137th AES in Review: What Happened in the Return to Los Angeles?
AES in LA rolls off the tongue nicely…and it sounds like the chorus of a breezy hit tune in the making. The Los Angeles Convention Center was the AES mothership for 2014. Anyone want to collaborate on...
View ArticleSoundToys Announces Soundtoys 5 – All 12 PlugIns Together As One Effects Rack
Since their start, CEO and lead designer, Ken Bogdanowicz, has envisioned SoundToys plugins to be able to sculpt audio together as a single unit. The release of SoundToys 5 realizes this plan with all...
View ArticleGear Highlights from the 137th AES: 21 Picks to Power Your Studio
You know how we vibed off of the 137th AES. But what about the new tech that really tickles our fancy? While the massive breakthrough eluded us in 2014, there was plenty of evolutionary elements to...
View ArticleAntelope Audio Launches Satori – Analog Monitoring & Summing System
It’s everything Zen, once again, at Antelope Audio. The Om this time emits from Satori, a true analog monitoring and summing system just launched by Antelope. It builds on what the company started with...
View ArticleNYC Event: Brooklyn StompBox Exhibit – 10/25 & 10/26
Three times a charm – and four is just a little more. We refer to the 4th edition of the Brooklyn Stompbox Exhibit, going down at Williamsburg’s famed Main Drag Music. Brought to you by The Deli,...
View ArticleComposer Cribs: Goodpenny – Chelsea, New York City
In NYC, dream teams are the standard, and Goodpenny is one place you’ll find a full set of composing talent. Featuring David Wolfert, Andrew Hollander, and Lawrence Manchester, Goodpenny has some...
View ArticleAn Assistant Engineer’s Guide to Assisting Engineers (and Producers)
So, you’ve finally made it! Congratulations. You’re no longer “the intern”. You won’t be getting everyone’s coffee, picking up lunch orders, vacuuming the live room, and doing other menial chores all...
View ArticleStudio Prodigy Master Class Series – Recording Engineer Jim Scott Hosts...
Studio Prodigy Master Class Series (SPMS) is a live attendance seminar where music industry professionals share their knowledge in major studios throughout Los Angeles. Past presenters include Eddie...
View ArticleHow is U2 Still Together?
In U2’s 35-plus years of existence, no member has ever died, been fired, or left. The members of U2 have never gone on an “indefinite hiatus” or succumbed to splintering solo projects. On the contrary,...
View ArticleAudio Post Expansion: Heard City Constructing Brooklyn Facility in DUMBO
It was inevitable, but also curious that it took this long. Nevertheless, the wait is over. An established Manhattan audio post facility is expanding across the East River, with audio post production...
View ArticleReloop Launches the Reloop NEON — Pad Controller for Serato, MIDI & DAW
NEON has launched – it marks Reloop’s first hardware controller for Serato. An official Serato accessory, this is for the DJ seeking plug and play tactile control over their effects in Serato software....
View ArticleAMS Neve Launches Genesys Black – Digitally Controlled Analog Console
We have you now: Announced during the 137th AES convention and on display at the Professional Audio Design booth, the AMS Neve Genesys Black is a digitally controlled analog console. Let’s clear up...
View ArticleNew Room: Frequency Recording – White Plains, NY
We salute our bravest – those tough-as-nails audio warriors who must record at any cost. This is why we believe in rooms like Frequency Recording, a new take on founder Rich Fabrizio’s vision for a...
View ArticleReview: Batch Commander for Pro Tools, from Slate Media Technology
With their Raven MTX and MTI, software/hardware developers Slate Media Technology brought state of the art multi-touch screen capabilities to the recording world in a very big way — and they are...
View ArticleMOTU Announces Two Additions to Their Audio Interface Lineup – The 24Ai and 24Ao
The name’s say it all: The MOTU 24Ai – 24 Analog inputs, and the MOTU 24Ao – 24 Analog outputs. Each work individually or as a duo, transporting a total of 72 channels each: 24 Analog Channels + 48...
View ArticleAvid and Berklee Online Announce Online Bachelor Degree Program
Here comes a disruption. The world of audio education is suddenly looking like the Wild West, with new avenues of study arriving on what seems like a weekly basis. Avid is entering into the education...
View ArticleThe Ins and Outs of Licensing Recordings and Cover Songs on YouTube
In past articles, we’ve looked at how to take control of your creative rights online, and how to monetize your music using services like YouTube’s ContentID. But what about when it’s someone else’s...
View ArticleTELEFUNKEN To Introduce M60 FET Microphone at NAMM 2015
TELEFUNKEN is on top of it once again — with something new for NAMM. The M60 FET is TELEFUNKEN Elektroakustik’s first non-vacuum tube, FET-based, solid-state condenser microphone. The M60 features...
View ArticleReview: Splice — Cloud Platform for Music Creation, Collaboration and Sharing
In my opinion, cloud file management/sharing services are some of the coolest and most useful digital tools to come into the mainstream. Right now, everything I do gets uploaded to my own little plot...
View ArticleSound Radix Releases Drum Leveler Plug-In
Sound Radix has released a different type of transient design plug-in for drum and percussion tracks, and loops. In the mixing process, drums can be a challenge to tweak – especially in stereo tracks....
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