Palm Mute Piano Launched – Finger-Dampened Virtual Instrument
Looking for a new twist on an old standby? You’ve just found one. A new piano perspective — the Palm Mute Piano. Paper Stone Instruments, a new Kontakt Library development company with some fresh...
View ArticleDMAX Audio Launches Audio Mastering Studio for iPad
It’s time that the iPad mastered mastering. That’s happening now, thanks to the release of Audio Mastering Studio, from the Russian developer Igor Vasilyev, working in cooperation with DMAX Audio....
View ArticleThe Garden: Intensively Equipped to Mix and Create in Brooklyn
CLINTON HILL, BROOKLYN: If there’s one thing New York City needs more of, it’s gardens. Just the word itself has a therapeutic effect, invoking a harmonious convergence of beauty and order. So it’s no...
View ArticleAegean Music Launches Amp Vision – Guitar Amp Distortion and Effects Plugin
Get some BIG boxes inside your box. The developers known as Aegean Music have launched Amp Vision, an ambitious new guitar tone shaper – you could call it an amp simulator, but that seems to sell this...
View ArticleHarrison Debuts MPC5 Film Console
It’s not every day that a new large-format digital mixing console is officially unveiled to the world – but today just happens to be one of those days. The newcomer is from Nashville-based Harrison,...
View ArticleElements of Mixing with Bassy Bob: Speeding up Remote Revisions
You know what I really hate? Revisions, revisions, revisions… Sometimes they go on for days. Endless prints, emails, lists of notes, confusion over which version were talking about. You get the...
View ArticleA.O.M. Releases tranQuilizer Graphic EQ Plugin
Alchemically Organized Music, or A.O.M., is a Tokyo-based developer that has a few interesting, quality plugins already out – their latest being the tranQuilizer. TranQuilizer is a feature-rich plugin...
View ArticleReview: ADAM F5 Studio Monitors
I mix quite a bit for film and TV where dialogue is king. For those projects, I like monitors that put the human speaking voice front and center. Many consumer TV’s, flat screens, laptops, tablets,...
View ArticleFREE ReacTable Concert Wed. 5/15 in NYC – Play a ReacTable Yourself at...
Opportunities like this don’t come along every day. Tonight, Wednesday May 15th, at 7 PM, may be your best chance to get up close and personal with the revolutionary electronic instrument ReacTable,...
View ArticleGlobal Music Elite Gather in NYC for Phil Ramone Tribute
How do you say goodbye to Phil Ramone? Pictured L-R, seated: Paul Simon, Quincy Jones, Karen Ramone, BJ Ramone, Matthew Ramone; L-R, standing: Steve Gadd, Josh Groban, Dave Grusin, Ed Cherney, Nikki...
View ArticleDestination Studio: Old Soul Studios, Catskill, NY
Back in 1995, Kenny Siegal was living in New York City, working out of a personal studio in DUMBO, long before that neighborhood had turned into the chichi business district it is today. His studio at...
View ArticleNektar Releases Panorama P1 Control Surface
Nektar is a hardware manufacturer that specializes in creating control surfaces that integrate specifically with Reason, Cubase and Nuendo. Their latest release of the Panorama P1 is all about having a...
View ArticleFree Fridays! Fave New Freeware Picks – Pultec-Style EQ, Libraries Galore,...
Perusers of SonicScoop – the wait is over…along with the Summer weather, Free Fridays 12 has finally arrived! Back for another installment of the beloved Freeware Fridays, we here at SonicScoop managed...
View ArticleRain Launches 3rd Generation Event Mini Audio Computer
If audio is all or part of your day, then a computer purpose-built for the job makes plenty of sense. The latest Event has arrived, with a compact price to match its size. Rain Computers has launched...
View Article9th Annual Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival Announces Lineup – Adam “MCA” Yauch to...
The “B” borough will be brimming with beats before you know it. Prepare for the 9th Annual Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival (BHF), happening from July 10th-13th with a powerful lineup lined up. Taking place...
View ArticleConsole Switch: How The Bunker Installed Its SSL 4000 E — Step by Step
Waaay back in the ‘80’s, the Fixx famously proclaimed “one thing leads to another.” And before that, the 17th Century philosopher Spinoza could have told you the same thing. The journey begins — John...
View ArticleAvid Demonstrates Pro Tools 11 in NYC, Thurs. May 23rd
Here’s a road show you’ll want to pull over for. Here’s your chance to get hands on with PT11, and learn more in a hurry. Avid is arriving in NYC this Thursday, May 23rd , for a live and in-person free...
View ArticleBlastwave FX Launches Noizz – 1,001 Digital Glitches
Ready to amuse your ears? This is Noizz you’ll be glad to have around. Then do them a favor and listen to the demo (see player below) of Blastwave FX’ newest sound effects library, named Noizz. A...
View ArticleStudio Convergence: The Pigeon Club Moves into Kaleidoscope Sound
In the music production world, convergence today is about more than just styles combining – it can also refer to studios coming together. That’s exactly what’s happened in the busy New Jersey scene,...
View ArticleEvent Choice: “The Art of Scoring for Documentaries” – Tues. 5/28 in NYC
Documentaries are on the rise in the world of filmmaking, with the number of producers and subgenres all seeing consistent expansion. Wendy Blackstone will be pointing the way on documentary scoring...
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