Review: Antelope Orion 32, A Mixer’s Perspective
I started this review with a healthy amount of skepticism. Having owned a Lynx Aurora 16 AD/DA converter for many years, I couldn’t believe that the Antelope Orion 32 – a single rack unit device with...
View ArticleOcean Way Launches New Studio C Production Room
Composers who are advancing their careers have a new audio HQ to aspire to: the just-unveiled Studio C production suite at Ocean Way Recording. Interested parties will have to take a number, however:...
View ArticleCareer Opportunity: Production Music Association Announces Executive Director...
The Production Music Association (PMA) announced that, due to a recent promotion within the organization, it is now in search of a new Executive Director. The PMA wants YOU — if you’ve got what it...
View ArticleTony Maserati & Bedrock.LA Teaming Up To Build Modern Day Brill Building
Bedrock.LA – the popular rehearsal and recording studio facility in Echo Park – has a new Brill Building-style studio complex in the works in L.A.’s K-Town. In an announcement made earlier this week,...
View ArticleNew Music Seminar Announces 2013 NYC Conference – New Format & Venue
The New Music Seminar is returning once more to NYC, hitting Manhattan June 9-11. The NMS is ready to take off in NYC next month. Since the music industry is always evolving, it follows that NMS would...
View ArticleThe Blackbird Academy Launches – Recording & Live Sound School at Elite...
There’s an ambitious new option in the audio education sector: The Blackbird Academy is officially open for business, launching their new landing page in preparation for their first class starting...
View ArticleIK Multimedia Launches White Channel – Analog Console Channel Strip
A signal path recharge awaits. IK Multimedia announced a number of new and updated additions to its T-RackS mixing and mastering plugins collection. Foremost among them is the White Channel, designed...
View ArticleMOTU Launches Digital Performer 8.0 for Windows
The latest version of MOTU’s Digital Performer is made for the other half. Or however large the percentage of music producers that work all or in part on a PC — which may be a bigger segment than...
View ArticleRecording Sweet Spot – Mother Brother Studios, Bridgeport, CT
Connecticut isn’t often accused of being a cultural hotspot, but don’t underestimate the sonic steadfastness of the Nutmeg State. One studio that’s seen the musical persistence of CT is Mother Brother,...
View ArticleStephen Arnold Music Expands with New NYC Office
A prolific creator of sonic branding and original music has just expanded its East Coast presence. Noelle Alanís is Director of Licensing, Northeast USA, for Stephen Arnold Music. Dallas-based Stephen...
View ArticleFirst Look: Universal Audio Apollo 16 Launch at VKLA
Last week, VKLA hosted the West Coast premier of Universal Audio’s new Apollo 16 interface, presented through a live demonstration by Fab Dupont and an interview with Universal Audio founder Bill...
View ArticleUniversal Audio Launches Ocean Way Studios Dynamic Room Modeling Plugin
There were rumors that this plugin existed – now it’s a fact. Universal Audio (UA) has announced today the release of their newest plugin, which represents a highly advanced new approach to acoustic...
View ArticleUniversal Audio Releases SPL TwinTube, Sonnox Oxford Inflator UAD Plugins
Universal Audio’s newly debuted UAD Software v7.0 is making a grand entrance. Take on the TwinTube — in virtual style, via the UAD platform. In addition to the just-announced Ocean Way Studios plugin,...
View ArticleFilm Soundtrack Spotlight: Music Supervising “Love Sick Love”— From Score to...
Love and obsession – it’s a match made in cinematic heaven. It’s not just a love story — “Love Sick Love” has it’s own musical history as well. The latest film to go there, and then go deeper, is Love...
View ArticleNYC Event: Ableton Advanced Users Meetup – Thurs., May 9th, at Tekserve
The atmosphere was electric last month at Tekserve when electronic music aficionados packed the place for the official Live 9 & Push Preview event. Sound designer, music technologist, composer and...
View ArticleThe Anatomy of a Studio Guitar
Guitars, like people, come in all shapes, sizes and colors. Also much like people, when you look beneath the surface, they’re all made of the same stuff: In this case, wood, metal, plastic and curves....
View ArticleFocusrite Announces Scarlett 18i8 & 6i6 – New USB 2.0 Audio Interfaces
Two new audio interfaces are on the way. The latest in their Scarlett line, Focusrite has added a pair of ruggedly-built options available to recording artists, producers, and bands with the newly...
View ArticleNew Studio Review: Strange Weather, Brooklyn
Generally, I try to stay objective when I write about new studios. But when it comes to East Williamsburg’s Strange Weather recording, I just wouldn’t be telling the whole story if I neglected to...
View ArticleLine 6, Topspin Media Launch WHAT’S NEXT Musicians’ Conference – NYC, LA,...
Live music is taking center stage, at a new music conference coming to many of the globe’s music capitals. This stage-centric event series is in NYC on June 8th, and LA on August 10th.The WHAT’S NEXT...
View ArticlePalm 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...
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