“BandFuse: Rock Legends”– Playing and Investing Like A Rock Star
What would you do if someone asked you to invest in the next Guitar Hero? Rapid growth, daring innovation, and let’s be honest – fun – are all part of the package. “BandFuse: Rock Legends” promises to...
View ArticlePro Sound Effects Debuts New Hybrid Library + Expansion 1 — for Freelance...
(Editors Update — January 8, 2014: Pro Sound Effects announced it has released an additional 50 units of the Hybrid Library, available at $1,500 each through January 31, 2014. After the additional 50...
View ArticleInvisible Cities: A Wireless Opera Comes To Union Station
In the latest production of L.A.’s The Industry, the traditional stage is jettisoned in favor of a larger and less restrictive venue: Downtown L.A.‘s iconic Union Station. This past Saturday saw the...
View ArticleCrane Song Announces Peacock Vinyl Emulation Plugin
Dave Hill has never wanted for fans of his hardware classics such as the Crane Song HEDD-192 A/D D/A converter and Avocet monitor controller. Now he’s about to add a third entry to his line of plugins...
View ArticleRecording Drums, Part II: Close Mic Techniques
Welcome back for Part 2 of our new drum mic video series! Fire up a good pair of speakers or headphones and switch your video stream to HD: This time, Justin Colletti leads us in a look at some of the...
View ArticleRØDE Microphones Releases NT1 Cardioid Condenser Microphone
Straight out of the land from down under, RØDE has released one of their quietest microphones to date. Apart from the resemblance to the RØDE NT1-A, The RØDE NT1 only shares the same mesh grille with...
View ArticleFrenchkiss Label Group Signs Two New Labels
The New York City based Frenchkiss Label Group has expanded with the recent signing of two new independent record labels: Brooklyn-based PaperCup Music, and the new Rough Beast Records out of...
View ArticlePurple Audio Announces MFtwenty5 – Rack Mount Discrete Summing Mixer for 500...
Here comes a chemistry set for your 500 modules. Purple Audio, the specialty manufacturer born in Andrew Roberts’ NYU dorm room circa 1997, recently announced the MFtwenty5, a 1RU Dual input 10×2 mixer...
View ArticleRecording Retreats: Pilot Recording Studios, Berkshire County in Western MA
By now, we’ve heard enough stories about the closing of large-scale Manhattan recording studios for it to have become something of a cliché. We all know how it goes: Rising rents and a floundering...
View ArticleZynaptiq Releases PITCHMAP 1.5 With Cross-Platform Support
Zynaptiq’s intriguing pitch shifting tool is now available in version 1.5 (free to existing users) with cross-platform support with upgrades. PITCHMAP recognizes, then allows users to take control of...
View ArticleUniversal Audio Announces New Fairchild Plugin Collection
Universal Audio has announced the new “Fairchild Tube Limiter Plugin Collection“, featuring new and improved modeling of the Fairchild 660 and 670 studio classics. According to the press announcement:...
View ArticleThe ABC’s of…Electronic Rock in the Studio: The Doors to Depeche Mode & LCD...
The fourth in a series, presenting a primer on the history of musical genres and the studio basics behind them. Previous installments have focused on Blues Rock, Reggae, and Punk Rock. A musical...
View ArticleSteinberg Launches VST Connect Pro – Remote Multitrack Recording
Two applications from Steinberg — VST Connect SE and Pro — are similar as far as allowing real-time stereo remote recording sessions through Cubase + live video chat – the performer records via the...
View ArticleReview: iZotope RX 3 Advanced by Zach McNees
Unwanted noise is the ultimate menace. This is one thing on which all audio professionals can agree! In music, post production, restoration and archiving, or even forensics, engineers everywhere are...
View ArticleBlipsonic & CreateDigitalMusic Announce MeeBlip anode Compact Bass Synth
The MeeBlip is a cool open-sourced bass synth created in collaboration between Calgary-based electronics company Blipsonic and Berlin-based music website Create Digital Music. The simple digital/analog...
View ArticleMoby Releases “The Perfect Life” Single on Blend.io for Remixing and...
Moby, always the audio adventurer, is charting a new course yet again. This time, the artist will be releasing his new album, Innocents, in an interactive and remixable form on the music collaboration...
View ArticleUniversal Audio Launches Maag EQ4 Plugin for UAD Platform & Apollo
A hit-making hardware EQ has just jumped into the box. The titillating tone-shaper? No less than the Maag EQ4, developed by Universal Audio in partnership with the German software geniuses Brainworx...
View Article“BeatzByGirlz” IndieGoGo Campaign Launched by Erin Barra — Empowering Women...
Music listeners everywhere can agree: There’ll be even more to listen to, when women everywhere are engineering as much as they’re performing. BeatzByGirlz needs YOU. That’s why the multitalented...
View ArticleRecording Studio Sweet Spot: Four Foot Studios – Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Hidden amongst the residential blocks of Williamsburg is a distinctive studio. Part Millennium Falcon, part time warp, part laboratory, part art gallery, its Four Foot Studios. The first thing that...
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