scoreAscore Names Jake Weinreb Director of Business Development
The music-for-picture resource scoreAscore.com (sAs) has just added new muscle at the executive level. scoreAscore has scored Jake Weinreb for its team. A pioneering platform founded in 2010, Los...
View ArticleMackie Now Shipping Re-Designed SRM450 & SRM350 Portable Loudspeakers
As we all know, Mackie has been in the live sound gig for years. In fact, their original SRM450 was the first active, portable loudspeaker! Breathing new life into the SRM series, Mackie has included a...
View ArticleGear Designer Insider: SBS Designs – Satisfying Studio to Stage to DJ
There’s a place in New Jersey where audio is very serious business. Craig “Shorty” Bernabeu of SBS Designs is a man on a mission. It’s called SBS Designs, and the gear that comes out of there has a...
View ArticleThree New Universal Audio Plugins: Thermionic Culture Vulture, Tonelux Tilt...
A trio of sonic inspiration has just been launched by Universal Audio. All three plugins are available for the UAD Powered Plug-ins platform and their Apollo audio interfaces, and each will definitely...
View ArticleAudio Power Tools Presents: “An Evening with Royer Labs & Mojave Audio”– 7/17...
Ribbons, condensers, and recording will be the stars of the show next week, at an event being held at the hands of Audio Power Tools. The Brooklyn-based sonic hardware and software purveyors are...
View ArticleInside the Lives of Composers for Hire
Commercial composer Matt Filler’s workstation at Pralaya. You can’t really sing. Your 12-tone concept album about incidental “Game of Thrones” characters doesn’t have quite the audience you thought it...
View ArticleTELEFUNKEN Debuting Black Diamond Tube Series At Summer NAMM
Late 1940’s the German-made TELEFUNKEN 12AX7 tube debuted – arguably one of the most esteemed components in the recording industry. Thanks in large part to the tube factor. TELEFUNKEN Elektroakustik is...
View ArticleBBE Sound Releases Sonic Sweet v3.0 PlugIn Bundle – Complete with Mach 3 Bass
The new Sonic Sweet v3.0 bundle from BBE Sound includes completely re-worked versions of the their staple D82 Sonic Maximizer plug-in H82 Harmonic Maximizer, and the L82 Loudness Maximizer plug-ins....
View ArticleAugspurger Launches Duo 12.3 DSP – New Compact Studio Monitor
There are big names in monitors, and there are HUGE names. The nomenclature that is Augspurger arguably looms huger than them all, and now there’s a new addition to this legendary line. Introduced by...
View ArticleModern Grooves by Black Octopus – New iZotope BreakTweaker Expansion Pack
iZotope’s latest beat sequencer, BreakTweaker has another expansion pack available – Modern Grooves by Black Octopus. Complete with 40 presets in all, Black Octopus promises a musical workflow that...
View ArticleUsing a Laptop Onstage: Do’s and Don’ts of Digital Integration for Live Shows
Are you an electronic musician/producer who needs to translate your studio swag to a stage setting? Are you a band attempting to use a laptop on stage in lieu of human bodies playing instruments? Are...
View ArticleRemapping Mastering: What the Masterdisk Relocation Means to Music Production
In approximately 4,000,000,000 years, the Milky Way galaxy we call home will collide with the Andromeda galaxy. No one will be injured in this slow-motion crash, but the interaction of all the spiral...
View ArticleDMG Audio Releases Dualism – Stereo Control & Analysis Mastering Plug-In
Who doesn’t love a developer who brings us plug-ins “crafted with love”? DMG Audio is now introducing us to their new love potion, Dualism. The new plug-in boasts total stereo control over the master...
View ArticleAudioThing Releases Valve Exciter – Vintage Valve Emulation Plug-In
Dublin-based AudioThing is a multi-purpose developer specializing in sample libraries and plug-in development among other sonic exploration. Their latest plug-in, Valve Exciter, enhances harmonic...
View Article“The Mindful Musician”— Mindfulness Training for Better Recordings and...
Image by Flickr user Dierk Schaefer During a recent band practice, my mind began to wander, as it sometimes will when you’re playing the same song for the 100th time. I started thinking of future...
View ArticleWaves 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 ArticleMOTU Announces Three New Thunderbolt Interfaces – 1248, 8M, And 16A Audio...
A trio of new high-tech interfaces from MOTU are loaded with more than the average audio interface. All three models are available in the same footprint with differences in I/O – 1248, the flagship...
View ArticleMixer Clinic: Understanding Artist Expectations — Featuring Dunson’s...
Every mix I do starts with a conversation with the artist. Mixer Brandon Lackey heads up the Lineup Room. My goal is to deliver something great. The best way for me to do that is to get a clear...
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