7 Steps to Award-Winning Sound Design: “Human Revolution – Deus Ex”
Space: the final frontier for sound designers. Deus-Ex sounds as riveting as it looks. Any audio artist can go gaga with gadgetry on the teaser trailer for a sci-fi fantasy – it takes something more...
View ArticleDave Smith Instruments Introduces The DSM01 Curtis Filter Module
The Curtis Filter from Dave Smith Instruments has been an integral part of their sound since its original debut in the Sequential Circuits Prophet-5 from 1978. Now, with the DSM01, DSI is contributing...
View ArticleReview: Focal Alpha 65 Active 2-Way Near Field Monitor — by Carmen Borgia
Focal is a French company that designs and manufactures a wide variety of speakers and other products in the areas of audiophile, home cinema, headphone and car systems. In the world of studio...
View ArticleiZotope Releases RX 4 and RX 4 Advanced — Audio Repair and Enhancement Toolkit
Recent recipient of an Emmy for RX, their flagship audio repair and enhancement software, iZotope now brings to us their fourth edition. Along with being able to already handle problems like noise,...
View ArticleThe Ever-Expanding World of Eurorack Modular Synths
The Doepfer A-100, originator of the “Eurorack” modular synth format. The world of electronic instruments once seemed stubbornly esoteric and entirely niche-focused, dominated by huge wooden boxes...
View ArticlePSP Audioware Launches PSP MasterComp V1.8.0
One of the most revered plugin compressors available just got a little better. The PSP MasterComp keeps movin’ up. The Polish developers PSP Audioware have just launched PSP MasterComp V1.8.0, a nifty...
View ArticleMix with Maury: EQing Drums to Enhance Low Frequency Transients
This is the second in a series by Andrew Maury. See his first article, “How and Why Distortion Can Replace the Need for EQ & Compression.” Something I’ve started doing is EQing very sharp,...
View ArticleSociety of Composers and Lyricists in New York Mentor Program – Fall 2014...
Are you ready to take your composing career to the next level? The SCL in NY Mentor Program is on time for Fall 2014. If the answer is “yes” – and we can’t imagine why it wouldn’t be – then there is a...
View ArticleEventide Announces UltraReverb Plug-In — 9 Reverbs from the H8000
A collection of ‘verbs from their fabled H8000, Eventide has released UltraReverb as a DAW compatible plug-in. At the UltraReverb’s core lives a total of 9 unique reverb algorithms with full control...
View ArticleUniversal Audio Announces AMS RMX16 Reverb and Softube Summit Audio TLA-100A...
Exclusively available for the UAD platform and Apollo interfaces, Universal Audio has released a reverb plugin two years in the making. The AMS RMX16 plugin is modeled after the actual RMX16 hardware...
View ArticleTrack Attack! Recording “Rosie” at These Outer Spaces Studio, Brooklyn
A rock opera in 5:44 – that’s what you’re in for with “Rosie.” She will, she will, ROCK YOU: The inimitable Sylvana Joyce. It takes a special track to take you on a massive journey in a short amount of...
View ArticleJourney FOH Engineer Jim Yakabuski Featured in Meyer Sound Online Mixing...
October will be informative right off the bat for audio heads. That’s because the month begins with veteran FOH engineer Jim Yakabuski joining Meyer Sound instructor Buford Jones as a special guest, in...
View ArticleIs Pro Tools Certification Worth It? 3 Great Reasons (and 3 Terrible Reasons)...
Recently, I was fortunate enough to have an employer provide the funds for me to attend Pro Tools Certification training classes. I had thought about taking one of these courses on my own for a long...
View ArticleDrawmer Introduces the 1973 – Three-Band FET Stereo Compressor
Ivor Drawmer has drawn on thirty-plus years of hardware design to introduce the 1973 compressor. The three-band FET unit is split into variable low, middle, and high frequencies. Each section contains...
View ArticleVolant Studios in TriBeCa, NYC, For Sale For $2 Million Plus
If your mind’s eye is picturing a fully built out studio in downtown Manhattan, you might not have to lift a finger to make it happen. You will, of course, have to sign a large check: Volant Studios, a...
View ArticleStudio Upgrades: Sweet Sounds — Bringing Up The “Broadway”&“Crosby Rooms
One thing we’ve always liked about the SoHo studio Sweet Sounds, since we first wrote about them in late 2012, is that they’re like Lowe’s: never stop improving. The forward-thinking facility has just...
View Article“Sync Songwriter Workshop” Launched by The SongHunters & Flavorlab – 10/27 in...
Here’s a whole new way to get in sync with music supervisors. Music supervision service The SongHunters are co-launching the first “Sync Songwriter Workshop”, along with… The first “Sync Songwriter...
View ArticleStartling Startups: Hookist – Social Songwriting Collaboration
What’s the best first line of a song about coming home? The answer may well be up to you, even if the singer is world famous. Hook(ist) will hook you in. As you’re about to find out. Songs take on a...
View ArticleLaCie Announces Super Fast d2 Thunderbolt 2 External Hard Drive
Associated with professional media storage, LaCie’s hard drives provide reliable storage options for all. The latest in LaCie’s d2 line, Thunderbolt 2 comes available with USB 3.0 and – you guessed it...
View ArticleSSL Announces Mid-Scale Analog Console – XL-Desk
Recent releases from Solid State Logic express their catering to the modern-day recording studio. Usually meaning compact size, more DSP, and more DAW integration. But SSL is still known for their...
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