To Mock the Stupendous Mechanism: Designing The Motherbrain’s WSW Console
How producer and studio owner Brian Bender turned a time capsule into a modern-day tone machine. Click to read the first, second, third and fourth parts of the series. PART 5: BUILDING IT So now comes...
View ArticleLindell Audio Launches 18XS MkII Channel Strip, with Pultec-Style Passive EQ
From the mean streets of Sweden, comes another new unit from gear designer Tobias Lindell and Lindell Audio. His latest offering is the 18XS MkII Channel Strip, a 1RU unit packed with plenty of...
View ArticleNI Debuts KOMPLETE 9 and KOMPLETE 9 ULTIMATE Virtual Instrument and Effects...
Get ready for even more ways to make music: Native Instruments has just introduced the latest, greatest generation of its KOMPLETE software bundles. An even more complete KOMPLETE 9 should sound very...
View ArticleThe Best Small Tube Amps For The Recording Studio
In the recording studio, you don’t always need a lot of power from a guitar amp. If anything, sometimes less is more when it comes to level, and many seasoned engineers will tell you that some of the...
View ArticleSoundToys Launches Free Plugin: Little MicroShift, Plus H3000 D/SE Contest
It’s like Xmas in March – SXSWXMas, that is. The Little MicroShift is the Next Big Thing from SoundToys. While everyone’s in Austin, SoundToys has made their new Little MicroShift plugin available for...
View ArticleLavry Engineering Launches LavryGold AD122-96 MX — Hot-Tracking Converter
In a world of extremes, audio facilities now have an A/D converter to match. Lavry Engineering announced that it has launched the LavryGold AD122-96 MX, the next progression in founder Dan Lavry’s...
View ArticleSoundCheck: Le Poisson Rouge — Managing Fast Musical Workflow
As they raise a pint fresh from the tap, even the most seasoned audio engineer may not notice the complexities of keeping a music-first nightclub humming. When things move as efficiently as they do at...
View ArticleBeta Monkey Music Launches Double Bass Mania I Reloaded — Pure Metal Drum Loops
Played well, a double kick performance is nothing short of an athletic event. Double the double the fun. Now the thrill of victory, courtesy of two bass drums going off with machine-like precision, is...
View ArticleVideo Exclusive: “You Be the Pro in Pro Tools” – QuickTip #1, “Making Menu...
Getting smarter faster is always a great thing, and SonicScoop is proud to present Pro Tools users with a resource that helps them to do just that. Expert PT power user Paul DeCarli is the creator of...
View ArticleWaves Releases The Manny Marroquin Signature Plugin Collection
Popular for their Signature Series plugin collaborations with some of the biggest names in the mixing game, Waves has now released a set of plugins with Manny Marroquin. As a four-time Grammy...
View ArticleEvent Choice NYC: “What It Means to be a Producer” Roundtable w/Scott Hull,...
Is your career producing what you expected? Jamie Siegel of JRock Studios will talk “Off the Record” this Thursday. The “Off the Record” series continues with Scott Hull, mastering engineer and owner...
View ArticleDoes Spotify Work For Independent Artists? An Interview with Jeremy deVine of...
If you’re a musician, a studio geek or a music fan, you’ve probably been hearing a lot of information — and misinformation — about Spotify, royalty rates, streaming services and the modern musical...
View ArticleBushwick Studio Adds Studio Manager Steven Alvarado
One of Brooklyn’s bastions of high-end tracking and mixing, Bushwick Studio, has gotten a major boost in the personnel department. (l-r) Josh Kessler and Steve Alvarado are united at Bushwhick...
View ArticleDavid Byrne & St. Vincent, Lenny White, Manuel Valera & More at Water Music
One of NYC’s finest recording studios is not in NYC at all. Located across the Hudson in Hoboken, Water Music has a vintage Neve 8088 console and large tracking spaces with multiple iso booths. The...
View ArticleLarrabee Studios: Nailing The Pop Production Paradigm
NORTH HOLLYWOOD: From the outside, it’s a nondescript office building that blends in with its surroundings; step inside Larrabee Studios, however, and you’re walking into an epicenter of Los Angeles...
View ArticleQuad Lakeside Adds Classic Trident 80C Console, Studer Sidecar
The ice is melting on the lake, and as it goes you can see the changes around the Greenwood Lake town. At Quad Lakeside, those changes are mighty. There is now an ultra-sweet sounding EMT plate at the...
View ArticleNew Studio Opening: “Dungeon Beach” Audio/Video Post Comes to Brooklyn
Dungeon Beach Studios is aptly-named. To enter, you must first find a nondescript steel door on an industrial stretch of North 3rd Street, just a few blocks from Williamsburg’s main strip. From there,...
View ArticleEvent Choice: ASCAP EXPO – Songwriter/Composer Conference, April 18-20
One of the annual cornerstone events for songwriters and composers is coming soon: The ASCAP “I Create Music” EXPO arrives next month, taking place April 18-20 in Los Angeles at the Loews Hollywood...
View ArticleCharterOak Announces K500 Ultra Parametric EQ – 3-Band 500 Series Module
To many an engineer, a great EQ can be the overlooked X-factor in the outboard. The Connecticut-based specialty audio manufacturer CharterOak is delivering that missing piece with their latest release:...
View ArticleBlues Rock in The Studio: The Perpetual Sound — The Black Keys to Jimi...
As The Black Keys entered the stage of The 55th GRAMMY Awards recently, albeit with much GRAMMY flare that included a horn section and bass drummer, it’s interesting to think, “Has blues rock’s sound...
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