Recording Studio Sweet Spot: Transmitter Park Studio — Greenpoint, Brooklyn
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...
View ArticleWarner/Chappell Production Music Launches New Artist Series with Peter...
There are always new twists on music licensing – just ask Warner/Chappell Production Music. The company’s fresh spin comes via its just-launched Artist Series, providing music supervisors, producers,...
View ArticleBoz Digital Lab’s +10db – A Big Review of a Mixing Plugin
A friend of mine in the mixing/producing game refuses to use anything but the Waves CLA 76 on his vocal chain. Even though he believes other emulations of the famed hardware piece trounce the CLA—the...
View ArticleNYC Event: “Who You Gonna Call? The Tech Experts”— March 5th, Presented by...
Calling all composers in the trenches! Here’s an extra dose of survival skills. The Society of Composers and Lyricists (SCL) will be hosting a panel, “Who You Gonna Call? The Tech Experts” on March 5th...
View ArticleArturia Announces KeyLab 88 MIDI Keyboard Controller
Originally making its debut at Musikmesse 2014 in Germany, Arturia’s KeyLab 88 is now gracing us with its presence stateside. The Keylab 88 is a high-end MIDI instrument for tech savvy pianists who...
View ArticleMax Out Your Mix: 3 Essential Tips For Mixing with Samples
Sampling is amazing for making songs sound huge: you’re taking parts of an already mixed and mastered song and putting it into your own. From a production standpoint it opens up a world of...
View ArticleUniversal Audio Releases UAD Software v8.0
Insert your own pun about classic energy drinks or big engines here, but the fact is that UA now has its own V8 — Universal Audio has officially released UAD Software v8.0. V8.0 will include Apollo...
View ArticleFocusrite Launches Heritage Sound Competition to Mark 30-Year Anniversary —...
Three decades of audio innovation is a fine excuse to throw a party. Focusrite couldn’t agree more. So in celebration of the 30th anniversary of the UK-based audio gear and software manufacturer, the...
View ArticleHeavy Music at Home with Sanford Parker
Sanford Parker has been a go-to engineer in Chicago’s heavy music scene since the turn of the millennium, producing bands such as Yob, Indian, and Corrections House. As the stress and liability of...
View ArticleVT Event: Guilford Sound Hosts Analog Tape Workshop with Larry Crane and...
If you’ve been craving an excuse to escape to the Green Mountain State, allow us to present the perfect reason: Vermont recording studio Guilford Sound will be hosting an analog tape workshop with...
View ArticleMaster Plan: Joe Lambert Mastering – Jersey City, NJ
Making a move is something Joe Lambert knows how to do – in more ways than one. Lambert went solo in 2008, after a decade plus of mastering at bigger NYC houses. Hanging out his own shingle as Joe...
View ArticleMusic House Moves: Elias Arts Announces Executive Changes in NYC & LA
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...
View ArticleEplex7 DSP Releases Bassblaster VST Plug-In
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...
View ArticleSoundtoys Launches Little AlterBoy – Free Voice Alteration Plugin, + “Plugged...
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...
View ArticleIn Defense of the Laptop Record
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...
View ArticleBobby Owsinski Launches 101 Mixing Tricks Coaching Program
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...
View ArticleWendy Starland: On Protecting Producers, Bands & Brands, and Bringing Up Lady...
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...
View ArticleThe AMP Act is Introduced to the House: Legislation to Provide Producers,...
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;...
View ArticleHoRNet Plugins Releases BSharry Side Chainer – Auto Sidechain Compressor Plug-In
HoRNet Plugins has released their second plug-in created in collaboration with DJ BSharry. Side Chainer delivers on their design goals of simplicity making kick drum pumping, or any sidechain...
View ArticleiZ Releases Radar Studio – Native PC + Audio Interface + More
Announced back at AES 2014 and demoed to much acclaim at NAMM earlier this year, iZ is ready to release their Radar Studio into the wild. The PC, audio Interface, and DAW combo aims to be the...
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