Amelia Robinson Tracks at Daddy’s House for Hip Hop Public Health
Artist Amelia Robinson and her band, along with manager Karla Chee-a-tow, tracked at Daddy’s House, the NYC recording facility owned by Sean “Puffy” Combs, recently for Hip Hop Public Health. Studio...
View ArticleMOTU Launches Digital Performer 8 — 64-Bit, 17 New Plugins, Better Video
Devotees of the DAW known as Digital Performer – and there are many – got some welcome news today. Envision DP8 — now available for Mac, with Windows on the way. MOTU announced that is now shipping...
View ArticleTELEFUNKEN Introduces New R-F-T Stereo Sets — CU-29 Copperhead, AK-47 MkII...
Ready to double your pleasure? TELEFUNKEN Electroakustik is happy to help. Matched pairs of TELEFUNKEN CU-29 Copperhead, AK-47 MkII and AR-51 Mics In that spirit, the company is set to introduce three...
View Article“Audible Mention” Blog by Brandon Lackey — Vocal EQ & Compression Bonanza
If you’re in need of some fresh audio ideas for things you do every day, be advised to check out Audible Mention, the new blog series from Baltimore-based sonic maestro Brandon Lackey. It’s...
View ArticleRecording Studio Sweet Spot — 440 Sound Studios, Woodlawn Park, NJ
There’s no shortage of surprises in the Garden State. One of the dopest discoveries there is 440 Sound Studios, a revitalized room where an SSL 4000 G resides within a George Augspurger-designed...
View ArticleAudio Network (NYC) Licenses “El Presidente” to Verizon Wireless
What really makes J Lo get up and boogie? Audio Network knows. Verizon Wireless liked the sound of Audio Network for its latest campaign. The NYC-based production music library announced that it has...
View ArticleUniversal Audio Launches New UAD-2 Card, Hardware/Software Bundles and...
Universal Audio (UA) has launched what they’re calling “a complete re-imagination” of the UAD Powered Plug-Ins platform. This consists of: a new “flagship” product with the UAD-2 OCTO DSP Accelerator...
View ArticleMatt & Kim: Underwear Recording, and other Home Studio Scandals
WILLIAMSBURG, BROOKLYN: Imagine becoming Matt & Kim on a whim. The most dynamical duo evah — Matt & Kim unleash their “Lightning”. Well, that’s what happened to…Matt & Kim. The magic...
View ArticleCamel Audio Launches “Shlomo Beatbox” Sample Library
Camel Audio – makers of the Alchemy sample manipulation synthesizer – have just released the unique new Shlomo Beatbox sound library. Click for more details and sample sounds This library combines an...
View ArticleSONGS Music Publishing Appoints Ron Perry President and Head of A&R
Ron Perry has been appointed President and Head of A&R of NYC-based SONGS Music Publishing. Ron Perry Formerly Head of A&R at SONGS, Perry will continue to report to SONGS Founder and CEO Matt...
View ArticleSound Forge Pro Mac Officially Available from Sony
Competition in the all-important audio editor sector has officially intensified. Mac users can now go pro! Sound Forge Pro, that is. Today Sony Creative Software announced that it has released Sound...
View ArticleRadial Announces Q4 class-A Parametric EQ – 100% Discrete State Variable...
If you thought every EQ that can be created has been created, then Radial Engineering invites you to think again. The Radial Q4 takes Class A all the way. In introducing their new Q4, Radial has...
View ArticleNew Plugin Review: PSP Echo
When PSP released a new plugin simply called “Echo” I was hesitant to review it. For one, I had already given their BussPressor a glowing review when it came out over the summer, and was hesitant to...
View ArticleComposer Giancarlo Vulcano on 30 Rock Music & The Pursuit of Imperfection
BED-STUY, BROOKLYN: TV and film score composers will often talk about their musical scores as characters in the advancing plot. But it’s rare that audiences experience the score on that level –...
View ArticleThe Studio As An Instrument: The AES Platinum Engineers Panel (Video)
As we come up on the 2012 AES Convention – October 27-29 at San Francisco’s Moscone Center – we’d like to revisit what some of last year’s AES attendees told us was their favorite panel discussion. We...
View ArticleThe Sound Shop Mobile Recording Relocates to NYC
While the studio scene has been seeing a healthy expansion in New York City this fall, the mobile audio space is also on the upswing. Welcome Sound Shop Recording to NYC! The latest development is the...
View ArticleGuided By Voices’ Robert Pollard & Tobin Sprout Art Opening: ‘The Big Hat &...
If you want to give your ears a rest and inspire your eyes instead, here’s a tip for this weekend. “Elliott with Machine” — we assure you this is just the beginning. On October 5th-6th, Steve Five...
View ArticleEvent Choice: Vaudeville October Residency Debuts Saturday, 10/6 in BKLYN
Go ahead, and pay attention to the man behind the curtain. Because – in this case – that man is Ian M. Coletti, the driving force behind the thriving Williamsburg community arts venue Vaudeville Park....
View ArticleTelefunken Introduces M80 Dynamic Mic Solid Color Line
It must be the cooler air, but a big burst of activity continues unabated from the laboratory of TELEFUNKEN Elektroakustik. Look, but don’t touch! Actually, it’s OK — you can touch ’em. Their latest...
View ArticleAlexB Releases Opto Tube Dynamics – Tube Based Opto Compressor Library
He’s at it again: The European software developer Alessandro Boschi aka AlexB has just released “Opto Tube Dyamics,” (OTD) a brand new library of tube-based opto compressors, designed to work...
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