Blue Microphones and Jack Joseph Puig Design Luxury Studio For The House of Rock
Blue Microphones has just unveiled a $3.5 million luxury home recording studio in Santa Monica – which they designed and curated in collaboration with mixer/producer Jack Joseph Puig (U2, Lady Gaga,...
View ArticleTo Mock the Stupendous Mechanism: Designing The Motherbrain’s WSW Console
How producer and studio owner Brian Bender turned a time capsule into a modern-day tone machine. Click to read the first, second and third parts of the series. PART 4: The Housing Design Two views of...
View ArticleBeyond the Basics: Demystifying dB
Or: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Decibels but Were Afraid to Ask At first glance, the decibel might seem like an oddly fundamental topic for a series called “Beyond The Basics.” But in...
View ArticleMoog Releases All White Instruments
Moog Music has announced the limited edition release of an all-white series of its classic analog instruments. Moog has polarized the color of their traditionally black steel and natural wood...
View ArticleNative Instruments’ Latest – Traktor Kontrol Z2 and upgrade to Traktor Pro 2.6
Will Native Instruments steal the crown from Pioneer or Allen & Heath as the DJ industry standard in mixers? Available now for an MSRP or $799, the recently-launched Traktor Kontrol Z2 is the...
View ArticleAsk the Rock & Roll Zen Master: Is The Edge a Good Guitarist or Not?
The Rock & Roll Master Zen Master, aka SonicScoop’s “Smarter in Sixty Seconds” blogger Mark Hermann, is now available to answer your questions: The Edge: Getting what he deserves? Dear R&RZM,...
View ArticleKuassa Releases Amplifikation Vermilion Guitar Amp Plugin
The software developers that specialize in guitar amplification and audio processing have combined their two best qualities to create Amplifikation Vermilion. Kuassa‘s new guitar amp plugin is inspired...
View ArticleRadial Debuts Gold Digger Passive Mic Selector, and Cherry Picker Preamp...
Two new tools have appeared to streamline the selection process for mics and preamps, during fast-moving studio sessions. Get to the right mic with the Gold Digger… Both of them come from Radial...
View ArticleSuper DJ/Super Producer Junior Sanchez: Inside a Hitmaker’s Home Studio Workflow
Junior Sanchez answers your phone call, and what you hear is a familiar refrain from a Super DJ, “I just landed.” DJ on desk duty: Junior Sanchez is right at home. Artists who spin and produce at his...
View ArticleBlue Cat Audio Launches StereoScope Multi 2.0 — Multiple Tracks Stereo Field...
No question, it’s all about the music. But as SonicScoop’s Justin Colletti observed here, visually-based measurement tools can make a world of difference in how we handle our audio. Knowing this all...
View ArticleRadial Introduces the Submix 500 — 4X1 Mixer Module
It looks like there’s plenty of fun new ideas still to explore within the 500 Series format. Informing this statement is today’s launch of the Submix 4×1 mixer, a new 500 module from Radial...
View ArticleSynch Focus: Public Enemy’s “Harder Than You Think” for the 2012 London...
Who’s In Focus: http://www.reachmusic.com We Are: Reach Music Publishing, Inc. — a music publisher based in Burbank, CA. The Project: Paralympics – “Meet the Superhumans” :90 commercial for Channel 4...
View ArticleBelieve Digital, Digital Distributor and Services Provider, Opens NYC Offices
The landscape for indie digital distribution just intensified, and New York City is at the center of the action. Believe is making its presence known in the US with a new NYC office. Renewed...
View ArticleThe Brooklyn Studio Sounds: An Altiverb Impulse Response Project, Part II –...
Part II of the multi-part Altiverb Impulse Response Project. I’m on a mission to capture the sound of Brooklyn recording studios and acoustic spaces through impulse responses created for Audio Ease’s...
View Article“Making the Scene: Nashville” Published – How to Live/Network/Succeed in...
Thinking about a change in scenery? If Nashville is calling your name, this new book from Hal Leonard will get you oriented in advance. No myths — just the straight facts, in Liam Sullivan’s latest....
View ArticleMarshall Launches “Major 50 FX” 50th Anniversary Headphones
OK, we admit it – we can see this making the music pro in your life pretty happy this holiday season. We refer to Marshall’s newest headphone: the Major 50 FX, available now for MSRP $170. Now take a...
View ArticleAnaloginthebox Launches Phonocamptica & Tank Reverb Libraries
The offerings for the versatile Nebula VST plugin platform are continuing to grow. Two of the latest libraries come from Analoginthebox.com, in the form of their Phonocamptica & Tank Reverb...
View ArticleEarthQuaker Devices Releases Hoof Reaper Octave Fuzz Pedal
EarthQuaker Devices has been building pedals out of Akron, Ohio since 2004 and now brings back a once limited pedal – The Hoof Reaper Octave Fuzz. The pedal is a 2-in-1 one style device that includes...
View ArticleTrust Me I’m A Scientist: A Point of Departure with Producer Scott Solter
In this month’s issue of Trust Me I’m A Scientist, Brooklyn musician Daniel Shuman talks to Scott Solter, the producer and engineer behind distinctive sounding records by John Vanderslice, Mountain...
View ArticleShop Talk: Rock Frontman Turned Capitol Tech, Ian Sefchick
HOLLYWOOD: With the right mix of ambition and creativity, a true do it yourselfer will be unstoppable. And Ian Sefchick is a true do it yourselfer. From serving as front man, singer and guitar player...
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