That magic bus compressor is always just around the corner – and when you finally find that one that you click with…WOW.
Could the new TB BusCompressor from the busy plugin developers ToneBoosters be that special someone? A high-quality, transparent dynamics processor with adjustable knee and auto-release functionality suitable for … Read More
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Scott Bradlee was living in New York City in 2009, and finding it difficult to make ends meet through gigs and sessions alone. “I didn’t have a lot of work as a jazz musician, which is what I trained for,” he says, “so I started experimenting.”
Noticing the success others … Read More
TELEFUNKEN is on top of it once again — with something new for NAMM. The M60 FET is TELEFUNKEN Elektroakustik’s first non-vacuum tube, FET-based, solid-state condenser microphone. The M60 features include:
Unique Circuit Topology: Frequency response of 20Hz – 50Hz, and great for capturing transient performances or higher SPL applications.… Read MoreIn my opinion, cloud file management/sharing services are some of the coolest and most useful digital tools to come into the mainstream. Right now, everything I do gets uploaded to my own little plot of digital sky space, with a virtual white picket “security” fence around it, and I’m at … Read More
Sound Radix has released a different type of transient design plug-in for drum and percussion tracks, and loops.
In the mixing process, drums can be a challenge to tweak – especially in stereo tracks. Kindly, the Drum Leveler plug-in offers a simple process for manipulating the transients in a drum … Read More
(This is second in a series of video tutorials for SonicScoop by producer/mixer/engineer Jake Antelis. See his first one here, “Editing Trills in Melodyne with Shortcuts for Speed & Efficiency.”)
Ducking Delays/Dynamic Delays are a great way to add some quick and easy automated FX into your tracks … Read More
Cakewalk is making a strong break with DAW tradition — the company has launched an evolved audio software model with their new SONAR Membership program.
This is NOT a subscription, which according to Cakewalk actually amount to rental programs. Instead, after 12 months anything acquired during the membership is fully … Read More
In the summer of 2012, my father passed me a well-worn copy of New York magazine with a provocative cover story by Michael Wolff titled “A Life Worth Ending”. In the story, Wolff chronicles his mother’s steady decline through dementia. I still remember the quote on the cover: “Mom, … Read More
As NAMM 2015 approaches, audio companies are gearing up to show off new tech, including a few firsts.
Among these is the RNDI from Rupert Neve Designs. The new DI from RND is designed with a class-A based FET amplifier, providing high headroom, and allowing a variety of inputs … Read More
The Bunker Studio in South Williamsburg, Brooklyn has never been one to hunker down.
From the launch of its 3,000 foot space in 2012, to its swap from an Auditronics 501 console to a small frame SSL 4000 the following year, “evolve or die” seems to be the … Read More
The sound of Augspurger is still massive – but the famed speakers are getting more and more manageable for compact spaces.
The Duo 8, shown here atop the optional S12 sub, is set to debut at NAMM.
At NAMM, Augspurger Monitors, of Pembroke, MA will announce the launch of their … Read More
When you think of jazz music, Louis Armstrong is probably one of the first names that come to mind, and not because he stands among the genre’s best musicians, but because he was a crowd pleaser, a real people person. His song ”What a Wonderful World” is still considered to … Read More
The Culture Vulture is a unique piece of boutique hardware dedicated to adding all-valve induced harmonic distortion to sources. It was first introduced by Thermionic Culture in 1998 and has since seen a number of revised and special editions. There are currently four standard issues of the unit: The Solo … Read More
As part of UAD Software v8.0, Universal Audio is bringing new compatibility options into 2015 with their Apollo Expanded software – exclusively for Apollo interfaces.
This will allow users to daisy chain up to four Apollo interfaces via Thunderbolt, and combine up to six total UAD-2 devices. At long … Read More
A patriarch of audio has departed us. Today, Brooklyn-based Grado Labs released the following statement:
Joseph Grado lived a life of sound.
It is with a heavy heart for the Grado family to say that Joseph Grado, founder of Grado Labs and inventor of the stereo moving coil phono cartridge, … Read More
Producers of a variety of hardware modeled plug-ins, PSP Audioware is now introducing their first rotary speaker emulator with L’otary. The new plug-in is modeled after the legendary Leslie 122, and 147. Unlike the originals, L’otary adds a new layer of functionality in the digital realm with rotary options … Read More
We confess – when we first encountered Waves’ DiGiGrid DLS solution at the 135th AES, we couldn’t get our heads all the way around it. On the surface, we could see that this was a particularly powerful audio interface, working alongside of a SoundGrid DSP server for Pro Tools|HD and … Read More
Brooklyn-based producer and engineer Nick Brandes has announced the release of his premiere iOS app for wireless DAW control. Fader supports three main views:
Control your DAW from across the room with Fader.
Fader View – Full screen fader control with panning and automation control Jog Wheel View – Large… Read MoreMore than ever before, albums are written, recorded, and even mixed at home. But it wasn’t always that way.
Just a few decades ago, almost all bands booked time in a recording studio to capture the sounds they wanted. Artists would commonly need to travel—sometimes across stateliness or outside the … Read More
