HoRNet Plugins Releases BSharry Side Chainer – Auto Sidechain Compressor Plug-In
HoRNet Plugins has released their second plug-in created in collaboration with DJ BSharry. Side Chainer delivers on their design goals of simplicity making kick drum pumping, or any sidechain...
View ArticleNYC Event: Audio Power Tools Open House – Brooklyn, 3/26
Eye candy, ear candy, and refreshments for your bod + brain – if this isn’t the perfect evening, what is? Let us beseech ye no more, and point directly to the answer: The Audio Power Tools Open House...
View ArticleIs SXSW Worth It for Musicians? A Photo Tour of Austin’s Biggest Music Festival
Is a trip to the annual South by Southwest festival worthwhile for musicians? Judging by the fact that over 2,000 official acts, representing 53 countries, played in over 111 Austin venues this past...
View ArticleiZotope Releases Ozone 6.1 Update – Tube Limiting, Adaptive Release for...
Ozone 6 from iZotope was launched back in October, 2014 and now officially has its first patch. Many of the feature updates for Ozone 6.1 were a result of customer feedback so users should be pleased...
View ArticlePlug & Mix Releases Chainer – VST Chaining Wrapper
Plug & Mix proudly offers dozens of effects pedal VSTs that can be combined to create a wealth of signal chains. With the introduction of Chainer, users of the P&M plug-ins can now save their...
View ArticleBrooklyn Audio Post Bravado: Fall On Your Sword Unveils The Foundry — 7.1...
Audio post in Brooklyn is not news anymore. Owing to the larger spaces available and the convenience, an ever-growing contingent of filmmakers and media producers want to mix sound in their borough of...
View ArticlePSP Releases MasterQ2 – Successor to Their Original MasterQ Mastering EQ Plug-In
The original MasterQ from PSP Audioware has been around the block. Their customers loved it so much that they decided to make it even better. Bigger, stronger, Q-er. MasterQ2 is a mastering EQ plug-in...
View ArticleThe Case for Digital Wireless Microphones
This is a guest post by Alex Milne of RF Venue. Digital wireless microphones sometimes get a bad rap. Early models, especially those operating in the 2.4 GHz band, did not sound as good as analog and...
View ArticleiZ Releases Radar Studio – Native PC + Audio Interface + More
Announced back at AES 2014 and demoed to much acclaim at NAMM earlier this year, iZ is ready to release their Radar Studio into the wild. The PC, audio Interface, and DAW combo aims to be the...
View ArticleLine 6 Now Shipping Firehawk FX – Wireless Multi-Effect Guitar Processor
If a wire is good, then wireless must be better. That’s been the prevailing fact in all the other tech we touch, so why shouldn’t it apply to our guitar (and synth) effects? Line 6 agrees...
View ArticleBack to Basics: How to Improve Gain Staging In Your DAW (Video)
Gain Staging is an important part of dealing with audio when recording and mixing. In this tutorial, I’ll go through some of the issues that are big red flags. If you’re needing some help with gain...
View ArticleBrooklyn Event: Meet API’s BOX Console at Strange Weather — Thursday, 4/9
API is all about New York City this week. API’s BOX takes over NYC this Thursday, at a free-to-attend Open House in Brooklyn. Don’t miss the opportunity to get up close and personal with API’s BOX...
View ArticleRecreating Bird: Returning to Detroit’s Legendary “United Sound Systems”...
A lot has changed in the recording industry since the 1940’s. The road from acetate masters to digital streaming has been a long one, and there are still music critics who feel that it is simply...
View ArticleReview: Steinberg’s Cubase Pro 8 – By Andrew Koss
Presented with the opportunity to write a review about a DAW, my initial reaction was, “How can anyone cover an entire DAW in a single article?” Cubase Pro 8 is the latest version of Steinberg’s...
View ArticleUniversal Audio Launches Next-Gen Apollo Thunderbolt 2 Audio Interfaces,...
Universal Audio has announced four new Apollo interfaces and the industry’s first and only Marshall-branded amplifier plug-in at Musikmesse 2015. Available today is the Apollo 8 – A single rack...
View ArticleBack to Basics: 3 Simple Steps to Improve Your Mixes with Subtractive EQ
When I first started mixing, I thought the only way I could improve a sound was to add something to it. I piled dozens of plugins and EQ boosts onto every track, and my mixes sounded muddy and...
View ArticleMusikmesse 2015: Antelope Audio Introduces MP8d, Eight-Channel Microphone...
Musikmesse in Frankfurt, Germany is in full swing with a bunch of big announcements from around the world of audio. There are quite a few noteworthy additions to the industry but we would firstly like...
View ArticleReturn of “Trust Me, I’m a Scientist”! (And SonicScoop Contributing Editor...
“Trust Me, I’m a Scientist” returns! This week, we’re excited to announce that one of our favorite sister sites, Trust Me, I’m a Scientist, will be relaunching as a member of the SonicScoop content...
View Article“Pensado’s Place” Goes to Washington: An Interview with Dave Pensado and Herb...
Pensado for President! Could audio’s most visible personality be plotting a run for the Oval Office in 2016? All things Pensado are live and in person in Washington DC, this weekend. The pundits here...
View ArticleComposer Cribs: NYC’s Stenfert Charles Takes the Tribeca Film Festival
With the Tribeca Film Festival tearing into Week 2, it’s good to know that home-grown talent is being heard on the soundtracks. (l-r) Danny Bensi and Saunder Jurriaans are locked to picture. We refer...
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