MOTU 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...
View ArticleHow to Make a Production Music Library in 10 Steps — Lessons From The Vault
We’ve been making music for a long time. And we’ve been lucky enough at Stephen Arnold Music to produce branded music packages for some of the largest networks in the world. Volumes from...
View ArticleG-Sonique Releases Pultronic EQ-50M Mid-Range Vacuum Tube EQ
Based on the design of their popular EQ-110P plug-in released a few years ago, G-Sonique is taking their Pultronic design to the mid-range with EQ-50M. The plugin focuses to add more color and harmonic...
View ArticleStewart Copeland, Jeff Beal To Keynote 1st Annual Production Music Conference...
If its masterful mentors you seek, look no further. Stewart Copeland (picture) will keynote the afternoon session of the PMC, and Jeff Beal will keynote in the morning. The first annual Production...
View ArticleDrums Anywhere Debuts – Turns Any Surface Into a Drum Kit
This may be a drum dream come true. Of course, nothing stands in for a real drum kit. But for any personal studio producer or composer tired of trying to bang out a natural rhythm on a MIDI keyboard,...
View ArticleReturn of the Record Label Recording Studio – ECR Music Group’s NYC Home Base
Is the record label recording studio back on the rise? ECR Music Group’s studio provides a welcoming window on recording. Time was when a record company and their own recording studio were inseparable....
View ArticleMix with Maury: How and Why Distortion Can Replace the Need for EQ & Compression
Get a sharp idea of what distortion can do for your mixes. (Image by Shutterstock) As mixers, two of our main objectives are to achieve a balance in both the frequency response and the dynamic range....
View ArticleLevel Up: The Evolution of Video Game Audio
In 1958, nuclear physicist William A. Higinbotham created a crude electronic tennis game for visitors to Brookhaven National Laboratory. “Tennis for Two” consisted of an analog computer, two...
View ArticleManley, Dangerous, and Blue Microphones Visit Brooklyn via Audio Power Tools...
Three big names are converging on Studio G in Brooklyn this Thursday, August 21st. Manley Labs, Dangerous Music, and Blue Microphones will be the guests of Audio Power Tools that evening. Beginning at...
View ArticleFocusrite Announces Scarlett Solo – Very Affordable 96k/24-bit Interface
If it hasn’t already been deciphered by the name, the Scarlett Solo has a single mic pre and a single instrument input – a simple recording solution for those who just need to jot down a few mono...
View ArticleEthan Johns’ “The Reckoning”: Why Ryan Adams Produced, and the Studio...
When the producer is the artist, who produces that producer? Ethan Johns beckons anew with “The Reckoning”. In the case of singer/songwriter and Grammy-nominated producer Ethan Johns, the person he...
View ArticleMusic as Survival: A Marine’s Military-Spec Studio Checklist
Everyone encounters obstacles in life. Some may be more daunting than others, but we all strive to find a way to overcome and adapt to make it through. In the end, it is what we learn from experience...
View ArticleSimmons Introduces Stryke6 iPad Drum Controller
The pioneers behind the first electronic drum kits, Simmons, are now catering to the portable generation with Stryke6. Designed to work directly with the iPad with their free Stryke6 app, the portable...
View ArticleTC Electronic Announces Complete System 6000 Integration for Pro Tools, DAWs,...
The legendary TC Electronic System 6000 is a standard across the entire spectrum of audio production for its processing capabilities. Now TC Electronic is making it even better. By recognizing that a...
View Article“The Distortion of Reality”
On July 10, 2014, a new documentary, titled The Distortion of Sound, premiered at the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles, California. It promised to deliver “an eye-opening exposé of the current state of...
View ArticleAudio Post Moves: Nutmeg Post Adds Sound Designer/Engineer Brian Beatrice
Brian Beatrice has joined the elite team at Nutmeg. The good guys keep on comin’ to Nutmeg Post. Now occupying one of the suites at the midtown NYC facility is Emmy Award-winning Sound Designer and...
View ArticleNew Studios: Spice House Sound – Philadelphia, PA
Listen in… 25′ ceilings are just the start. (All photos by Cheryl Fleming Photography) Turn your ears Philadelphia way, and you just might hear the call. It’s coming from the new studio of a young...
View ArticleBlue Introduces New Mo-Fi Headphones – Headphones With Built-In Audiophile...
Purveyors of audio capturing devices, Blue Microphones is now reinventing their version of the headphone as we know it. Eliminating any pre-conceived notions about how and what headphones are supposed...
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