Universal Audio Releases Windows 7 Support for 64-Bit UAD Plugins, UAD-2...
PC producers have an audio turbocharge in store. Windows 7 and UAD are now two peas in a pod. Universal Audio has announced the availability of UAD Powered Plug-Ins v6.4 software. The release brings...
View ArticleHow Do You Stack Up? Compare Music Industry Salaries with New Berklee Study
Are your earnings lagging, ahead of your colleagues, or right on target? Berklee has some very valuable information for you. Now you can find out with Berklee College of Music’s newly released Music...
View ArticleSonnet Launches Echo Express II Thunderbolt Expansion Chassis for PCI Express...
Looking for a more compact way to bridge the gap between your PCI Express cards and your Thunderbolt machine? A smaller footprint distinguishes Sonnet’s Echo Express II. Sonnet has the solution: the...
View ArticleTONE2 Unveils Rayblaster – Impulse Modeling Synth Explores New Territory
Ready to wake your ears up? Something different has arrived. One of our fave synth and plugin developers, Tone2 Audiosoftware, announced the launch of Rayblaster. Available now for $199 in a variety of...
View ArticleBuilding a Smarter Music House: Butter Grows in SoHo
SOHO, MANHATTAN: How do you become an overnight success? It only takes about 14 years of busting your tail. This music house knows how to stay hungry. A perfect illustration of this measured move to...
View ArticleWaves Launches REDD Consoles Plugins – Recreates Iconic Abbey Road Desks
Working with a piece of recording history just got a little easier. Waves announced that its latest release is a painstaking recreation of the REDD consoles (named after Abbey Road Studios’ in-house...
View ArticleHow NOT to Tour – 10 Traps to Avoid
Every musician on this planet has dreamt of the day when they would travel across the fruited plains and over purple mountain majesty, to bring their talents to the multitude of starving American ears....
View ArticleEarthQuaker Devices Releases Hoof Reaper Octave Fuzz Pedal
EarthQuaker Devices has been building pedals out of Akron, Ohio since 2004 and now brings back a once limited pedal – The Hoof Reaper Octave Fuzz. The pedal is a 2-in-1 one style device that includes...
View ArticleTrust Me I’m A Scientist: A Point of Departure with Producer Scott Solter
In this month’s issue of Trust Me I’m A Scientist, Brooklyn musician Daniel Shuman talks to Scott Solter, the producer and engineer behind distinctive sounding records by John Vanderslice, Mountain...
View ArticleShop Talk: Rock Frontman Turned Capitol Tech, Ian Sefchick
HOLLYWOOD: With the right mix of ambition and creativity, a true do it yourselfer will be unstoppable. And Ian Sefchick is a true do it yourselfer. From serving as front man, singer and guitar player...
View ArticleEvent Alert: Phil Ramone To Be Honored Tonight by Salvation Army – Aretha...
One of New York City’s most decorated producers, Phil Ramone, will receive recognition of a different kind tonight, Wednesday December 5th. At the Salvation Army’s 65th Annual Gala/Dinner at New York...
View ArticleRadial Launches ChainDrive 1×4 Distro and Line Driver 500 Module
It’s raining Radials! 500 Series Modules, that is. In yet another 500 Series release from Radial Engineering, the prolific provider of modules has just announced the ChainDrive 1×4 distro and line...
View ArticleRIP Dave Brubeck – Pianist and Jazz Composer
SonicScoop was saddened to learn of the passing of jazz master Dave Brubeck. Jazz was the language of Dave Brubeck, 1920-2012. A resident of the tri-state area since the 1960’s, when he moved to...
View ArticleThe End Re-Launches With New-And-Improved Studio A
GREENPOINT: The recording and performance venue known as The End has made some changes of late – re-tooling their rooms and refining their concept. In business just over a year, and that much older and...
View ArticlePlugin Review: iZotope Trash 2
Today’s audio processors tend to fall into two broad categories: Those that try to recreate the past, and those that tire of it. iZotope’s new Trash 2 plugin falls squarely in that second camp. iZotope...
View ArticleFoley Artist John Roesch to Receive MPSE Career Achievement Award
Every once in a while, the people behind the scenes get the recognition they deserve. That happy event is occurring this coming February, thanks to the Motion Picture Sound Editors (MPSE). The...
View ArticleEngineering and Production GRAMMY Nominees Announced
The nominations for the 55th Annual GRAMMY Awards were announced in a televised special from Nashville on December 5th. Engineers and producers are getting recognized at the 2013 GRAMMY Awards....
View ArticleAudio Post Moves: Sound Lounge Names Vicky Ferraro Executive Producer
Loyalty is still rewarded in this business, as evidenced at the NYC audio post house Sound Lounge. Vicky Ferraro now reigns as Executive Producer at Sound Lounge. The facility announced that longtime...
View ArticleDigital Synesthesia: Harvestworks Launches New TEAMLab Online Class Program
The dearly departed Ravi Shankar wanted his audiences to understand that they could get high without using drugs. Now the NYC non-profit digital arts center Harvestworks has the same idea about that...
View ArticleBlack Iris Music (Feat. Rachel Fannan) Produces “Beautiful Dreamer” For TV...
The NYC/LA/Richmond-based Black Iris Music is releasing a new arrangement of “Beautiful Dreamer” they originally produced for a TV spot via GREY New York. The track, featuring vocalist Rachel Fannan of...
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