Radial Engineering Releases Twinline Guitar Effects Router
Radial Engineering Ltd is solving yet another issue faced by guitarists that crave variety in their rig. The Twinline allows a guitarist to share their pedal board between two different amplifiers...
View ArticleSound Design Time: Wrigleys’ Rebel 5 – Stir Post Audio
Chew on this assignment: craft a mnemonic for five new spots in the 5 Gum global campaign from agency EnergyBBDO, “Life Happens In 5.” Here’s how Amber Tisue, Senior Sound Designer and Mixer for STIR...
View ArticleSpectrasonics Is Hiring — 5 New Job Posts
Spectrasonics, makers of revered music creation tools including Omnisphere and Stylus RMX, are expanding their team. Want to connect with these clever folks? There are five positions available — see...
View ArticleNew Room: Firefly Sound Studio — Hill Country, Texas
There’s a certain elegance to dedicated work space. An area designed with purpose and intent. Free from distractions of everyday life. Spaces like these can help artists achieve a level of focus that...
View ArticleSonarworks Adds Six More Headphone Models To Calibration Software
Sonarworks understands that headphones have physical limitations regarding the frequency response they can slather across our ears. Mixing, and referencing through headphones in particular are...
View Article5 Ways to Ruin a Mix — by Joey Sturgis
Joey Sturgis’ “Mixing Master Class” is free to watch live July 16-17 on CreativeLive. This is a guest post by producer/mixer/engineer Joey Sturgis. Learn more from Joey at his upcoming CreativeLive...
View ArticleiZotope Offers Free Mastering Presets Designed by Greg Calbi for Ozone
iZotope’s creative mastering platform Ozone 6 is, itself, capable of a wide range of sonic results. It is always great to feel confident that a mix is ready for the next level – mastering. But wouldn’t...
View ArticleVideo Mic Shootout: sE Electronics Laser, Audio-Technica Lavalier & Internal...
Justin Colletti is back on the SonicScoop video blog, answering reader questions about the gear we use for our quick and dirty video posts. Get a walkthrough of our equipment and hear three camera mics...
View ArticleGrado Labs Launches Limited Edition GH1 Brooklyn Tree Headphones
Hand-crafted audio hardware has been emanating from Grado Labs in Brooklyn for over 60 years. Now that connection to the Broken Land has grown even deeper with their announcement of the new Grado...
View ArticleMore of Less: The Art of Stacking Compressors
Sometimes, the tweak of a single decibel of gain reduction can be the deciding factor in whether or not a mix pops out of the speakers just right. Dan Gluszak makes the case for compressing in stages,...
View ArticleRODE Microphones Acquires Aphex
RODE Microphones founder and Managing Director, Peter Freedman, announced the acquisition of US-based audio hardware manufacturer, Aphex, on July 24th. RODE and Aphex are at the top of their league in...
View ArticleAlexB Introduces Neev 81 Sidecar Console And Chandly Ltd Germanium Libraries
AlexB is back with two more heavy hitters – The Neev 81 Sidecar Console, and the Chandly Ltd Germanium Compressor. AlexB Introduces Neev 81 Sidecar Console And Chandly Ltd Germanium Libraries As some...
View ArticleZampol Productions: Mastering Moves On Up to the Lower East Side
Milestones are abounding for Oscar Zambrano. This New York City mastering engineer is smiling because he’s just completed his 100th project of the year in mid-July, a new album for singer-songwriter Jo...
View ArticleRoland Debuts Compact M-5000C Live Mixing Console
Roland’s new M-5000C comes to us as another addition of their O.H.R.C.A. series of live mixing consoles. The M-5000C is a compact version of their flagship M-5000 mixing console. The same O.H.R.C.A....
View ArticleVideo Studio Tour: Platinum Sound with Serge Tsai
Check out our latest video studio tour with Serge Tsai of Platinum Sound in NYC. Serge has worked with artists including Kanye West, Shakira, Bono, Akon, Raekwon, Lil Kim, Lil Wayne, Mick Jagger,...
View ArticleUniversal Audio Announces 3 New Plug-Ins for UAD-2 and Apollo with UAD...
The UAD-2 DSP accelerators and Apollo interfaces are capable of pushing some of the most sonically detailed plug-ins available. With the release of UAD Software v8.3, Universal Audio is now featuring a...
View ArticleReview: Novation Launchpad Pro
If you’re a producer or engineer who hasn’t heard about the Novation Launchpad series by now, it’s likely you’ve either been dead, avoiding electronic music production at all costs, or living under a...
View ArticleComposer Brian Tyler To Keynote 2nd Annual Production Music Conference – 9/9...
The non-profit Production Music Association (PMA) was founded in 1997 with a mission to “elevate the unique value of production music and to ensure the viability of the production music industry”....
View ArticleSlate Digital Introduces Yearly and Monthly Plug-In Subscription Programs
Slate Digital has a wealth of plug-ins to choose from. Of course it’s ideal to own as many of these plug-ins as possible! But how does one expect to pay for all of that beautifully crafted DSP? Slate...
View ArticlePull Scores For Nike’s ‘Inside Small-Sided’ Online Film Series
NYC music company Pull got its kicks scoring an online film series for Nike. Their decidedly outside-the-box soundtrack accompanied a set of segments about small-sided soccer in Latin America....
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