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You do not own as many microphones as your interface has inputs. You tracked drums at rehearsal on a couple of mics and on Monday morning the project sounds like pure sadness. Across three studio lab episodes, Jakub Hríbik of Pulp Studio takes it from the top: recording with one microphone, finishing the sound in your DAW, converting drums to MIDI and finally editing a multitrack to the grid.

The best pedalboard is a computer. We go through five steps, from setting the input on your interface and getting the effect order right to the parallel effect paths few people can afford in hardware.

Changing a head is not a workshop job but routine maintenance you can do at home with a single key. We go through the whole process, from taking the drum apart and cleaning the bearing edge to tuning in a cross pattern.

Viktor from the band Fvck_Kvlt, also known as DJ VKTRD, built an entire beat on a single groovebox. We wrote his process up as ten steps, from picking a sample through drums and bass to the recording.

Restringing is the one bit of maintenance you will keep doing for as long as you play. We walk through the whole thing from slackening the first string to the final tune-up, separately for acoustic, electric and classical guitars.

Bridge, fret, pickup. You read these words in every guitar tutorial, but nobody ever explained them properly. Here is a clear guide to the parts of a guitar, from headstock to body.

A Floyd Rose gives you the best whammy action and the worst headaches. It works on the balance between string tension and spring tension, and when that balance is off, your guitar never comes back to pitch. In episode 16 of Studio Lab, Lukas and Jakub Hribik walk you through the whole setup: string changes, fine tuners, springs and blocking the trem. Here is the guide from both parts, written out step by step.

About to record hard riffs, modern metal or djent and your guitar loses intonation, pushes unwanted resonances or sounds muddy? In episode 15 of Studio Lab, Jakub Hríbik shows you step by step how to prepare and record a downtuned guitar so that even the hardest distortion sounds fat and clean. Here is the whole guide from both parts written out in points.

Want to learn the saxophone and not sure where to start? We will tell you which type to choose as a beginner, what you need besides the instrument and how to make the first steps, from embouchure to your first clean tone. We also recommend the affordable Latone brand and other proven models.

Drawn to the bright, piercing sound of the trumpet and want to learn to play it? You can start at any age. We will tell you where the trumpet comes from, which one to choose, what accessories you need and how to make the first steps, from buzzing into the mouthpiece to your first clean tone.