson published

“The most sensitive part was getting the audio files from Logic to come into Pro Tools sounding exactly the same," they say of the mixing process

Artists
Ed Sheeran and Jimmy Fallon

Ed Sheeran on his introduction to looper pedals and why he often writes songs with Rihanna in mind

By Ben Rogerson published

“I promise you, there'll be so many songwriters out there that their best song came from trying to write a Rihanna song,” he reckons

Artists
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