Watch the Focusrite Movie & Enter This Awesome Recording Competition
It’s Focusrite‘s 25th Anniversary and in recognition of this milestone, the company has launched a “dream recording competition” along with a longform documentary chronicling the history of its...
View ArticleUniversal Audio Launches Dangerous BAX EQ, 610 Tube Preamp & EQ, UAD Software...
It’s a triple shot from Universal Audio. Two major additions have just been launched for the UAD powered plugins platform. One is a surprise, and the other is an expected development – both will be...
View ArticleMaster Percussionist Bashiri Johnson Launches “Bitz & Piecez” Vol. 2 – Rare...
One of the true rhythmic gurus of the music industry is making his distinctive grooves readily available. Get in the loop with one of the world’s most in-demand percussionists. We speak of none other...
View ArticleResearch & Development: Aphex D 500 DUO — 500 Series Rack with Analog &...
When does 500 + 500 equal more than 1,000? That was the tantalizing equation that the Aphex engineering team sized up when they dreamed up the D 500 DUO, the California gear gurus’ new two-slot 500...
View ArticleTELEFUNKEN Partners with Platinum Sound for Private In-Studio Demonstrations
An elite manufacturer and top New York City studio have teamed up once again. The gang was all there to launch TELEFUNKEN’s partnership with Platinum Sound, as producer Matty Amendola recorded Katie...
View ArticleJoey Sturgis Releases Signature Vocal Compressor/Saturator Plugin —“Gain...
Joey Sturgis has taken his 10+ years experience in aggressive vocal production and packed it into his new signature vocal plug-in – “Gain Reduction.” Condense an intricate chain of affects into a...
View ArticleDangerous Music Launches New “Dangerous Compressor” — For Tracking, Mixing &...
The wait is over: One of the most highly anticipated dynamics units in a long time, the Dangerous Compressor from Dangerous Music, has finally arrived. The result of two+ years of field testing and...
View ArticleSmarter in Sixty Seconds: Make Your (Musical) Mission Statement!
It’s that once in a lifetime crossroads of being a kid and starting to grow up. Ahh…to be 13 again. Volkswagen introduced the Golf in 1975 — but that’s not important right now. Never again will you...
View ArticleReview: SoundToys MicroShift by Zach McNees
These days, as audio plug-ins have become more of the standard than the alternative in the pro audio community, a few brands have become ubiquitous with the DAW experience. SoundToys, for example,...
View ArticleThe Maio Collection – New Inspired Drum Library from Matthew Weiss
Matthew Weiss is a knowledgeable and prolific mixing and recording engineer with a passion for defined audio quality. Now, his excellent tips on tracking and mixing — as seen on SonicScoop Content...
View ArticleRiptide Music Group Born Out of Riptide / Pigfactory Merger
Riptide Music and Pigfactory — two well-known Los Angeles-based sync licensing and publishing companies — have merged, and will now be doing business under the name Riptide Music Group, LLC. Riptide...
View ArticleMix With The Masters Announces Tom Elmhirst Seminar, August 13-19
We can tell you first-hand: Being in the studio with Tom Elmhirst is an unforgettable experience. Tom Elmhirst shares his expertise in the latest Mix With The Masters. No surprise, then, that this...
View ArticleRonin Applied Sciences Launches Dove LDC FET Mic, Archangel Passive Gain Mic...
“The combination of the Dove mic and Archangel preamp brings about a paradigm shift – a different and interesting reality.”—Joel Hamilton, in Tape Op Ronin Applied Sciences, the Brooklyn sonic...
View Article333 Recording Debuts: An Advanced Studio with TriBeCa Views
TriBeCa, Manhattan: There are recording studio architects, there are recording studio owners – and ne’er the twain shall be one and the same. Unless you’re talking about 333 Recording, which just...
View ArticleNative Instruments Releases Supercharger GT Compression and Saturation Plugin
Native Instruments budding plugin line is expanding! Following up on the success of their original Supercharger tube compressor plugin, NI now introduces the Supercharger GT plugin that adds saturation...
View ArticleWaves Releases MetaFilter Plugin — Versatile Sound-Shaping Multimode Filter
A new filter plugin from the plugin-smiths at Waves has been released — will it sweep our DAWs by storm? MetaFilter is an overhauled filter plugin specifically designed for creative music and audio...
View ArticleIs Avid OK…Or Not? What the NASDAQ Delisting Really Means to Pro Tools Users
Red flag, harbinger of far-off things to come, or non-issue? Avid was officially delisted from NASDAQ on February 21. Last week, Avid created a not-surprising wrinkle in the financial world, when the...
View ArticleCEntrance Announces MixerFace Portable Recording Interface
Following up with their audiophile-grade headphone amp and digital audio converter, HiFi-M8, CEntrance now introduces MixerFace. Including some of the same features found in the HiFi-M8, the...
View ArticleWestern Dynamo Producer Panel at SXSW, 3/12 – w/Tim Palmer, Stuart Sikes &...
Yes, they WILL be talking about making music at the galaxy’s biggest festival. Be there, or…YOU KNOW. (click to enlarge) On March 12th at SXSW, the audio innovators at Western Dynamo (creators of the...
View ArticleSpring Album Preview: 25 Upcoming Records & The Engineers, Producers and...
With SXSW kicking off next week, we are finally nearing the end of this epic winter. And looking ahead to the longer days of Spring, we’ve also got our eyes out for an exciting new season of album...
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