PureMix Online Hosting 2-Day Seminar Lead By Fab Dupoint and Mick Guzauski –...
PureMix Online is yet another great online resource for audio engineering tips and methods for those that want to gain skills typically acquired through hands-on experience in professional studios....
View ArticleRadial Now Shipping Headload Prodigy — Hybrid DI + Load Box
Radial Engineering cooked up another gadget for us – The Headload Prodigy. Borrowing build from their original Headload guitar amp load box, the Headload Prodigy essentially brings the same tech to the...
View ArticleSee the SonicScoop Platinum Engineers Panel LIVE at AES!
It’s our favorite time of year again at SonicScoop: AES TIME! Once again, our own Justin Colletti will be hosting the Platinum Engineers Panel, and If it’s anything like prior years, we’re expecting...
View ArticleHeard City — NYC Audio Post Facility Announces 3D Audio Services
Heard City is now among the pioneering audio post-production companies providing virtual reality (VR) audio services. The HC is now VR capable. Quick Lesson: 3D audio involves placement of sound...
View ArticlePreSonus Ships Studio 192 Audio Interface and Studio Command Center
You can get more than ever into a small space. Case in point is the new PreSonus Studio 192 USB 3.0 Audio Interface and Studio Command Center. A 26×32 interface that can record at up to 192 kHz, it...
View ArticleStudio Sweet Spot: All Welcome Records – Inglewood, CA
R E S P E C T — find out what it means to sound. That sense of respect is something you’ll find in spades at All Welcome Records. You can sense it between partners, for the principles of audio, and for...
View ArticleMackie Announces CRBT Bluetooth Monitors
For those who may have missed it, Mackie released two new monitors – both with 100% more Bluetooth. Mackie’s Bluetooth enabled monitors are ideal for casual listening and mixing. Part of their best...
View Article6 Things Producers Should Consider Before Talking to an Artist About Changing...
Image by Flickr user Jeremy BronsonTalking with an artist about their songs is an exercise that’s fraught with the potential to create distance between a producer and a songwriter. But it can also be a...
View ArticleSoftware Review: Universal Audio Manley Variable Mu Limiter/Compressor Plugin
Under the hood of the Manley Variable Mu In November 2014, when Universal Audio announced that it would release a new software version of the Manley Variable Mu compressor, SonicScoop quickly covered...
View ArticleParty Pics! Stadiumred Celebrates Expansion in Style
The multi-room expansion of uptown sound complex Stadiumred became official on Thursday night. The studio welcomed super producer Just Blaze and mastering engineer Ricardo Gutierrez to the fold,...
View ArticleStadium Red Expands: Just Blaze and the Science of NYC Studios
If you're going to make it bigger, make it better. Stadium Red added the people, then gave them a full-service place to gravitate to.
View ArticleThe SonicScoop Year in Review: Top NYC Music Business News and Trends of 2010
Did creativity and commerce speed up or bog down in NYC this year? We put it all together, looking back and looking ahead.
View ArticleThe Quirky Habits of Great Mixers
We ask some of our favorite mixers how they stay fresh and focused during their most challenging mixes. Great tips from Bob Clearmountain, Steve Albini, Bob Power and more.
View ArticleMassive Monitor Makeover: Manhattan Center’s Studio 4 Pumps the Volume Way Up
A long-running studio suddenly hosts one of NYC's most stunning control rooms.
View ArticleThe Science of Sample Rates (When Higher Is Better — And When It Isn’t)
We are proud to begin re-posting some of the greatest hits from Trust Me, I’m a Scientist right here on SonicScoop for posterity. This story was originally published in TMIAS on February 4, 2013. Image...
View ArticleThe Art of Listening to Microphones (A Special Technique for Building a Sense...
Image by Flickr user “nizzzat”. A good microphone locker offers a vast array of possibilities, with blurry borders and intangible contours. Knowing how to choose the right ones can often seem like a...
View ArticleRyan West Shows How To Add ‘Transformer Color’ in a Mix
Last month Nathan Hamiel demonstrated how to properly produce rock vocal compression using the Dangerous COMPRESSOR. This month we are joined by platinum selling engineer Ryan West at Flux Studios here...
View ArticleWhy Use an Analog Summing Mixer? Featuring Ryan West
Ryan West is this months Dangerous Music guru, shedding light on his methods behind hybrid mixing. Out of Flux Recording Studios in NYC, Ryan utilizes the Dangerous Music 2-BUS+ to demonstrate how...
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3 Techniques: Soundtoys Decapitator – with Mixer Qmillion
If you aim to keep your head on straight – while tilting your ears over just so – then Decapitator is a powerful plugin. The analog saturation modeler from Soundtoys is noted by mixers early and often...
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The Science of Sample Rates (When Higher Is Better — And When It Isn’t)
We are proud to begin re-posting some of the greatest hits from Trust Me, I’m a Scientist right here on SonicScoop for posterity. This story was originally published in TMIAS on February 4, 2013....
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