Is a trip to the annual South by Southwest festival worthwhile for musicians? Judging by the fact that over 2,000 official acts, representing 53 countries, played in over 111 Austin venues this past week, it seems that many artists would say “yes”.
Crowds of music fans at SXSW. Photos and … Read More
Plug & Mix proudly offers dozens of effects pedal VSTs that can be combined to create a wealth of signal chains. With the introduction of Chainer, users of the P&M plug-ins can now save their signal chains within Chainer.
Chain VSTs in series or parallel and save the signal … Read More
Audio post in Brooklyn is not news anymore. Owing to the larger spaces available and the convenience, an ever-growing contingent of filmmakers and media producers want to mix sound in their borough of choice.
And the options available are slowly growing. From Rumble Audio in East Willimamsburg/Bushwick to the new … Read More
The original MasterQ from PSP Audioware has been around the block. Their customers loved it so much that they decided to make it even better.
Bigger, stronger, Q-er.
MasterQ2 is a mastering EQ plug-in that PSP created to focus on precision and maintaining quality of the original signal throughout processing. … Read More
This is a guest post by Alex Milne of RF Venue.
Digital wireless microphones sometimes get a bad rap. Early models, especially those operating in the 2.4 GHz band, did not sound as good as analog and were beset by dropouts and interference.
Combine that with a general preference for … Read 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 all-in-one solution for not only capturing audio, but doing it in style … Read More
If a wire is good, then wireless must be better.
That’s been the prevailing fact in all the other tech we touch, so why shouldn’t it apply to our guitar (and synth) effects? Line 6 agrees wholeheartedly, hence the announcement that Firehawk FX is now available.
We first saw Firehawk … Read More
Gain Staging is an important part of dealing with audio when recording and mixing.
In this tutorial, I’ll go through some of the issues that are big red flags. If you’re needing some help with gain staging in your sessions, I’ll help you to solve them with some quick and … Read More
API is all about New York City this week.
API’s BOX takes over NYC this Thursday, at a free-to-attend Open House in Brooklyn.
Don’t miss the opportunity to get up close and personal with API’s BOX console, a compact desk that put their large format discrete circuitry into a … Read More
A lot has changed in the recording industry since the 1940’s. The road from acetate masters to digital streaming has been a long one, and there are still music critics who feel that it is simply impossible to make recordings today that can deliver the same sound, feel and emotional … Read More
Presented with the opportunity to write a review about a DAW, my initial reaction was, “How can anyone cover an entire DAW in a single article?”
Cubase Pro 8 is the latest version of Steinberg’s full-featured DAW.
The project was to take Steinberg’s Cubase Pro 8 for a serious test … Read More
San Jose, CA-based Muse Research has released their second iteration of their popular Receptor VIP Plug-In player. The Receptor VIP2 comes loaded with new I/O, processor, expandable RAM and over $900 worth of onboard virtual instruments and effects.
Play all the plug-ins your heart desires. Expand the RAM when your … Read More
SSL is raising the veil on a significant upgrade to two of its major consoles — meet Duality δelta and AWS δelta.
What makes these desks “Delta” is the introduction of δelta-Control (δ-Ctrl), which marks a brand new analog console automation platform for SSL. The objective of Delta — … Read More
When I first started mixing, I thought the only way I could improve a sound was to add something to it. I piled dozens of plugins and EQ boosts onto every track, and my mixes sounded muddy and undefined.
I soon learned that I could achieve even better results by … Read More
Musikmesse in Frankfurt, Germany is in full swing with a bunch of big announcements from around the world of audio. There are quite a few noteworthy additions to the industry but we would firstly like to introduce Antelope Audio’s new MP8d eight-channel mic pre and A/D converter.
Oven controlled … Read More
“Trust Me, I’m a Scientist” returns!
This week, we’re excited to announce that one of our favorite sister sites, Trust Me, I’m a Scientist, will be relaunching as a member of the SonicScoop content network!
In just a few short years, TMIAS became one of our readers’ favorite destinations … Read More
Pensado for President! Could audio’s most visible personality be plotting a run for the Oval Office in 2016?
All things Pensado are live and in person in Washington DC, this weekend.
The pundits here at SonicScoop say: it just might be possible. After all, Pensado’s Place is hosting a “Capital … Read More
With the Tribeca Film Festival tearing into Week 2, it’s good to know that home-grown talent is being heard on the soundtracks.
(l-r) Danny Bensi and Saunder Jurriaans are locked to picture.
We refer to the music team known as Stenfert Charles – actually a prolific pair of composers named … Read More
Musikmesse 2015 is officially a wrap! The new product launches poured in thick and fast from Frankfurt — here are some more of our SS staff picks from Europe’s biggest hardware and software fest.
See something that didn’t make our list? Share in the comments!
Cakewalk – Rapture Pro for … Read More
