Lightning Boy Audio Introduces Flux Bender Equalizer — Stereo Passive EQ
When we first stumbled on to Lightening Boy Audio, they were developing stellar tube pedals. Since then, LBA has honed in on their design philosophy to release the Flux Bender Equalizer. At first...
View ArticleRoland Announces M-5000 Live Console
The new M-5000 console from Roland is ideal for the live sound environment. With the included O.H.R.C.A. based architecture, the bounds of console routing remain limited only to its physical I/O. The...
View ArticleAble Baker: An NYC Firm Hears the New ABC’s of Music Supervision
Call it an inner convergence. The latest music supervision service providers are bringing together more tools to help brands and content creators. A new NYC-based example is Able Baker. The firm is...
View ArticleHidden Hit-Makers: History’s Most Iconic Session Musicians
A handful of documentaries released since the turn of the new century, from 2002’s Standing In the Shadows of Motown to 2013’s Muscle Shoals, have helped us put names and faces to the backing musicians...
View ArticleEssential Event: Spend An Evening with Producer/Engineer Glyn Johns — 11/14...
“Glyn Johns was there.” – Sir Paul McCartney All along, Glyn Johns has been contemplating this book tour. That only begins to tell the story of how important this engineer’s engineer is to recorded...
View ArticleSSL Releases AAX Versions of Duende Native Plugins
Catering to the growing ProTools 11 community, SSL is now offering their Duende plug-in collection in AAX Native 64-bit format. Users can celebrate with an intro price until November 25th The Duende...
View ArticleNew Room: ReAmp Recording Studios, Studio G – Orange County, CA
Dreamin’ California? If so, Orange County is coming on strong. Some interesting action is unfolding there, with a fresh wave of studios coming online in a market they see as overtalented and...
View ArticleSlate Digital Launches Virtual Mix Rack – Modular Plugin System
500 x 4 really adds up. Slate Digital has an attractive equation for engineers, producers, and mixers with the Virtual Mix Rack, a modular plugin system that brings a virtual 500 series straight into...
View ArticleUsing Multiband Compression to Conquer Proximity Effect Issues
What is the Proximity Effect? The proximity effect describes how bass frequencies build up when a microphone is brought very close to a sound source. This effect frequently occurs when a vocalist...
View ArticleThink You Can’t Sing? The Myths and Mysteries of Vocal Technique
From Star Search to American Idol to The Voice, television producers have made millions off of a simple conceit: Anyone can be a great singer, just not everyone. Image of Karen O courtesy of Flickr...
View ArticleSugar Bytes Releases Looperator Plug-In
Always on their game with effects processing, Sugar Bytes now introduces their Looperator Plug-In. Looperator is a sequencer with a variety of modulation curves and effects that can be controlled via...
View ArticleComposer Cribs: Anthony Marinelli — Los Angeles
Seeking synth heaven? You’ll find a pocket of paradise at the studio of Anthony Marinelli in Los Angeles. Packed with analog synths, this is no keyboard museum. Marinelli puts it all to good use, and...
View ArticleMOTU Releases Monitor 8 – Monitor Mixer, Headphone Amp, & Audio Interface
MOTU is expanding their AVB (Audio Video Bridging) line of audio products with the Monitor 8. The new interface can route a variety of incoming audio sources to its dedicated 8 stereo output groups –...
View ArticleThe Evolving YouTube Economy: Why AdRev Acquired DashGo
Google the phrase “YouTube economy” and the first results that come up are…a bunch of videos on YouTube about the economy. Maybe Google, which owns YouTube, doesn’t want it to be too obvious about the...
View ArticleBest New Gear of the Year: 2014 Edition
2014 was an active year for audio. From boutique modeling plugins to re-imaginations of the mixing console, intriguing designs aimed at niche markets seemed to be the norm. Join us as we look back at...
View ArticleRapper Bobby Shmurda and GS9 Crew Arrested at Quad Recording Studios NYC
A long-term investigation of Brooklyn rapper Bobby Shmurda culminated in his arrest outside of Quad Recording Studios yesterday. Brooklyn rapper Bobby Shmurda and his GS9 crew were working at Quad...
View ArticleSonnet Introduces Fusion R400 RAID USB 3.0 Rackmount Storage System
Storage may not be sexy, but it sure is essential. Here’s a smart-sized and affordable new solution designed to suit the studio. Sonnet’s new RAID storage system features USB 3.0 and offers multiple...
View ArticleProducer Profile: Kelvin Wooten – Making Hits and Multitasking
Kelvin Wooten is clearly comfortable wherever he is – the confidence of creating hits while remaining grounded will have that effect. Kelvin Wooten is well on his way. (Photo Credit: Dokk Savage) The...
View ArticleSoftube Releases Mutronics Mutator Plug-In – Stereo Analog Filter & Envelope...
Softube has resurrected an outboard analog filter that was used by a number of iconic artists of the 1990s. The Mutronics Mutator’s unique sound became few and far between when production of a critical...
View ArticleSonnox and Fraunhofer Launch Pro-Codec Version 3
When Sonnox says “Pro”, they mean it. That’s apparent in the newly launched Pro-Codec Version 3, which the English plugin wizards have just debuted in concert with their friends at Fraunhofer IIS. The...
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