AlexB Announces Modern Flagship Dynamics Compressor Library
Modeled after classic, physical hardware, AlexB has announced the release of his Modern Flagship Dynamics sampled library exclusively for the Nebula VST environment. If we were betting folks, we’d say...
View ArticleBoz Digital Labs Launches T-Bone – Slant EQ Plugin
Treat yourself this 4th of July weekend, and go wonkless. That’s just one of the many benefits of the latest plugin from Boz Digital Labs, via their new release, the T-Bone Slant EQ. Besides the lack...
View ArticlePro Audio LA: How Custom Cables Led to Bigger Business
When you see the large, open space of the workshop, the quaint coziness of the demo room and the impressive construct of the studio control and live room, it’s hard to imagine just two guys sitting in...
View ArticlescoreAscore 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 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 ArticleVideo: Mixing Metallica – Backstage with Their Two-Man Monitoring Team
“Don’t get relaxed,” says Bob Cowan, Monitor Engineer for Metallica, of his enviable gig. Metallica monitors engineering Bob Cowan on point. No one should feel too calm witnessing a Metallica show, but...
View ArticleConsole Switch: How Brooklyn’s SpeakerSonic Installed a Trident 80b — Step by...
He’s only in it for the gear. We speak of SpeakerSonic’s Brian Speaker. Founder of the expanding East Williamsburg studio, we’re actually sure that Speaker loves the act of recording and hearing the...
View ArticleReview: Universal Audio Apollo Twin DUO — by Rich Crescenti
Although the technology and methods used in our industry have changed and will continue to change, the overall goal of recording hasn’t evolved much at all: We still must start with a sound source,...
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...
View ArticleTransAudio Group To Distribute Bettermaker’s Analog EQ’s With Plug-In Remote...
Bettermaker is behind a few of the most unique analog equalizers that have been produced in our modern age — starting now, US distributor TransAudio Group can get Bettermaker’s latest and bestest into...
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