Recording Sweet Spot – Triple Colossal Studios, Hoboken, NJ
When it comes down to it, drums are at the core of what makes an NYC studio essential. Dylan’s got your gun. (Photo by Jonathan Cole, http://www.jonathancolephotography.com) In the heart of Hoboken,...
View ArticleSteinberg Launches Nuendo 6 – Major Update for Music Production, Post DAW
Nuendo, the DAW weapon of choice for a certain selective circle of composers, music producers, and post professionals, has just upped the ante with Nuendo 6. A raft of new features from its creator,...
View ArticleEngineering David Bowie’s “The Next Day”— Inside the Magic Shop Sessions with...
Instant classics are hard to come by. That’s what explains all the excitement around David Bowie’s new album, The Next Day. The day has arrived for David Bowie’s “The Next Day”. When was the last time...
View ArticlePropellerhead Announces Reason 7, Reason Essentials 2
Sonic adventurers, take heart! One of the best things ever to happen to music creation is about to get better. Reason 7 is impending — and this is a good thing. Propellerhead, makers of the...
View ArticleGuilford Sound, API-Equipped Vermont Destination Studio, Offers $20K...
As if anyone needed more incentive to visit Vermont, here’s a very powerful motivator. The newly-constructed Guilford Sound, an API- and Neve-equipped Fran Manzella-designed facility in the southern...
View ArticleAudio Post Moves: Mixer Dan Flosdorf Joins Heard City
Mixers are always in motion. Mixer/Sound Designer Dan Flosdorf is the latest addition to the Heard City team. The flexible setup at Heard City, the stylish boutique audio post facility in NYC’s...
View ArticleTo Mock the Stupendous Mechanism: Designing The Motherbrain’s WSW Console
How producer and studio owner Brian Bender turned a time capsule into a modern-day tone machine. Click to read the first, second, third and fourth parts of the series. PART 5: BUILDING IT So now comes...
View ArticleLindell Audio Launches 18XS MkII Channel Strip, with Pultec-Style Passive EQ
From the mean streets of Sweden, comes another new unit from gear designer Tobias Lindell and Lindell Audio. His latest offering is the 18XS MkII Channel Strip, a 1RU unit packed with plenty of...
View ArticleBeta Monkey Music Launches Double Bass Mania I Reloaded — Pure Metal Drum Loops
Played well, a double kick performance is nothing short of an athletic event. Double the double the fun. Now the thrill of victory, courtesy of two bass drums going off with machine-like precision, is...
View ArticleVideo Exclusive: “You Be the Pro in Pro Tools” – QuickTip #1, “Making Menu...
Getting smarter faster is always a great thing, and SonicScoop is proud to present Pro Tools users with a resource that helps them to do just that. Expert PT power user Paul DeCarli is the creator of...
View ArticleWaves Releases The Manny Marroquin Signature Plugin Collection
Popular for their Signature Series plugin collaborations with some of the biggest names in the mixing game, Waves has now released a set of plugins with Manny Marroquin. As a four-time Grammy...
View ArticleEvent Choice NYC: “What It Means to be a Producer” Roundtable w/Scott Hull,...
Is your career producing what you expected? Jamie Siegel of JRock Studios will talk “Off the Record” this Thursday. The “Off the Record” series continues with Scott Hull, mastering engineer and owner...
View ArticleDoes Spotify Work For Independent Artists? An Interview with Jeremy deVine of...
If you’re a musician, a studio geek or a music fan, you’ve probably been hearing a lot of information — and misinformation — about Spotify, royalty rates, streaming services and the modern musical...
View ArticleBushwick Studio Adds Studio Manager Steven Alvarado
One of Brooklyn’s bastions of high-end tracking and mixing, Bushwick Studio, has gotten a major boost in the personnel department. (l-r) Josh Kessler and Steve Alvarado are united at Bushwhick Studio....
View ArticleDavid Byrne & St. Vincent, Lenny White, Manuel Valera & More at Water Music
One of NYC’s finest recording studios is not in NYC at all. Located across the Hudson in Hoboken, Water Music has a vintage Neve 8088 console and large tracking spaces with multiple iso booths. The...
View ArticleLarrabee Studios: Nailing The Pop Production Paradigm
NORTH HOLLYWOOD: From the outside, it’s a nondescript office building that blends in with its surroundings; step inside Larrabee Studios, however, and you’re walking into an epicenter of Los Angeles...
View ArticleQuad Lakeside Adds Classic Trident 80C Console, Studer Sidecar
The ice is melting on the lake, and as it goes you can see the changes around the Greenwood Lake town. At Quad Lakeside, those changes are mighty. There is now an ultra-sweet sounding EMT plate at the...
View ArticleNew Studio Opening: “Dungeon Beach” Audio/Video Post Comes to Brooklyn
Dungeon Beach Studios is aptly-named. To enter, you must first find a nondescript steel door on an industrial stretch of North 3rd Street, just a few blocks from Williamsburg’s main strip. From there,...
View Articleu-he Releases Satin Tape Machine Plugin
The plugin developer u-he has made quite the name for itself with its popular Zebra synth engine along with their many Uhbik FX plugins that are available as Propellerhead Rack Extensions. Their latest...
View ArticleWaves Releases J37 Tape Saturation Plugin
Waves Audio and the one and only Abbey Road Studios have partnered to release a tape saturation plugin designed after the exact model used to create some of the greatest tracks of all time. J37 Tape...
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