Review: EZ Keys’ Classic Electrics, Retro Electrics, Upright Piano and...
Over the past few years, Toontrack has been busy creating some of the most exciting and innovating sampling products on the market. Their flagship Superior Drummer plugin is by far the best sounding...
View ArticleMix With The Masters Announces Jimmy Douglass Seminar – May 19-25, 2014
The latest Master has been confirmed for Mix With the Masters. Jimmy Douglass lands in the South of France in May. This time, the week-long elite audio seminar will star Jimmy Douglass, the four-time...
View ArticleRemembering Benjamin Curtis – Musician, Producer, Engineer, Inspiration
The longer you’re a music fan, the more you realize that bands – like stars and galaxies – have lifecycles. Benjamin Curtis performing at The Bowery Ballroom in 2009. Photo by Tammy Lo. I was reminded...
View ArticlePro Tools 11 Pioneer — Part Four: Recording Without TDM Plugins
As much as we love to debate the topic, recording vocals isn’t the rocket science we make it out to be. Zach is on the hunt for effective TDM plugin workarounds. Once you’ve got the hang of it,...
View ArticleApogee Launches MiC 96k – Higher Fidelity Microphone for iPad, iPhone & Mac
With CES currently unfolding, and NAMM on the way, expect manufacturers to be upping the ante on existing offerings, along with the myriad new product rollouts. For the former category, observe Apogee...
View ArticleWaves Audio Announces Waves Loudness Meter Plus
Is this the audio post plugin with the mostest? Post production pros of every stripe stand to gain additional control with Waves’ WLM Plus. Maybe, maybe not, but no question that post houses – along...
View ArticleSweetSounds Studio Launches Soho Audio Source
Recording studios have long served as de facto technology showcases. SweetSounds Studio in Manhattan is now taking on that role in an official capacity, via its partnership with Legacy Audio as the...
View ArticleThe 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 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...
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