PromaxBDA Conference Preview – New York City, June 10-12
Welcome back! After two consecutive years in Los Angeles, one of the entertainment industry’s most dynamic trade shows has returned to New York City. Promax is back! A really big show comes to NYC June...
View ArticleCreativeLive and the Next Generation of Online Audio Education
Producer Steve Evetts, a special guest instructor for CreativeLive’s “Studio Pass” workshop. Producer Steve Evetts listens intently to the sound of Ben Weinman’s guitar coming through his headphones....
View ArticleNew Music Seminar Preview: June 8-10, NYC
New Music Seminar crash course: Launched in 1980 and lasting through 1994, NMS established itself as the music business convention of its time. The event has seen some serious change in what it...
View ArticleAnthony Demaria Labs Announces ADL 1700 Liquid Mu Peak Limiter
There’s nothing like an analog addition to brighten up your day. Anthony Demaria Labs is providing that ray of sunshine with the announcement of the ADL 1700 Liquid Mu Peak Limiter. A unit with myriad...
View ArticleATC Launches SCM20PSL MkII Near-Field Reference Monitor
An ATC within reach is a beautiful thing. A more affordable ATC arrives. That’s exactly what was unveiled at GearFest in Fort Wayne, IN, last week: Artists, producers, and engineers now have increased...
View Article123creative.com Releases ROCK and METAL Boutique — Digital Pedals & Combos
In partnership with G-Sonique, 123creative.com has released a boutique of seven digital pedals and two universal combos. The ROCK and METAL Boutique provide all the fuzz and distortion we could ever...
View ArticleReview: Foley Collection – Total Pack by Zach McNees
Over the past few years, my engineering work has become a hybrid between music recording and post-production for TV and film. Often times, the projects I work on are independent, self-financed films...
View ArticleEventide Giving Away UltraChannel — Until 7/8/14
Okay, here is some more Eventide news. For those who haven’t had the chance to experience previous Eventide announcements, now there is no excuse not to focus: Eventide is introducing their new...
View ArticleHow (and Why) Are MP3 Files So Damn Small?
A technician works on one of Google’s gargantuan data centers. The MP3 format was first released 21 years ago this Summer. It goes almost without saying that it, and the other compressed audio formats...
View ArticleIK Multimedia Announces SampleTank 3 Sound Workstation
Is bigger better? More than a decade in the making, ST3 is coming. IK Multimedia is betting you’ll say “yes”, but to their credit, massive size isn’t the only exciting thing about the impending release...
View ArticleGrado Launches Third Generation Headphones: The e-Series
Brooklyn-based headphone designer, Grado, has just unveiled their third generation of professional headphones. After 60 years in the making, the company believes it has reached its most sophisticated...
View ArticleBalance – What’s Gone Missing on Your Way to the Studio?
So I am sitting there in the lushness of an SSL control room in a major studio here in NYC. Happy. Happy to be engineering and producing a project for a very cool young trio of musicians from an...
View ArticleFiedler Audio Releases AD 480 Reverb – Fully Featured Reverb for iOS
The AD 480 Reverb app from Fiedler Audio offers extensive reverb features for iOS devices, with unique interfaces for iPhone and iPad, respectively. What this plugin offers that differs from other iOS...
View ArticleSTIR POST AUDIO Launches in Chicago
The Windy City has a powerful new addition to their audio post scene. A major facility has arrived in the form of STIR POST AUDIO, created by three of Chicago’s major media players: Greg Allan, David...
View ArticleVerboten…Nothing is Forbidden in Brooklyn
From loft party, to warehouse, and now North 11th Street, Verboten has landed in Brooklyn. German for “forbidden,” Verboten has become an avant-garde staple in the New York underground dance music...
View ArticlePreSonus and OBEDIA Launch PreSonus-Certified Music Computers
Who will solve the purpose-built music computer puzzle once and for all? Is this everything you’re looking for in an audio computer? PreSonus believes it can do it, with the help of its friends OBEDIA...
View ArticleFocal Announces Alpha — Affordable Powered Studio Monitors Series
The renowned French speaker designers have done it: Focal released an extremely accessible line of reference monitors aimed at those who accomplish their mixing and recording in the home studio. The...
View ArticlePositive Grid Unveils BIAS Desktop – Amp Designer, Modeler, and Matcher
BIAS Desktop isn’t your average guitar amp designer environment. The new software from Positive Grid features a unique amp matching system that will analyze and replicate any direct or pre-recorded...
View ArticleRecording Studio Sweet Spot – Catch This Music, Nashville
At the core of a rebirth, an essential element of the original may still remain. That’s the case with Catch This Music Recording Studio (CTM), which revived a Music Row space while retaining something...
View ArticleSAE NY 3rd Annual Alumni Awards – Wed. July 2nd, The Cutting Room
May the best audio maven win! For those who can handle the suspense of a live awards show, the Cutting Room will be the place to be this coming Wednesday, July 2nd. That’s where SAE New York will host...
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