Waves Releases MetaFilter Plugin — Versatile Sound-Shaping Multimode Filter
A new filter plugin from the plugin-smiths at Waves has been released — will it sweep our DAWs by storm? MetaFilter is an overhauled filter plugin specifically designed for creative music and audio...
View ArticleIs Avid OK…Or Not? What the NASDAQ Delisting Really Means to Pro Tools Users
Red flag, harbinger of far-off things to come, or non-issue? Avid was officially delisted from NASDAQ on February 21. Last week, Avid created a not-surprising wrinkle in the financial world, when the...
View ArticleCEntrance Announces MixerFace Portable Recording Interface
Following up with their audiophile-grade headphone amp and digital audio converter, HiFi-M8, CEntrance now introduces MixerFace. Including some of the same features found in the HiFi-M8, the...
View ArticleWestern Dynamo Producer Panel at SXSW, 3/12 – w/Tim Palmer, Stuart Sikes &...
Yes, they WILL be talking about making music at the galaxy’s biggest festival. Be there, or…YOU KNOW. (click to enlarge) On March 12th at SXSW, the audio innovators at Western Dynamo (creators of the...
View ArticleSpring Album Preview: 25 Upcoming Records & The Engineers, Producers and...
With SXSW kicking off next week, we are finally nearing the end of this epic winter. And looking ahead to the longer days of Spring, we’ve also got our eyes out for an exciting new season of album...
View ArticleMoog Synthesizer Residency At Rough Trade NYC — Open Daily Through March 29
A fascinating and free Moog feast awaits all those within range of Brooklyn. Curated by Tom Tom Magazine with sound experiments being performed by Brooklyn-based artists, Moog Music will be hosting the...
View ArticleVintagedesign Launches VBC Stereo Bus Compressor – Class A Design for Mixing...
Ambitious and classic at the same time – an appealing new piece of outboard has just arrived on the scene. The Swedish company from Thomas Kristiansson (also of TK Audio) dedicated to the British side...
View ArticleSweet Spot: Dream Recording Studios – Bellmore, Long Island
For Long Island, this new studio IS a dream come true. We speak of Dream – Dream Recording Studios, that is. An energetic addition to the South Shore, brings a badly-needed world-class option to the...
View ArticleWaves Audio Launches Waves/Abbey Road Reel ADT — Artificial Double Tracking...
No need for a double take – Artificial Double Tracking has arrived for your DAW. Waves Audio announced that it has launched the Waves/Abbey Road Reel ADT, which according to Waves stands as the “first...
View ArticleReview: SPL Phonitor 2 Preamplifier & Headphone Monitoring Amplifier – by...
WHAT, WHY, HOW ?? You might have read my article “Mixing in Headphones” which appeared on sonicscoop.com’s website a couple of years ago. After rather verbosely delving into my reasons for...
View ArticleRME Introduces Fireface 802 – 60-Channel USB/Firewire Audio Interface
RME is adding to their line of compact firewire interfaces with the Fireface 802. RME’s staple firewire/USB interface line comes equipped with powerful features and the 802 is no exception. With the...
View ArticleReview: Nemesis NeoFM Synthesis Virtual Instrument, from Tone2
Few developers can consistently pump out quality product after quality product, but Tone2 seems to be making this a regular habit. The synth developer is constantly carving their own path within synth...
View ArticleLine 6 Announces AMPLIFi FX100 – iOS, Cloud-Enhanced Multi-Effects Pedal
Already making waves with the introduction of their cloud-enhanced AMPLIFi guitar amp (covered in our NAMM wrap-up), Line 6 is now introducing a cloud-enhanced multi-effects pedal to their new AMPLIFi...
View Article“Rock Facilitator” Spring 2014 Announced – April 5-6 at Excello Recording,...
Hugh Pool is about to connect you to the ROCK. The Excello live room: Picture yourself here — LEARNING STUFF! Yes, one of Brooklyn’s foremost recordists has announced the Spring 2014 “Rock Facilitator”...
View ArticleLive Sound Leaders: Ben Findlay’s Path to Mixing Peter Gabriel, Paul...
One key to success in the fast-paced world of audio is the ability to adapt. For an artist, producer, engineer or manufacturer, having the ability to go with the flow will make it much easier to garner...
View ArticleHybrid Animal Sound Design Contest Launches — from Pro Sound Effects
Pro Sound Effects is throwing down with the Hybrid Animal sound design contest. With GDC wrapping up soon, the audio library extraordinaire have kicked off a sound design contest that is open for...
View ArticleTK Audio Announces Three New 500 Series Modules — MB1, TC1, TF1
Just call Thomas Kristiansson “butter”, because he is on a roll! First he cooked up the release of TK Audio’s sister company, Vintagedesign’s VBC stereo bus compressor earlier this month, and now three...
View ArticleHarrison Consoles Introduces 832c Filter Unit — 8 Channels of High/Low Pass...
Just hearing the name “Harrison Consoles” introduces thoughts of rock and roll, moonwalking, and buttery warm analog gear dancing in the subconscious. The signature sound of Harrison Consoles are heard...
View ArticlePlugin Perspective: Q&A with Matt Ward, CEO of Brainworx USA
“The quality customers expect from a plugin now is really quite high,” says Matt Ward – and he’s not kidding. Introduced as CEO of brainworx USA in February, Ward knows exactly what plug-ins mean to...
View ArticleReview: Stormdrum 3 Virtual Percussion Instrument — by Carmen Borgia
Many years ago I happened upon a book titled Musical Instruments of The World. It was amazing; thousands of instruments from all over the planet, accompanied by a sentence or two of description and a...
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