New Gear Review: Focusrite Clarett 8Pre Interface
Focusrite is one of the most recent companies to jump on the Thunderbolt bandwagon with its new Clarett range of interfaces. Switching to the high speed Thunderbolt connection offers some great...
View ArticleOrange Amplification Introduces the Orange Micro Dark Amp
Don’t be fooled by its size – the Orange Micro Dark is packed with tone. The Micro Dark is a valve/solid-state hybrid head that joins the ranks of its siblings, the Dual Terror, and the Dual Dark. A...
View ArticleBringing a 1960s Classic Back to Life: The Zombies on Performing “Odessey and...
The Zombie’s Odessey and Oracle. This year, nearly 50 years after its initial release, The Zombies are launching a U.S. tour to perform their classic album Odessey and Oracle in its entirety. Oracle is...
View ArticleiZotope RX 5 Audio Editor Now Available
Last month iZotope announced the new and improved RX 5 Audio Editor and their RX 5 Post Production Suite. Their Post Production Suite has been available since the announcement in September, but at long...
View ArticleSoundtoys 5 Launches – Multi-Effects Processor Unifies All Soundtoys Plugins
Keep plugins together, keep plugins together forever and ever! That’s the mission of Soundtoys via the just-launched Soundtoys 5. With the new Effect Rack at its core, Soundtoys 5 is a powerful...
View ArticleFrom Engineer to Owner: The Intriguing Track of Reed Black and Vinegar Hill...
It could happen to you: One minute you’re engineering at the studio that you’ve grown to love, and the next minute… you’re the studio’s owner. That’s a leap that does take place in the studio world,...
View ArticleLondon Event: Sync Songwriter Workshop Comes to London Sync Sessions on 10/20
If the UK or Europe is your base, you can take part in a unique music supervision event featuring SonicScoop co-founder David Weiss very soon. The next “Sync Songwriter Workshop”, a music...
View ArticleNew Gear Review: Spectrasonics Omnisphere V2
Spectrasonics Omnisphere 2. When the first version of Omnisphere was released in 2008, the world of software synthesis was in a very different stage of development. The critical mass of users who...
View ArticleGear Review: Sonarworks Reference 3 Room & Speaker Correction Suite
Sonarworks’ Reference 3 Suite.One of the biggest challenges that professional audio engineers have to deal with today is the actual work environment. Newly-available technology and shrinking budgets...
View ArticleAntelope Introduces Four New Products at AES 139 in NYC
Antelope rolled out a trifecta of new hardware products for us at last week’s AES 139: the 10MX Atomic Clock, Orion 32+, Orion Studio, plus a new software reverb, AuraVerb. Orion 32+ The Orion 32+ The...
View ArticleComposer Cribs: Charlie Clouser, Los Angeles, CA
Some composers live a career behind the scenes – Charlie Clouser is not one of them. While he currently spends his days and nights creating high-visibility soundtracks (the entire Saw series, Resident...
View ArticleQwire Music-to-Picture Cloud Platform Raises $2.5 Million; Licensed by ABC...
Qwire is a platform for professionals involved with putting audio to motion picture. Launched in 2014, NYC- and LA-based Qwire has seen fast growth, recently raising $2.5 million in its initial funding...
View ArticleRode NTR Active Ribbon Microphone Review
The Røde NTR Ribbon Microphone.At one of my earliest recording sessions, I tried to describe a sound I was going for: ”Dark, but not muddy; mid-heavy but not crowded, and with enough high end to peak...
View ArticleGlee Hit Covers of “Teenage Dream”, “Hey Soul Sister” Recorded/Mixed by...
Robert L. Smith of NYC-based Defy Recordings recently helmed the record and mix for two hit singles for The Fox show “Glee”. His work on the choral cover of Katy Perry’s “Teenage Dream” helped to score...
View ArticleMusic Unites Youth Choir at Bronx Zoo’s “Sing for Wildlife” Thursday, 12/30
NYC-based non-profit Music Unites is closing off a successful 2010 with a featured performance on Thursday, Dec. 30th at the Bronx Zoo’s “Sing for Wildlife” competition. The Music Unites Youth Choir...
View ArticleGlee Hit Covers of “Teenage Dream”, “Hey Soul Sister” Recorded/Mixed by...
Robert L. Smith of NYC-based Defy Recordings recently helmed the record and mix for two hit singles for The Fox show “Glee”. His work on the choral cover of Katy Perry’s “Teenage Dream” helped to...
View ArticleMusic Unites Youth Choir at Bronx Zoo’s “Sing for Wildlife” Thursday, 12/30
NYC-based non-profit Music Unites is closing off a successful 2010 with a featured performance on Thursday, Dec. 30th at the Bronx Zoo’s “Sing for Wildlife” competition. Music Unites will join the...
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