Paul Atkins

After my review of the Behringer X32 was published, Behringer got in touch, rather promptly, and we've engaged in a conversation about the X32, its components and my opinion of it. An interesting exchange of letters!
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Purely by chance I was presented with the topic for this month's column on a platter when the in-house Digidesign SC48 console at a venue where I work didn't survive a recent power cut and the interim replacement turned out to be none other than the new, and much talked about, X32 from Behringer.
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Columnist Paul Atkins continues his series of articles on making a band sound good in a small club. This month the focus is on guitarists (perpetrators) and vocalists (victims). Let's see who comes out on top ...
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Unless you’re fortunate enough to be in a band that only plays through enormous PA systems in arenas to 10,000 + people every night then the volume you perform at on stage can have a dramatic affect on the balance of sounds heard by your audience. Contrary to what some might think, creating a good...
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I was fortunate enough to work with New York based artist Eli Paperboy Reed recently on a UK & European tour. It was my third time on the road with him and he was gracious enough to let me ask him a few questions that I thought of along the way.
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This month Paul interviews Dougal Lott who is the resident engineer at north London's infamous Konk Studios, owned by iconic English singer songwriter Ray Davis from the Kinks.
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