More than ever before, albums are written, recorded, and even mixed at home. But it wasn’t always that way.
Just a few decades ago, almost all bands booked time in a recording studio to capture the sounds they wanted. Artists would commonly need to travel—sometimes across stateliness or outside the … Read More
It’s very satisfying to see the good guys get ahead.
J. Walter Thompson’s Paul Greco will be on top of the 3rd Annual AMP Awards.
That’s exactly what’s just happened at the Association of Music Producers (AMP), which has a demonstrated talent for converging the top women and men … Read More
Softube first previewed their Transient Shaper last month at NAMM 2015. With the announcement of the official release, users will get to experience their dual-band transient shaper that can effect bass, treble, or both.
The crossover is user-defined between 100Hz and 4000Hz, with 700 as the default. Actual shaping controls … Read More
Jóhann Jóhannsson is on a roll – of a different sort. The circular motion of the imagery in the brilliant film that he scored, The Theory of Everything, inspired the spherical structures of the unforgettable music he created for it.
Jóhann Jóhannsson could capture an Academy Award this Sunday … Read More
Developed by UK-based Analogue Solutions, Nyborg-12 couples the monophonic synthesizer with their SEM 12dB/octave multimode filter. The filter’s design is inspired from Tom Oberheim’s original 1974 SEM (Synthesizer Expander Module) synth.
As Analogue Solutions expresses, their sound’s difference lies in the ‘real analogue voice and modulation circuits’ that other … Read More
Chung King Studios has closed – again. And with John King’s exit from 36 West 37th Street, comes a new chapter for this coveted space.
John King has exited the Chung King Studios located he helmed for almost three years. (All photos by Janice Brown)
On Friday the 13th of … Read More
Flash back to the 70s when artists like David Bowie and Led Zeplin were topping the charts with tracks mixed and produced by Eddie Kramer. One of his go-to pieces of outboard gear? The original dbx 160 compressor. This widely used compressor of yesteryear has now been modeled by … Read More
One plus five=2.0.
The VCC has expanded in with V 2.0.
We speaketh of the latest VCC from Slate Digital, aka Virtual Console Collection 2.0, which has added a sixth emulation to the pack of five originally released in 2011.
Now you can endow your DAW with a … Read More
Shed your skin, begin again.
It happens everywhere in nature, and as it turns out, in Brooklyn too. At Transmitter Park Studio, the renewal was only clear to owner Abe Seiferth and his crew after they wrought major changes to their airy Greenpoint facility and made a discovery: This was … Read More
Bring fourth the personnel changes at Elias Arts.
L-R: The updated LA team at Elias Arts includes Production Coordinator Allee Futterer, Executive Producer Vicki Ordeshook and Head of Production Katie Overcash.
There’s been a quartet of additions and promotions at the bicoastal music shop, which has added Joey Netter … Read More
The SONAR Membership Program from Cakewalk was announced earlier this year, putting an end to “versions,” and allowing users to receive all SONAR DAW enhancements and content as they become available.
The Braintree release is now live for SONAR members.
Using the convention of naming their major releases after cities … Read More
Plugins: They are commonplace and nearly mandatory in today’s studios and workspaces, and for some, have entirely replaced hardware processors. There is now even an entire generation of audio fiends that have never worked outside the box. For some, analog processing is still considered the holy grail—at least for certain … Read More
Give a warm welcome to the SA-2A Opto Compressor, coming straight out of Chile and Stam Audio.
This South American beauty claims to be a faithful reproduction of the classic 1968 Teletronix LA-2A compressor, with the goal of making its sought-after sound for vocals and bass accessible to … Read More
Although this is the first we’re seeing Eplex7 here at SonicScoop, we’re sure it won’t be the last. Their new plugin Bassblaster is a niche VST that generates low frequency after-effects on each signal sent through it.
The deep end is beckoning.
The variety of unique bass tones is the … Read More
Soundtoys know how to party with the best of ‘em at SXSW, and 2015 is no exception – yet again they’ve launched a free plugin for the festival, and this one should be plenty of fun.
Prepare to worship Little AlterBoy, an exciting new tool for dramatic voice alteration. … Read More
Many studio veterans maintain a certain stigma against “laptop records.” By laptop records, I mean recordings that are made outside of a traditional recording studio, without a collection of expensive analog gear. They are sometimes demonized in discussions during down time in pro-level sessions, even though many of them exhibit … Read More
On his journey through the winding corridors of the wondrous music industry, Bobby Owsinski has gathered a personal collection of mixing and audio engineering tricks that he is willing to share with us. The progam? 101 Mixing Tricks.
Bobby’s array of techniques includes tips on vocals, guitar, percussion and … Read More
Wendy Starland exudes the ideal of the modern entrepreneurial recording artist. She is also famous for having discovered and developed Lady Gaga at NYC’s famed venue The Cutting Room – a fruitful relationship that led to regular songwriting collaborations for years to follow.
Wendy Starland has important advice for collaborators … Read More
Are more dependable royalties on the way for producers, mixers and engineers – by the letter of the law?
(L-R)The Recording Academy’s Daryl P. Friedman, Chief Advocacy & Industry Relations Officer; Maureen Droney, Managing Director, P&E Wing; and Neil Portnow, President/CEO with Michael Huppe, President & CEO of SoundExchange, and … Read More
