Waves Announces SoundGrid Studio System – Audio Networking Platform
Constantly expanding their capabilities, Waves has conquered plug-in development and has even dipped their toe in the virtual instruments realm. Now with the release of SoundGrid Studio System, Waves...
View Article“The Show Must Go On”: A Tribute Concert for Larry Swist – 8/6, Buffalo, NY
One of audio’s greats will soon be at the center of a sound celebration. Larry Swist will be in the room on August 6th. On Wednesday, August 6th, an all-star lineup of musicians and engineers will...
View ArticleRecording Studio Sweet Spot: Ground Control Studio – Williamsburg, Brooklyn
The stars are out in Brooklyn. And when we’re talking about Ground Control Studio in Williamsburg, it’s a veritable constellation of attractions that make this facility worth a look. Synth enthusiasts...
View ArticleHow to Make a Production Music Library in 10 Steps — Lessons From The Vault
We’ve been making music for a long time. And we’ve been lucky enough at Stephen Arnold Music to produce branded music packages for some of the largest networks in the world. Volumes from...
View ArticleG-Sonique Releases Pultronic EQ-50M Mid-Range Vacuum Tube EQ
Based on the design of their popular EQ-110P plug-in released a few years ago, G-Sonique is taking their Pultronic design to the mid-range with EQ-50M. The plugin focuses to add more color and harmonic...
View ArticleStewart Copeland, Jeff Beal To Keynote 1st Annual Production Music Conference...
If its masterful mentors you seek, look no further. Stewart Copeland (picture) will keynote the afternoon session of the PMC, and Jeff Beal will keynote in the morning. The first annual Production...
View ArticleDrums Anywhere Debuts – Turns Any Surface Into a Drum Kit
This may be a drum dream come true. Of course, nothing stands in for a real drum kit. But for any personal studio producer or composer tired of trying to bang out a natural rhythm on a MIDI keyboard,...
View ArticleReturn of the Record Label Recording Studio – ECR Music Group’s NYC Home Base
Is the record label recording studio back on the rise? ECR Music Group’s studio provides a welcoming window on recording. Time was when a record company and their own recording studio were inseparable....
View ArticleMix with Maury: How and Why Distortion Can Replace the Need for EQ & Compression
Get a sharp idea of what distortion can do for your mixes. (Image by Shutterstock) As mixers, two of our main objectives are to achieve a balance in both the frequency response and the dynamic range....
View ArticleTC Electronic Announces Complete System 6000 Integration for Pro Tools, DAWs,...
The legendary TC Electronic System 6000 is a standard across the entire spectrum of audio production for its processing capabilities. Now TC Electronic is making it even better. By recognizing that a...
View Article“The Distortion of Reality”
On July 10, 2014, a new documentary, titled The Distortion of Sound, premiered at the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles, California. It promised to deliver “an eye-opening exposé of the current state of...
View ArticleAudio Post Moves: Nutmeg Post Adds Sound Designer/Engineer Brian Beatrice
Brian Beatrice has joined the elite team at Nutmeg. The good guys keep on comin’ to Nutmeg Post. Now occupying one of the suites at the midtown NYC facility is Emmy Award-winning Sound Designer and...
View ArticleNew Studios: Spice House Sound – Philadelphia, PA
Listen in… 25′ ceilings are just the start. (All photos by Cheryl Fleming Photography) Turn your ears Philadelphia way, and you just might hear the call. It’s coming from the new studio of a young...
View ArticleBlue Introduces New Mo-Fi Headphones – Headphones With Built-In Audiophile...
Purveyors of audio capturing devices, Blue Microphones is now reinventing their version of the headphone as we know it. Eliminating any pre-conceived notions about how and what headphones are supposed...
View Article“Commercial Scoring Workshop” Debuts from Emmy-Winning Composer Silas Hite
Silas Hite knows commercials — and after his workshop, you will too. Writing music for commercials is an art form all its own. Emerging composers who want to get in the game now have a sharp new...
View ArticleReview: Focusrite iTrack Dock, iPad Audio Interface — by Erin Barra
I was excited to review the Focusrite iTrack Dock because I’ve been intrigued by iOS for quite some time and finally had a reason to find out what all the hype is about. I’ve seen my fair share of iPad...
View ArticlesE Electronics Introduces SPACE – Their New High Performance Reflexion Filter
It’s been eight years since sE Electronics originally introduced their Reflexion Filter Pro – a portable isolation environment that renders vocal tracks void of nasty reflections and resonant...
View ArticleAvoiding Pitfalls of Music Law, with Entertainment Lawyer Ron Skoler
Image by Flickr user Felipe Cardoso Moreira de Oliveira At some point all musicians must ask themselves: Is this a job or a hobby? Even those able to make it to that mountaintop of gainful employment...
View ArticleFabFilter Releases Pro-Q 2 Equalizer Filter Plug-In
On top of the already gorgeous interface, this major update from the original FabFilter Pro-Q brings us a host of new features along with all of the originals. Pro-Q 2 boasts a few key additions –...
View ArticleFredenstein Launches Artistic FET Compressor, for 500 Series Value Line
500 can be affordable – so says Fredenstein Professional Audio. At $239, you can fit this 500 in. An American-German design team, Fredenstein keeps its costs down by manufacturing in Taiwan, then...
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