Radial Engineering Debuts Voco-Loco — Vocal Preamp and Effects Loop
Studios and live performers have long been in search of a better mousetrap to integrate vocals and guitar pedal effects. The new Voco-Loco from Radial Engineering definitely qualifies. The Voco-Loco is...
View ArticleNY Event Choice: NY Music Tech Meetup – Monday, 2/11, Knitting Factory
NYC and music technology go together like beer and BBQ. So why not put all four together in a tasty blend? Decode the logo and win a prize! Or better yet, hang out with the NY MusicTech gang this...
View ArticleVinyl Mastering Outlook: Can Lathes Keep up the Pace in 2013?
Last month, the music industry got some decent news from the Nielsen SoundScan 2012 report. In a year where Adele reigned again with 4.4 million copies of 21 sold in the US (10 million plus total),...
View ArticleProducers, Mixers, Engineers Recognized at 55th Annual GRAMMY Awards
While the 55thAnnual GRAMMY Awards show was all lights, camera, action (as it should be), it’s good to see the less-extroverted producers, engineers, mixers, and remixers get their due. Producers...
View ArticleLightning Boy Audio Launches Lightning Boy — Entry Level Tube Drive Pedal
When last we saw our heroes, Lightning Boy Audio, they had just unleashed the Bolt Bender, an intriguing Tube EQ pedal with a passive Baxandall circuit and its own optional subtractive EQ “sidecar.”...
View ArticleAvid Switches CEO’s: Will Louis Hernandez Turn It Around?
For a minute, it looked like Avid had dropped the drama. Will the change in leadership mean a chance in direction? Everyone who visited their booth at NAMM a couple of weeks ago saw reassuring signs,...
View ArticleTrusoundnewyork Composes with Jimmy Cliff for VW, Deutsch LA
The “Get Happy” spot that Volkswagen premiered during last week’s Super Bowl XVLII had no shortage of controversy: people had differing opinions about the protagonist from Minnesota who spoke (almost)...
View ArticleA&R Meets Music Supervision: Artist Discovery with Christian Morrissey of...
It used to be the dream music biz gig was A&R for a major label. Those jobs are certainly becoming scarcer, but the coveted paid occupation of finding new music talent, and helping it to be heard,...
View ArticleaudioEngine Founder Bob Giammarco Acquires Full Ownership of NYC, Phoenix...
There are three fewer founding partners in the ownership mix at audioEngine. audioEngine has consolidated its ownership under founding partner Bob Giammarco. Via a post on the audio post-production...
View ArticleOcean Way Recording Sold To Hudson Pacific, Owners of Adjacent Sunset...
HOLLYWOOD: Ocean Way Recording – the legendary Bill Putnam-designed Hollywood studio where Frank Sinatra, Ray Charles and Radiohead have recorded – has new owners as of this week. Sunset Gower + Ocean...
View ArticleDave Grohl’s Sound City: A Music Movie Review
Towards the end of Dave Grohl’s directorial debut, the rock documentary Sound City, drummer Mick Fleetwood warns us about “the downside” to all the technological advances that have so changed the face...
View ArticleComma Music Opens NYC Studios, Expands LA Staff
The original music competition has just intensified on both coasts, courtesy of new moves by Comma Music. Comma’s NYC staff (l-r): Lauren Pecorella, Matt Kelly, and Michael Paoletta An original music...
View ArticleElectro-Harmonix Shipping Epitome Multi-Effect Pedal
Incase you missed this gem back at NAMM, the Epitome from electro-harmonix combines three of the company’s most iconic pedals into one excellent effects pedal. The Epitome is a combination of the Micro...
View ArticleShoot Online: Top Super Bowl Sonic Branding Spots
Feeling Super Bowl ad withdrawal? Any time of year is good for a recharge of the uncontested Ultimate TV Event of the Western World. Did this Super Bowl take Sonic Branding to a next level? Here’s a...
View ArticleNeve Genesys Console Offers New Option – 88R-Style Four-Band EQ
Two EQs are better than one, especially when they’re available on a Neve. To prove it, AMS Neve is making a new EQ option – an 88R-style four-band EQ – available for the Neve Genesys, which is AMS...
View ArticleHeritage Audio Launches DMA 73 – Dual Mic Preamp & DI
We can’t return our whole bodies to the 1970’s, but at least our ears can go there. Heritage Audio, the Madrid-based manufacturer whose mission is to pay sonic homage to the great 1970’s Neve consoles...
View ArticleRecording Sweet Spot: Subcat Studios — Syracuse, New York
The constant quest for a destination studio within striking distance of New York City leads logically to Syracuse. A renowned college town, it’s no wonder that the recording scene is on the rise here....
View ArticleMotion Picture Sound Editors Announce 2013 Golden Reel Winners
The behind-the-scenes stars were out on Sunday in Hollywood. The MPSE honored the top achievers in cinema sound — and beyond — last night in LA. For pure sonic quality in feature films, TV, animation,...
View ArticleMeet the New CEO of Avid: Q&A with Louis Herndandez, Jr. on the Future of Pro...
There’s no official President of Pro Audio, but the CEO who runs Avid comes closest to holding that title. Just like the President of the United States is often referred to as the Leader of the Free...
View ArticleSound Information: Metadata For Your Music
In the days of vinyl and tape cassettes, providing your listeners with information about your music was simple: Everything from song titles to song-writers, lyrics to album art, engineering credits to...
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