The Best Electric Basses for the Recording Studio
It’s hard to make a great pop song without a great bass line, and it’s hard to do a great bass line justice without a great bass sound. The bass often serves as the soul and the spine of a record, and...
View ArticleWaves Audio Launches Scheps 73 Plugin – 3-Band EQ With a Pedigree
Ears before gear…but put prime examples of both of them together, and you should get something special. The new Waves Audio Scheps 73 plugin has a good chance of being just that. A 3-band EQ, its...
View ArticleIK Multimedia Debuts iRing – 1st Motion Controller for iOS Music Apps
Has wearable technology for the music producing sector finally arrived? Where’s OUR wearable? Right here. Well, almost. IK Multimedia has introduced iRing, now available for pre-order, which it claims...
View ArticlePentode Audio Launches VTC-1 Vacuum Tube Compressor Plugin
As long as people inhabit the planet, it looks like we can count on them to come with new twists on compressor plugins. The latest to arrive on Earth is the Pentode Audio VTC-1, which they describe as...
View ArticleBig Post Expansion for Brooklyn: Rumble Audio Arrives
Remember the movie Rumble in the Bronx – the one that unleashed martial arts actor Jackie Chan into the film world? Now another equally deft, sonic maneuver is unfolding one borough over. Rumble Audio...
View ArticleA2IM Libera Awards Opens Submissions & Nominations — for Best Indie Labels,...
Make your voice heard! If there are artists, labels, and/or the meticulously crafted fruits of their labors you feel deserve recognition, there’s a way to make that known. Simply take part in the...
View ArticleLearning To Fly II — The Real Guide to Being a Monitor Engineer, with Javier...
It seems like everyone wants to be at the front of the house. Inside the gates, behind the flashy console, in the middle of the crowd, the engineer stands mixing the show for the fans. Audience members...
View ArticleUnity Audio Ltd Announces Active Monitors The Pebble and The Bam-Bam
Announced by Unity Audio Ltd for launch at the 2014 Winter NAMM show, The Pebble and Bam-Bam are designed to combine, creating a three way monitoring system with inspiration from their previous models....
View ArticleInputOutput: The Science of Summing With Dave Amels
On this episode of InputOuput, hosts Geoff Sanoff and Eli Janney get into the science of summing with audio guru Dave Amels (Anamod, Voce, Bomb Factory) to try and find out: What exactly is happening...
View ArticleMultitrack Drums for Reason — Propellerheads Launches Martin Werner...
Is this the cure for boring beats? Inspiring new patterns await in the new Martin Werner Drum Sessions refill for Reason. German rock drummer and renowned “Drum Doctor” Martin Werner has just released...
View ArticleChandler Announces 500 Series Version of the TG2
Chandler Limited will have its new TG2-500 preamp to show at this year’s Winter NAMM Show, which kicks off next week. The TG2-500 is the 500 series answer to Chandler’s popular TG2 preamp/DI, and it’s...
View ArticleRIP Larry Swist – Remembering a World-Class Studio and Monitor Designer
SonicScoop was saddened to learn of the recent passing of Larry Swist. A highly accomplished audio facility designer and studio monitor inventor, he passed away on December 28 following a short battle...
View ArticleFocusrite Announces iTrack Dock – Professional Dock For Recording On iPad
Focusrite has the right focus when it comes to production of quality portable interfaces. Integrating with today’s technology, Focusrite has announced their third iPad audio interface, iTrack Dock....
View ArticleHarrison Launches 950mx Analog Console – Highly Flexible Desk for Mixing &...
There’s a new analog board available, and it just may be a different way to mix. The new Harrison 950mx is designed to turbocharge the DAW environment. Harrison announced that it has launched the 950mx...
View Article“Elements of Mixing” Seminar Announced – Feb. 10 at Mission Sound, Brooklyn
Here’s a one-day way to max your mix skills. You’ll see sound from a different perspective after “Elements of Mixing”. The next Elements of Mixing Seminar – GRAMMY-winner “Bassy” Bob Brockman’s...
View ArticleHybrid Studios: A New Orange County Nexus for Recording, Video, & Creativity
In a place as creative as Orange County, an inspirational new space is long overdue. Fortunately, that facility has arrived in the form of Hybrid Studios, an ambitious audio video complex that intends...
View ArticleSundance Sound Brief: Inside the Audio Post for Four Film Premieres
Audio post pros worldwide have been working year ‘round for this moment, when a plethora of indie films premieres at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival. The POV style of “Low Down” required a special...
View ArticleSlate Digital Announces The VMS Virtual Microphone System
With their expanding array of hardware and digital audio products, Slate Digital has created a hybrid solution – the Virtual Microphone System. The VMS combines high quality audio capturing with...
View ArticleRupert Neve Designs Debuts 551 – 500 Series Inductor EQ
From the hand of the man, comes yet another audio first. Rupert Neve himself created every nook and cranny of the Rupert Neve Designs 551 Series Inductor EQ – the first and only 500 series EQ that he...
View ArticleMusic in 5.1 Dimensions: How the Best Surround Mixers Approach the Soundstage
Surround sound made its first public appearance in 1941, when Disney released its groundbreaking animated musical, Fantasia. Ever since then, surround systems have increasingly been used to enhance the...
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