MY BLOGS

Recording with Less: One Microphone, Pure DSD256, and the Art of Letting Go
Some recording sessions remind me why I became an engineer in the first place. This session with pianist Cajan Witmer and bassist Peter Bjørnild was o...
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Recording Sketches of Seasons: When Less Truly Becomes More
Some recording sessions stay with you forever. Not because everything went according to plan, but because every person involved shared the same vision...
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From Studio to Living Room: Preserving the Emotion of a Performance
By Frans de Rond
Every recording starts with one thing: the music.
At Sound Liaison, our goal has never been to create perfect recordings. Instead, ...
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Recording Solo Piano with Atzko Kohashi
It's almost twelve years ago now, yet I remember it clearly. One of those mornings where everything feels quiet with purpose. Peter Bjørnild and I had...
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Trusting the first instinct: Why recording and mixing are Acts of Courage
In recording and mixing, your first intuitive choice is often not so bad after all. In fact, it is frequently the most honest one.
At Sound Liaison, ...
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Recording weekend with Scott Hamilton
It’s a quiet Saturday morning when we unlock the doors and step into the building to start preparing for the recording session of The Ghost, the Kin...
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One-Mic Recording: Rediscovering the Art of Natural Sound
By Frans de Rond, Engineer at Sound Liaison
At Sound Liaison, we have always been driven by curiosity, about music, about space, about the emotional ...
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Recording Memories #2
Behind the Scenes of Soft Shoulders
A Tribute to Ack van Rooyen
It’s impossible to think of Soft Shoulders without thinking of the man who made i...
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Recording memories #1
Way Over Yonder by 3 Hands Clapping
by Frans de Rond, Sound Liaison
There are recording sessions that feel like magic from the very first note. The ...
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Recording Gidon Nunes Vaz Quintet
Natural interaction, one circle, one take: recording without headphones
At Sound Liaison, we are always searching for ways to make recordings that ca...
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Mixing in the Analog Domain
Rediscovering the Lost Mojo
By Frans de Rond, Engineer at Sound Liaison
When I began my career as a recording engineer, the very first digital techn...
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The Art and Evolution of Studio Monitoring
My journey as a sound engineer
By Frans de Rond, engineer Sound Liaison
When I began my career as a recording engineer in the early 1990s, I was tra...
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The Audience Factor
Why Live Performances Often Outshine Studio Sessions
By Frans de Rond – Engineer at Sound Liaison
In the controlled environment of a recording studi...
Read MoreIf it Makes Me Dance, It’s a Keeper
By Frans de Rond – Sound Liaison
There’s a moment in every recording session where words fall short. Where meters and microphones fade into the backg...
Read MoreThe role of Reverb in Jazz Recording
Shaping Space: The role of Reverb in Jazz Recording, Then and Now
By Frans de Rond – Founder & Recording Engineer, Sound Liaison
Reverb is one o...
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