Recording Sweet Spot: Bushwick Studio
BUSHWICK, Brooklyn: Though still known for its relatively affordable real estate, industrial sprawl and epic loft parties, Bushwick was much more of a frontier ten years ago when guitarist and...
View ArticleLine 6 Announces StageSource L2m and L2t Loudspeakers
Call this the time of the speaker. Earlier at NAMM we saw micro, macro – and now here’s something right in between. Line 6 grows the list of new listening systems with the latest additions to their...
View ArticleChris Liebing: DJ, Producer, Techno Traveler
His sets are legendary, from Europe’s TimeWarp Festivals to New York City’s EZOO. And Frankfurt, Germany’s Chris Liebing is one of the most personable DJs out there — a big smile on his face as he...
View ArticleL.A. Event Alert: Studio Prodigy Master Class Series With Ryan Hewitt
Last week, SonicScoop visited Universal Mastering Studios in Los Angeles – the site of the new Studio Prodigy Master Class Series, which kicks off with its first session, led by Grammy-winning mixer/...
View ArticleInput\Output Podcast: David Lowery and the Future of Artists’ Rights
In this episode of Input\Output, Geoff and Eli talk to David Lowery, the former frontman for Cracker and Camper Van Beethoven, who is now an economics professor at the University of Georgia. David...
View ArticleMusic Works NYC Names Nina Creese Studio Manager
Music Works NYC, the Upper West Side boutique tracking and mixing facility, has announced the promotion of Nina Creese to the position of Studio Manager. Nina Creese has been promoted to Studio Manager...
View ArticleLe Masque: Delay Plugin Receives Major Update from XILS-Lab
All effects and dynamics have their place, but for creative processing there’s nothing as inspiring as a great delay. The crafty French developer XILS-Lab has significantly increased the musicality and...
View ArticleRadial Engineering Debuts Voco-Loco — Vocal Preamp and Effects Loop
Studios and live performers have long been in search of a better mousetrap to integrate vocals and guitar pedal effects. The new Voco-Loco from Radial Engineering definitely qualifies. The Voco-Loco is...
View ArticleNY Event Choice: NY Music Tech Meetup – Monday, 2/11, Knitting Factory
NYC and music technology go together like beer and BBQ. So why not put all four together in a tasty blend? Decode the logo and win a prize! Or better yet, hang out with the NY MusicTech gang this...
View ArticleVinyl Mastering Outlook: Can Lathes Keep up the Pace in 2013?
Last month, the music industry got some decent news from the Nielsen SoundScan 2012 report. In a year where Adele reigned again with 4.4 million copies of 21 sold in the US (10 million plus total),...
View ArticleProducers, Mixers, Engineers Recognized at 55th Annual GRAMMY Awards
While the 55thAnnual GRAMMY Awards show was all lights, camera, action (as it should be), it’s good to see the less-extroverted producers, engineers, mixers, and remixers get their due. Producers...
View ArticleLightning Boy Audio Launches Lightning Boy — Entry Level Tube Drive Pedal
When last we saw our heroes, Lightning Boy Audio, they had just unleashed the Bolt Bender, an intriguing Tube EQ pedal with a passive Baxandall circuit and its own optional subtractive EQ “sidecar.”...
View ArticleAvid Switches CEO’s: Will Louis Hernandez Turn It Around?
For a minute, it looked like Avid had dropped the drama. Will the change in leadership mean a chance in direction? Everyone who visited their booth at NAMM a couple of weeks ago saw reassuring signs,...
View ArticleTrusoundnewyork Composes with Jimmy Cliff for VW, Deutsch LA
The “Get Happy” spot that Volkswagen premiered during last week’s Super Bowl XVLII had no shortage of controversy: people had differing opinions about the protagonist from Minnesota who spoke (almost)...
View ArticleA&R Meets Music Supervision: Artist Discovery with Christian Morrissey of...
It used to be the dream music biz gig was A&R for a major label. Those jobs are certainly becoming scarcer, but the coveted paid occupation of finding new music talent, and helping it to be heard,...
View ArticleElectro-Harmonix Shipping Epitome Multi-Effect Pedal
Incase you missed this gem back at NAMM, the Epitome from electro-harmonix combines three of the company’s most iconic pedals into one excellent effects pedal. The Epitome is a combination of the Micro...
View ArticleShoot Online: Top Super Bowl Sonic Branding Spots
Feeling Super Bowl ad withdrawal? Any time of year is good for a recharge of the uncontested Ultimate TV Event of the Western World. Did this Super Bowl take Sonic Branding to a next level? Here’s a...
View ArticleNeve Genesys Console Offers New Option – 88R-Style Four-Band EQ
Two EQs are better than one, especially when they’re available on a Neve. To prove it, AMS Neve is making a new EQ option – an 88R-style four-band EQ – available for the Neve Genesys, which is AMS...
View ArticleHeritage Audio Launches DMA 73 – Dual Mic Preamp & DI
We can’t return our whole bodies to the 1970’s, but at least our ears can go there. Heritage Audio, the Madrid-based manufacturer whose mission is to pay sonic homage to the great 1970’s Neve consoles...
View ArticleRecording Sweet Spot: Subcat Studios — Syracuse, New York
The constant quest for a destination studio within striking distance of New York City leads logically to Syracuse. A renowned college town, it’s no wonder that the recording scene is on the rise here....
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