M-Audio Releases M3-8: 3-Way Studio Reference Monitor
The latest monitor from M-Audio is one with style, functionality and affordability in mind. The new M3-8 reference monitor is an active 3-way speaker that has the footprint of a standard two-way...
View ArticleOp-Ed: And Another One Gone – What We Lose When Studios Close
It’s part of the cycle of life that things have a life and then move on. So it happens with studios, many of which we have come to enjoy working in. With the recent closing of BiCoastal Music I find...
View ArticleNYC Event Choice: Post Mixing for the Film Composer – Oct. 3 @Sound Lounge
Mixed up about the post mix phase for the film score? Put Sound Lounge mixer Tony Volante’s experience to work for you. Fret no more – there’s plenty that the working film composer can do to head off a...
View ArticleReview: UA Apollo 16 by Brian Bender
My assistant recently left the rotation in the studio here to begin as a freelancer after three-and-a-half years of faithful service. We were both bummed but it was the right thing to do for his...
View ArticleAEA Debuts N22 — NUVO Series Phantom-Powered Ribbon Mic
Gentleman engineer Wes Dooley and his dedicated crew at AEA have been producing ribbon mics and pres out of Pasadena, CA since 1964 and they say that all of their work has lead them up to this: the...
View ArticlePlatinum Producers, Platinum Engineers & All the Key Panels at the 2013 AES...
The audio event I look forward to most each year is easily the AES convention, especially when it’s right here in NYC. In boom years, the convention can take over a full wing at the Jacob Javits Center...
View ArticleNYC Event Choice: “Keys to Building a Successful Library” – Wed. Oct. 9th
On a July night in Los Angeles, heads were swimming at a packed seminar put on by the Production Music Association: “Keys to Building a Successful Library.” It’s NYC’s turn: The PMA is going to lay on...
View ArticleElectrodyne Announces 2501 Preamp and 2511 EQ
Back in 2009 Electrodyne and Pete’s Palace Audio team (known for their boutique audio offerings) teamed up to produce the original 500 Series 501 preamp and 511 EQ. Now almost five years later the two...
View ArticleUVI Releases Reverb Plug-In – Sparkverb
Paris-based developer UVI has just released Sparkverb, which promises to build a unique workflow for speedy discovery of applying reverb in unique ways. The interface can be as simple or as complex as...
View ArticleThe Soundsystem’s Sound System — How John Klett Designed “Despacio” with...
When LCD Soundsystem’s debut single, “Losing My Edge,” came out in 2002, James Murphy told us the story of being there – in the right scene, at the right place, at the right time. The song serves as a...
View ArticleEarthQuaker Devices Launches Two New Pedals: The Depths and Arpanoid
EarthQuaker Devices are impassioned pedal makers out of Akron, OH USA. Their previous success with pedal designs have lead to the release of The Depths and Arpanoid – two new pedals that bring new...
View ArticleHow to Play External Instruments Inside Your DAW — by AfroDJMac
Think Outside The Box! AfroDJMac sez: You can directly inject your hardware synths — like Synthboy here — right into your DAW more easily than you think. In today’s modern Digital Audio Workstations...
View ArticleMoog Launches Minifooger Analog Effects for Guitar & Bass
Every rig should have one – we mean a Moog of course. That dream became a lot more obtainable today for the musicians of the world – guitarists in particular with today’s launch of the Minifooger...
View ArticleSplice Music Collaboration Platform Launches, with $2.75 Million in Seed Funding
The quest for the ideal online music collaboration is on again. One of the workflows that Splice users will encounter. (click to enlarge) A space that had been relatively quiet for the last few years,...
View ArticleEvent Alert: Just Managing’s CMJ Artist Lounge at Mission Sound (10/17)
Awesome event alert: At the crossroads of CMJ and AES next week, Just Managing is putting on their annual “Artist Lounge” recording event at Mission Sound in Williamsburg, co-sponsored by SoundToys,...
View ArticleDrum Recording Video: Overhead Mics Compared
We’re happy to announce the launch of a new series on drum mic techniques hosted by Trust Me I’m A Scientist founder and SonicScoop contributor, Justin Colletti. Filmed at Strange Weather Brooklyn, and...
View ArticleReview: ADAM A77X Monitors
ADAM Audio GmbH has been making high quality studio monitors since 1999, and with the A77X they are bringing their flagship dual driver technology to the small studio market. The top of the AX Series...
View ArticleMeet The Maker: Alto Music NYC Presents Vienna Symphonic Library’s MIR PRO
Dietz Tinhof, godfather of the acclaimed Vienna Symphonic Library MIR PRO, will be visiting NYC for the AES Convention next week, and Alto Music NYC is offering a schedule of seminars and demos where...
View ArticleIK Multimedia Releases iRig BlueBoard Wireless MIDI Pedalboard
IK Multimedia has officially announced the release of the iRig BlueBoard, which was first announced in January of this year. With the wireless pedalboards companion app, all of IK’s Mac and...
View ArticleRCF Launches AYRA Line of Pro Reference Monitors
From industrial strength to the studio. Italy-based RCF is well known for their pioneering endeavors in transducer and speaker technology since their founding in 1949. Over the lifespan of the company,...
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