Mix With The Masters Announces Jimmy Douglass Seminar – May 19-25, 2014
The latest Master has been confirmed for Mix With the Masters. Jimmy Douglass lands in the South of France in May. This time, the week-long elite audio seminar will star Jimmy Douglass, the four-time...
View ArticleRemembering Benjamin Curtis – Musician, Producer, Engineer, Inspiration
The longer you’re a music fan, the more you realize that bands – like stars and galaxies – have lifecycles. Benjamin Curtis performing at The Bowery Ballroom in 2009. Photo by Tammy Lo. I was reminded...
View ArticleTone2 Releases ChartBreaker for Nemesis Soft-Synth
Celebrating the recent release of their latest software instrument, Tone2 has announced the release of ChartBreaker, their first soundset for Nemesis. ChartBreaker is a blend of 200 presets that...
View ArticleVintagetools Launches VT900 Studer 900 Series Channel Strip
Take a classic, then make it more compact, easy to use, and affordable – what’s not to like? The German manufactuer Vintagetools clearly saw things that way when it designed the new VT900 Studer 900...
View ArticleVitalis Audio Debuts — Launches Custom Cutaway Guitar NS10 Studio Ribbon...
Call it what you will – upcycling, convergence, evolution – here’s an approach to monitor design that you’ll definitely notice. The Vitalis Audio Cutaway Guitar NS10 StudioRibbon puts the classic...
View ArticleNYC Indie Labels: Captured Tracks — Instinct, Intellect, and Artistic Expansion
Mike Sniper started the indie label Captured Tracks in 2008, working nights out of the basement of Williamsburg’s Academy Records, which he helped run during the day. Within a year, he’d be putting out...
View ArticlePro Tools 11 Pioneer — Part Four: Recording Without TDM Plugins
As much as we love to debate the topic, recording vocals isn’t the rocket science we make it out to be. Zach is on the hunt for effective TDM plugin workarounds. Once you’ve got the hang of it,...
View ArticleApogee Launches MiC 96k – Higher Fidelity Microphone for iPad, iPhone & Mac
With CES currently unfolding, and NAMM on the way, expect manufacturers to be upping the ante on existing offerings, along with the myriad new product rollouts. For the former category, observe Apogee...
View ArticleWaves Audio Announces Waves Loudness Meter Plus
Is this the audio post plugin with the mostest? Post production pros of every stripe stand to gain additional control with Waves’ WLM Plus. Maybe, maybe not, but no question that post houses – along...
View ArticleSweetSounds Studio Launches Soho Audio Source
Recording studios have long served as de facto technology showcases. SweetSounds Studio in Manhattan is now taking on that role in an official capacity, via its partnership with Legacy Audio as the...
View ArticleThe Best Electric Basses for the Recording Studio
It’s hard to make a great pop song without a great bass line, and it’s hard to do a great bass line justice without a great bass sound. The bass often serves as the soul and the spine of a record, and...
View ArticleWaves Audio Launches Scheps 73 Plugin – 3-Band EQ With a Pedigree
Ears before gear…but put prime examples of both of them together, and you should get something special. The new Waves Audio Scheps 73 plugin has a good chance of being just that. A 3-band EQ, its...
View ArticleIK Multimedia Debuts iRing – 1st Motion Controller for iOS Music Apps
Has wearable technology for the music producing sector finally arrived? Where’s OUR wearable? Right here. Well, almost. IK Multimedia has introduced iRing, now available for pre-order, which it claims...
View ArticlePentode Audio Launches VTC-1 Vacuum Tube Compressor Plugin
As long as people inhabit the planet, it looks like we can count on them to come with new twists on compressor plugins. The latest to arrive on Earth is the Pentode Audio VTC-1, which they describe as...
View ArticleBig Post Expansion for Brooklyn: Rumble Audio Arrives
Remember the movie Rumble in the Bronx – the one that unleashed martial arts actor Jackie Chan into the film world? Now another equally deft, sonic maneuver is unfolding one borough over. Rumble Audio...
View ArticleA2IM Libera Awards Opens Submissions & Nominations — for Best Indie Labels,...
Make your voice heard! If there are artists, labels, and/or the meticulously crafted fruits of their labors you feel deserve recognition, there’s a way to make that known. Simply take part in the...
View ArticleLearning To Fly II — The Real Guide to Being a Monitor Engineer, with Javier...
It seems like everyone wants to be at the front of the house. Inside the gates, behind the flashy console, in the middle of the crowd, the engineer stands mixing the show for the fans. Audience members...
View ArticleUnity Audio Ltd Announces Active Monitors The Pebble and The Bam-Bam
Announced by Unity Audio Ltd for launch at the 2014 Winter NAMM show, The Pebble and Bam-Bam are designed to combine, creating a three way monitoring system with inspiration from their previous models....
View ArticleInputOutput: The Science of Summing With Dave Amels
On this episode of InputOuput, hosts Geoff Sanoff and Eli Janney get into the science of summing with audio guru Dave Amels (Anamod, Voce, Bomb Factory) to try and find out: What exactly is happening...
View ArticleMultitrack Drums for Reason — Propellerheads Launches Martin Werner...
Is this the cure for boring beats? Inspiring new patterns await in the new Martin Werner Drum Sessions refill for Reason. German rock drummer and renowned “Drum Doctor” Martin Werner has just released...
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