Apogee Launches MiC 96k – Higher Fidelity Microphone for iPad, iPhone & Mac
With CES currently unfolding, and NAMM on the way, expect manufacturers to be upping the ante on existing offerings, along with the myriad new product rollouts. For the former category, observe Apogee...
View ArticleWaves Audio Announces Waves Loudness Meter Plus
Is this the audio post plugin with the mostest? Post production pros of every stripe stand to gain additional control with Waves’ WLM Plus. Maybe, maybe not, but no question that post houses – along...
View ArticleSweetSounds Studio Launches Soho Audio Source
Recording studios have long served as de facto technology showcases. SweetSounds Studio in Manhattan is now taking on that role in an official capacity, via its partnership with Legacy Audio as the...
View ArticleThe Best Electric Basses for the Recording Studio
It’s hard to make a great pop song without a great bass line, and it’s hard to do a great bass line justice without a great bass sound. The bass often serves as the soul and the spine of a record, and...
View ArticleWaves Audio Launches Scheps 73 Plugin – 3-Band EQ With a Pedigree
Ears before gear…but put prime examples of both of them together, and you should get something special. The new Waves Audio Scheps 73 plugin has a good chance of being just that. A 3-band EQ, its...
View ArticleIK Multimedia Debuts iRing – 1st Motion Controller for iOS Music Apps
Has wearable technology for the music producing sector finally arrived? Where’s OUR wearable? Right here. Well, almost. IK Multimedia has introduced iRing, now available for pre-order, which it claims...
View ArticlePentode Audio Launches VTC-1 Vacuum Tube Compressor Plugin
As long as people inhabit the planet, it looks like we can count on them to come with new twists on compressor plugins. The latest to arrive on Earth is the Pentode Audio VTC-1, which they describe as...
View ArticleBig Post Expansion for Brooklyn: Rumble Audio Arrives
Remember the movie Rumble in the Bronx – the one that unleashed martial arts actor Jackie Chan into the film world? Now another equally deft, sonic maneuver is unfolding one borough over. Rumble Audio...
View ArticleA2IM Libera Awards Opens Submissions & Nominations — for Best Indie Labels,...
Make your voice heard! If there are artists, labels, and/or the meticulously crafted fruits of their labors you feel deserve recognition, there’s a way to make that known. Simply take part in the...
View ArticleLearning To Fly II — The Real Guide to Being a Monitor Engineer, with Javier...
It seems like everyone wants to be at the front of the house. Inside the gates, behind the flashy console, in the middle of the crowd, the engineer stands mixing the show for the fans. Audience members...
View ArticleUnity Audio Ltd Announces Active Monitors The Pebble and The Bam-Bam
Announced by Unity Audio Ltd for launch at the 2014 Winter NAMM show, The Pebble and Bam-Bam are designed to combine, creating a three way monitoring system with inspiration from their previous models....
View ArticleInputOutput: The Science of Summing With Dave Amels
On this episode of InputOuput, hosts Geoff Sanoff and Eli Janney get into the science of summing with audio guru Dave Amels (Anamod, Voce, Bomb Factory) to try and find out: What exactly is happening...
View ArticleMultitrack Drums for Reason — Propellerheads Launches Martin Werner...
Is this the cure for boring beats? Inspiring new patterns await in the new Martin Werner Drum Sessions refill for Reason. German rock drummer and renowned “Drum Doctor” Martin Werner has just released...
View ArticleChandler Announces 500 Series Version of the TG2
Chandler Limited will have its new TG2-500 preamp to show at this year’s Winter NAMM Show, which kicks off next week. The TG2-500 is the 500 series answer to Chandler’s popular TG2 preamp/DI, and it’s...
View ArticleRIP Larry Swist – Remembering a World-Class Studio and Monitor Designer
SonicScoop was saddened to learn of the recent passing of Larry Swist. A highly accomplished audio facility designer and studio monitor inventor, he passed away on December 28 following a short battle...
View ArticleFocusrite Announces iTrack Dock – Professional Dock For Recording On iPad
Focusrite has the right focus when it comes to production of quality portable interfaces. Integrating with today’s technology, Focusrite has announced their third iPad audio interface, iTrack Dock....
View ArticleAudiffex Releases STA Flanger — Plugin with Summing Tube Amplifer Circuity
Audiffex is a multimedia development company based out of the Czech Republic and they come to us bearing new software! The release of their STA Flanger represents quite the history behind software...
View ArticleStuder Introduces Vista X Console, with New Infinity Series Processing Engine
Studer is putting a stop to the power struggle. The marquee manufacturer has just unveiled the new Vista X digital console and the Studer Infinity Processing engine, showing off their landmark new...
View ArticleFresh Off the Press: “The Music Producer’s Survival Guide” by Brian Jackson
Brian Jackson has decided to take music career books to the next level. With the MPSG, you’ll learn how to build a fire in the studio…just kidding. In his new book, The Music Producer’s Survival Guide:...
View ArticleNouveau Signal Flow: The New Studio I at The Blackbird Academy
Studio engineers in search of fresh ideas for signal flow: Ready to get an education? Then go inside the intriguing design of the freshly minted Studio I at The Blackbird Academy in Nashville, which...
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