Line 6 Announces Relay V75-SC Wireless Handheld Microphone — Features Four...
Relay is the Line 6 solution for wireless musical performance. Although Line 6 does have other wireless microphones, the Relay V75-SC is the first to be released under the Relay brand, previously only...
View ArticleUnpaid Intern Lawsuits: What Every Studio Owner Should Know
By now, many studio owners have probably heard about the rise of class action lawsuits against businesses that rely on illegal unpaid internships. In late 2012, Charlie Rose’s for-profit production...
View ArticleNomad Factory Launches COSMOS Low End Fattener Plugin, Plus MAGNETICS Bundle II
Is this the ever-elusive optimum low end we’ve all been waiting for? It’s too early to tell, but it certainly looks like a hot lead in COSMOS, the newest plugin from LA-based developer Nomad Factory....
View ArticleWavesfactory Releases TrackSpacer 2.0 – Updated Plugin for Mixing & Post
Wavesfactory first released the original TrackSpacer back in November 2012 where it saw tremendous success from providing a solution for a problem that every mixing engineer has experienced – creating...
View ArticleEASTWEST Announces Stormdrum 3 — Virtual Instrument Made with Mickey Hart
This is much more than a sample library – this sounds big, literally. StormDrum 3 — it’s going to be a big hit. One of the mightiest percussion-based virtual instruments that we’ve come across is ready...
View ArticleJames McCartney, from Abbey Road to Avatar: How David Kahne Recorded and...
Music producers know a return trip is never guaranteed. David Kahne rides on with James McCartney. That’s true even for audio experts like David Kahne, whose production discography is a who’s who...
View ArticleProducer Synematik Now in Residence at Music Works NYC
Music Works NYC, the studio founded by Groove Collective percussionist Chris Theberge, announced that the prolific producer Synematik has taken up residence in their Upper West Side facilities. A...
View ArticlePunk Rock in The Studio: A Dynamic Subculture – The Ramones to Green Day &...
Spoken like a true punk rocker, Sid Vicious of the The Sex Pistols once said, “Undermine their pompous authority, reject their moral standards, make anarchy and disorder your trademarks. Cause as much...
View ArticleSlate Digital Releases Virtual Buss Compressors – Three Unique Analog Modeled...
Slate Digital has possibly released some of their best analog modeled software to date. The Virtual Buss Compressors is a collection of three compressors, each modeled in a non-linear fashion after...
View ArticleA Look Back At…Saint Claire Recording Company (2005-2013): A NYC-Quality Room...
I recently learned that my favorite recording studio, and frankly one of my favorite places in the world – Saint Claire Recording Company in Lexington, KY – was closing its doors for good. Saint...
View ArticleART Releases Auto-Tune Pre – Single Channel Tube Preamp + Antares Auto-Tune
ART (Applied Research and Technology) has been in the business of quality audio gear at an affordable price point since 1987. The Niagara Falls, NY-based company is known for their excellent vacuum...
View ArticleRolling Stones’ Mick Jagger, Keith Richards Select BMG for Post-1983 Publishing
The music rights management company BMG just got a big score: representation of the Rolling Stones’ Mick Jagger and Keith Richards’ post-1983 music publishing catalog. 1989’s “Steel Wheels” is one of...
View ArticleNYC Event: iRig HD from IK Multimedia at Sam Ash NY, Friday 6/28
Earlier this month, IK Multimedia made a big splash when it launched the iRig HD, a 24-bit guitar interface for the iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad and Mac. Experience the iRig first hand on Friday, June...
View ArticleBeyond The Basics: Sidechain Compression
If you read SonicScoop, chances are you already know a thing or two about compressors. You’re probably already familiar with basic controls like your threshold, which allows you to set the point at...
View ArticleTELEFUNKEN Launches “Shorty” M80-SH and M81-SH Dynamic Mics
Let’s get small! TELEFUNKEN Elektroakustik has downsized, in a good way, by shrinking the profile of its M80 and M81 dynamic microphones. The result is the M80-SH and M81-SH which mirror the sonic...
View ArticleSteinberg Launches Cubase Elements 7 – Affordable 192 kHz Music Production...
The cult of Cubase is poised to get bigger. Cubase Elements 7 is a good-sized production suite for $130.99. Expansion to a larger user base of producers and musicians is expected to come courtesy of...
View ArticleZynaptiq Releases UNFILTER — Adaptive Tonal Contour Linearization Plugin
Founded in 2011 out of Hannover, Germany, Zynaptiq is a software developer that specializes in processing, analyzing, categorizing and generating audio-visual data. Their new plugin, UNFILTER, is the...
View ArticleAvid: New Mac Mini is Compatible with Pro Tools|HDX 11
It’s official: The latest Mac will play nice with Pro Tools|HDX 11. The Mac Mini is now most musical. Avid has announced that the new Mac Mini with Magma Express Box 3 (EB3T) is compatible with Pro...
View ArticleAIAIAI Announces TMA-1 Studio – Reference Headphones Engineered by Young Guru
The Danish headphone designer and manufacturer, AIAIAI, has announced the release of their highest-end model headphone yet – The TMA-1 Studio. “It’s about the product, not about the logo” — The new...
View ArticleInputOutput Interview: Ian MacKaye, Part I
As a member of seminal hardcore punk bands The Teen Idles, Minor Threat and Fugazi, and a founder of the pioneering indie label, Dischord Records, Ian MacKaye led a musical movement out of Washington,...
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