Downtown Music Publishing Opens Los Angeles Office, with New SVP Amy...
Downtown continues to build up crosstown – or cross-country, to be precise. Amy Driscoll-Dunning comes to Downtown Music Publishing from Fox Filmed Entertainment. Downtown Music Publishing, part of of...
View ArticleHOBO Audio (NYC) Creates 7.1 Theater Mix for Coke “Security Camera”
You don’t have to read the rest of this article, but be sure to watch this spot — it really does make you feel good. NYC audio post specialists HOBO Audio recently executed the new 7.1 theatrical mix...
View ArticleBehind The Release: Grandfather On Making In Human Form
In July of 2010, my band Grandfather recorded its debut album, Why I’d Try, with Steve Albini at Electrical Audio, in Chicago. It was a defining experience for us [documented here on SonicScoop.] The...
View ArticleFree Fridays! Fave New Freeware Picks – Saturation, Full-On Synthesis,...
We here at SonicScoop realize that everything comes at a price these days – times can be tough. So for the 13th time, we have wrangled up these lucky freeware picks that we fell head over heels with...
View ArticleiZotope Announces RX 3 and RX 3 Advanced Audio Restoration Software
Save the sounds! iZotope has announced the arrival of RX 3, which marks a much more refined version of their popular RX 2 audio restoration software. The purpose of RX 3 is to save previously un-usable...
View ArticleHiFi-M8 Launches: Audiophile D/A Converter/Amp for Mobile & Pro Playback Devices
Music lovers on the go, rejoice! Pronounced “Hi-Fi Mate”, CEntrance has created a portable sound card for upper-class audio playback from iPods to laptops: The HiFi-M8 is battery powered and excels at...
View ArticleSmart Startup: Blend.io — A Fresh Take on Creative Collaboration
For a medium built from the ground up for collaboration, the Internet hasn’t always come through – especially for musicians and music producers. Blend.io launched in 2013, with some new ideas for...
View ArticlePro Tools 11 Pioneer — Part Two: Building a Buddy System
I’d like to start by thanking everyone who read my last article. I’m humbled by all the compliments, and feedback. I felt like a mountain climber ready to scale Everest, as friends and family cheered...
View ArticleEastWest Releases SSL/EW-FX Global Suite for PLAY 4
EastWest gone off the beaten path from their core soundset offerings, and partnered with SSL to create the SSL/EW FX Global Suite which, rather than a theme-based sound set, is actually a customized...
View ArticleLA Event Aug. 24-25: “The Art of Recording a Big Band,” with Al Schmitt &...
Los Angeles will be the most educational place on the planet this weekend. Two of the world’s best demonstrate big band techniques this weekend at Capital Studios. (click to enlarge) Ambitious audio...
View ArticleSpark Management Launches in NYC
NYC-based music talent manager Ollie Hammett has launched a new venture, Spark MGMT, with an expanded roster of producers, songwriters and engineers. Under Spark, Hammett continues to represent his...
View ArticlemacProVideo.com Launches Educational DSP Plugin for Logic Pro X
Why go outside from being in the box? macProVideo.com has launched the macProVideo player, which opens up directly inside Logic X. Audio education specialists macProVideo.com have realized there’s no...
View ArticleFocusrite Releases Free Recording App – Tape for iPad
Focusrite has delved deeper into the mobile recording scene with Tape for iPad. The app allows for 2-track recording or single stereo recording from any Core Audio compliant audio interface. Tape has...
View ArticleNYC Indie Labels: Kanine Records
It’s been ten years since Lio and Kay Kanine put out their first release: a compilation of 20 undiscovered bands, most of them from Brooklyn, titled NY: The Next Wave. Lio Kanine (then known by his...
View ArticleMan Made Music Produces Modern Dads Theme
New on A&E NYC-based Man Made Music created the opening theme for A&E’s newest reality series, Modern Dads, which premiered last night. Led by award-winning composer Joel Beckerman, the Man...
View ArticleSonnox Launches Additional 64-bit AAX DSP & AAX Native Plugins for Pro Tools 11
The portfolio of Sonnox offerings that are compatible with Avid’s AAX plugin format for Pro Tools 11 continues to grow. Sonnox’ Oxford EQ is one of four new plugins that play perfectly nice with Pro...
View ArticlePreSonus Announces RC 500 Channel Strip – Solid State Preamp, FET Compressor,...
PreSonus is looking to cover all of the bases in preamp and channel strip varieties. Their previous channel strip release was the ADL 700 which took everything from their famous ADL 600, condensed it...
View ArticleRecording Studio Sweet Spot: Benny’s Wash n’ Dry – Kensington, Brooklyn
Hit the Wiki for Brooklyn’s genteel Kensington neighborhood, and you’ll see exactly two notable residents listed. They are: Evelyn Kozak (August 14, 1899 – June 11, 2013), American supercentenarian who...
View ArticleMeet The Avid S3L Live Sound System (8/28)
Calling all live sound engineers and students: Avid and live sound expert Robert Scovill (Tom Petty, Prince, Rush, etc.) will host a free live sound webinar this Wednesday, August 28, focused on the...
View ArticleInside John Legend’s “Love in the Future”– Track by Track with Executive...
Dave Tozer has a lot to say about Love in the Future, the expansive new album that he Executive Produced with John Legend. But Tozer doesn’t actually have to breathe a word about Legend’s new 16 track...
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