Universal Audio Releases Windows 7 Support for 64-Bit UAD Plugins, UAD-2...
PC producers have an audio turbocharge in store. Windows 7 and UAD are now two peas in a pod. Universal Audio has announced the availability of UAD Powered Plug-Ins v6.4 software. The release brings...
View ArticleHow Do You Stack Up? Compare Music Industry Salaries with New Berklee Study
Are your earnings lagging, ahead of your colleagues, or right on target? Berklee has some very valuable information for you. Now you can find out with Berklee College of Music’s newly released Music...
View ArticleSonnet Launches Echo Express II Thunderbolt Expansion Chassis for PCI Express...
Looking for a more compact way to bridge the gap between your PCI Express cards and your Thunderbolt machine? A smaller footprint distinguishes Sonnet’s Echo Express II. Sonnet has the solution: the...
View ArticleTONE2 Unveils Rayblaster – Impulse Modeling Synth Explores New Territory
Ready to wake your ears up? Something different has arrived. One of our fave synth and plugin developers, Tone2 Audiosoftware, announced the launch of Rayblaster. Available now for $199 in a variety of...
View ArticleBuilding a Smarter Music House: Butter Grows in SoHo
SOHO, MANHATTAN: How do you become an overnight success? It only takes about 14 years of busting your tail. This music house knows how to stay hungry. A perfect illustration of this measured move to...
View ArticleWaves Launches REDD Consoles Plugins – Recreates Iconic Abbey Road Desks
Working with a piece of recording history just got a little easier. Waves announced that its latest release is a painstaking recreation of the REDD consoles (named after Abbey Road Studios’ in-house...
View ArticleHow NOT to Tour – 10 Traps to Avoid
Every musician on this planet has dreamt of the day when they would travel across the fruited plains and over purple mountain majesty, to bring their talents to the multitude of starving American ears....
View ArticleShop Talk: Rock Frontman Turned Capitol Tech, Ian Sefchick
HOLLYWOOD: With the right mix of ambition and creativity, a true do it yourselfer will be unstoppable. And Ian Sefchick is a true do it yourselfer. From serving as front man, singer and guitar player...
View ArticleEvent Alert: Phil Ramone To Be Honored Tonight by Salvation Army – Aretha...
One of New York City’s most decorated producers, Phil Ramone, will receive recognition of a different kind tonight, Wednesday December 5th. At the Salvation Army’s 65th Annual Gala/Dinner at New York...
View ArticleRadial Launches ChainDrive 1×4 Distro and Line Driver 500 Module
It’s raining Radials! 500 Series Modules, that is. In yet another 500 Series release from Radial Engineering, the prolific provider of modules has just announced the ChainDrive 1×4 distro and line...
View ArticleRIP Dave Brubeck – Pianist and Jazz Composer
SonicScoop was saddened to learn of the passing of jazz master Dave Brubeck. Jazz was the language of Dave Brubeck, 1920-2012. A resident of the tri-state area since the 1960’s, when he moved to...
View ArticleThe End Re-Launches With New-And-Improved Studio A
GREENPOINT: The recording and performance venue known as The End has made some changes of late – re-tooling their rooms and refining their concept. In business just over a year, and that much older and...
View ArticlePlugin Review: iZotope Trash 2
Today’s audio processors tend to fall into two broad categories: Those that try to recreate the past, and those that tire of it. iZotope’s new Trash 2 plugin falls squarely in that second camp. iZotope...
View ArticleFoley Artist John Roesch to Receive MPSE Career Achievement Award
Every once in a while, the people behind the scenes get the recognition they deserve. That happy event is occurring this coming February, thanks to the Motion Picture Sound Editors (MPSE). The...
View ArticleEvent Choice: SCL in NY 1st Annual Holiday Party, Monday Dec. 10th
Is it time for you to join high society? You can do exactly that this Monday, December 10th, at 7:30 PM, if you choose to get festive with the Society of Composers & Lyricists in New York (SCL in...
View ArticleTapeDeck 1.5 Launches – Retro Mac Audio Recorder
Go ahead, have a good ole’ time recording digital audio, you deserve it. The enabler: TapeDeck 1.5, the sequel to the Mac OS X recorder from SuperMegaUltraGroovy and toastycode. Designed to be powerful...
View ArticleSweet Sounds: A Bold New Studio, Made for Manhattan
SOHO, MANHATTAN: Brooklyn may be buzzing with new studios, but for many Manhattan remains the mainland. The recent opening of Sweet Sounds in SoHo shows how strong that sentiment continues to be. A...
View ArticleDMAX Audio Launches — Four Distinctive New Mastering/Mixing Plugins for Mac/PC
Our spies have informed us of the arrival of a new plugin company from Russia: DMAX Audio. The DSE stereo enhancer is one of four new mixing/mastering plugins from Russian upstart DMAX. According to...
View ArticleResearch & Development: Creating the Shadow Hills Mastering Compressor Plugin...
Talk about a harmonic convergence. (l-r) Dirk Ulrich and Peter Reardon teamed to bring the SHMC perfectly into the virtual world. (all photos by Stefan Schönefeld)One of the newest plugins for...
View Articleu-he Releases Satin Tape Machine Plugin
The plugin developer u-he has made quite the name for itself with its popular Zebra synth engine along with their many Uhbik FX plugins that are available as Propellerhead Rack Extensions. Their latest...
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