5 Ways to Ruin a Mix — by Joey Sturgis
Joey Sturgis’ “Mixing Master Class” is free to watch live July 16-17 on CreativeLive. This is a guest post by producer/mixer/engineer Joey Sturgis. Learn more from Joey at his upcoming CreativeLive...
View ArticleiZotope Offers Free Mastering Presets Designed by Greg Calbi for Ozone
iZotope’s creative mastering platform Ozone 6 is, itself, capable of a wide range of sonic results. It is always great to feel confident that a mix is ready for the next level – mastering. But wouldn’t...
View ArticleVideo Mic Shootout: sE Electronics Laser, Audio-Technica Lavalier & Internal...
Justin Colletti is back on the SonicScoop video blog, answering reader questions about the gear we use for our quick and dirty video posts. Get a walkthrough of our equipment and hear three camera mics...
View ArticleGrado Labs Launches Limited Edition GH1 Brooklyn Tree Headphones
Hand-crafted audio hardware has been emanating from Grado Labs in Brooklyn for over 60 years. Now that connection to the Broken Land has grown even deeper with their announcement of the new Grado...
View ArticlePlugin Review: Vertigo Sound VSM-3 from Brainworx & Plugin Alliance
We’re always hearing about the good old days of analog, when all of the non-linearities of tubes, transistors, transformers and tape combined to color recordings in a wonderful way. From the beginning...
View ArticleMaking the Mix Room: Vacation Island – SoHo, Manhattan
Who’s back in black? Matt Boynton, that’s who. When last we looked in on this unassumingly driven engineer, he was well on his way in Williamsburg. But the real estate moguls are digging ever deeper...
View ArticleRadial Engineering Shipping Space Heater 500-Series Tube Overdrive
Radial Engineering has released a 500 series module based off of their original 8-channel rack-mount Space Heater (originally covered by SonicScoop here) to cater to the growing 500 community. The...
View ArticlePro Sound Effects Launches Ambisonics Series Libraries – First Up: NYC...
One of the leaders of royalty-free sound effects for media producers around the world is launching their Ambisonics series of SFX libraries. Pro Sound Effects is introducing a new level of ambience...
View ArticleThe Best Peak Limiter Plugins on the Market
Peak limiters have become ubiquitous in music production. With the advent of digital processing, limiters can now “look ahead” and react instantaneously to audio peaks, providing true “brickwall”...
View ArticleIK Multimedia and Mesa Engineering Announce Amplitube MESA/Boogie
IK Multimedia’s guitar and bass tone-creation software, Amplitube 3 Custom Shop, has a new addition – The Amplitube MESA/Boogie collection. This new suite was co-developed with the R&D team at Mesa...
View ArticlePlugin Alliance – Last Chance For Summer Sale
Haven’t quite scavenged the funds together for a full price license to SPL’s TwinTube plug-in? How about an Elysia Museq EQ? If your answer was along the lines of “no (#sadface)”, then the next 30 days...
View ArticleMore of Less: The Art of Stacking Compressors
Sometimes, the tweak of a single decibel of gain reduction can be the deciding factor in whether or not a mix pops out of the speakers just right. Dan Gluszak makes the case for compressing in stages,...
View ArticleRODE Microphones Acquires Aphex
RODE Microphones founder and Managing Director, Peter Freedman, announced the acquisition of US-based audio hardware manufacturer, Aphex, on July 24th. RODE and Aphex are at the top of their league in...
View ArticleAlexB Introduces Neev 81 Sidecar Console And Chandly Ltd Germanium Libraries
AlexB is back with two more heavy hitters – The Neev 81 Sidecar Console, and the Chandly Ltd Germanium Compressor. AlexB Introduces Neev 81 Sidecar Console And Chandly Ltd Germanium Libraries As some...
View ArticleIK AmpliTube App Brings Fender Tones To Your iPhone and iPad
IK Multimedia’s AmpliTube Fender apps for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad are now available for download from the iTunes App store. Designed and developed in close cooperation with Fender Musical...
View Article65amps Introduces “The Producer” Guitar Amplifier, with New Tube Circuit for...
65amps has announced their newest guitar amplifier, The Producer. An innovative 28-Watt amplifier, The Producer employs a unique tube circuit that addresses the characteristics of modern tubes in a new...
View ArticleBrainworx Releases BX_Rockrack Guitar Amp Plugin
Brainworx is a company known for producing near perfect emulations of world-class hardware devices. The new bx_rockrack guitar amp plug-in is no exception – aside from the fact that their capturing...
View ArticleKuassa Releases Amplifikation Vermilion Guitar Amp Plugin
The software developers that specialize in guitar amplification and audio processing have combined their two best qualities to create Amplifikation Vermilion. Kuassa‘s new guitar amp plugin is inspired...
View ArticleFargen Amplification Launches JL-15 — John Lennon Signature Guitar Amplifier
If you’re going to channel one music icon with your gear, John Lennon would be an excellent choice. In recognition of that, Fargen Amplification has launched its second guitar amplifier in tribute to...
View ArticleBrainworx Releases BX_Rockrack Guitar Amp Plugin
Brainworx is a company known for producing near perfect emulations of world-class hardware devices. The new bx_rockrack guitar amp plug-in is no exception – aside from the fact that their capturing...
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