“What the #%&@ Are You Doing with Auria?” Video Contest Launches
Love your audio platform? Say it with VIDEO. The first place package from Auria’s contest includes gear from AKG, Apogee, and JBL Professional. That’s right, the people of Wave Machine Labs – the...
View ArticleStudio Makers Spotlight: Dave Ellis of Ellis Island Design
The designer makes the studio – literally. Dave Ellis — he goes to work. (Photo Credit: Mark Shaw) While each recording, mixing, mastering, and audio post facility starts with the founder’s vision,...
View ArticleRemembering Lou Reed: The Sound of NYC – and That Radio Station in Your Head
Tributes to Lou Reed are playing all over the radio this morning. Many of the songs are by him and the bands he played with, others are clearly inspired by his decades of revolutionary work. Lou Reed...
View ArticleReview: Novation Bass Station II — Analog Mono Synth
Consumers have always had a way with swaying the tides of trends, encouraging producers, designers, developers and manufacturers to reproduce what can now only be referred to as legendary or classic....
View ArticlePaul Epworth Selects WSDG for London Church Studio Restoration
Prepare for a passing of the torch in London – sonically speaking. The sound of the The Church, now owned by Paul Epworth, will be revitalized by John Storyk and his team. One of the top producers in...
View ArticleLive Venue View: Joe’s Pub at the Public — New York City
It’s hard to believe, but the New York City live venue Joe’s Pub at the Public (aka Joe’s Pub) celebrated its 15th Birthday this month. The surprise that accompanies that news is testament to how fresh...
View ArticleSoundToys Announces Full Support for AAX 64 Native Format & Pro Tools 11 on...
The universe for SoundToys users has just received a welcome expansion. EchoBoy — and the rest of the rest of SoundToys’ Effects and Boutique plugins — are now fully supported for AAX 64 Native format...
View ArticleInput Output Podcast: New Audio Gear Roundup & Review
Geoff and Eli take to the floor of the 135th AES Convention to review a smorgasbord of new recording and mixing gear. API’s “The Box” is just one of the objects of I/O’s attention in their audio recap...
View ArticleSAE New York Officially Launches Chelsea Campus — Skylar Grey, Just Blaze...
SAE New York has officially graduated to the next level. Skylar Grey delivered a soulful set at the SAE NY Chelsea campus opening. The creative media school officially opened its new Chelsea campus...
View ArticleLavry Engineering Announces Quintessence Gold Series DAC
The mathematical magic of Dan Lavry has created a dedicated following for the converters produced by Lavry Engineering. A new addition is the Quintessence Gold Series DAC — arriving at the top of to...
View ArticleArturia Announces MicroBrute Analog Synth
Portability tends to rein among today’s trendy society. So it would only make sense for Arturia to go even smaller with their synthesis technology. The explosive popularity of their MiniBrute has now...
View ArticleThe Five Main Types of Reverb, and How to Mix with Them — by Jamey Staub
“Just put some reverb on it.” The EMT 140 plate — a classic way to reverberate your audio. That request just pisses me off. What reverb? Which style? Hall? Room? Plate? Chamber? Spring? Tunnel? Cave?...
View ArticlePropellerhead Introduces Parsec – Spectral Synthesizer Rack Extension
Expanding their online Rack Extension market place, Propellerhead has announced the release of a new synthesizer to the Propellerhead Shop that utilizes a not-so-common form of synthesis. Parsec is a...
View Article“BandFuse: Rock Legends”– Playing and Investing Like A Rock Star
What would you do if someone asked you to invest in the next Guitar Hero? Rapid growth, daring innovation, and let’s be honest – fun – are all part of the package. “BandFuse: Rock Legends” promises to...
View ArticlePro Sound Effects Debuts New Hybrid Library + Expansion 1 — for Freelance...
(Editors Update — January 8, 2014: Pro Sound Effects announced it has released an additional 50 units of the Hybrid Library, available at $1,500 each through January 31, 2014. After the additional 50...
View ArticleInvisible Cities: A Wireless Opera Comes To Union Station
In the latest production of L.A.’s The Industry, the traditional stage is jettisoned in favor of a larger and less restrictive venue: Downtown L.A.‘s iconic Union Station. This past Saturday saw the...
View ArticleCrane Song Announces Peacock Vinyl Emulation Plugin
Dave Hill has never wanted for fans of his hardware classics such as the Crane Song HEDD-192 A/D D/A converter and Avocet monitor controller. Now he’s about to add a third entry to his line of plugins...
View ArticleRecording Drums, Part II: Close Mic Techniques
Welcome back for Part 2 of our new drum mic video series! Fire up a good pair of speakers or headphones and switch your video stream to HD: This time, Justin Colletti leads us in a look at some of the...
View ArticleRØDE Microphones Releases NT1 Cardioid Condenser Microphone
Straight out of the land from down under, RØDE has released one of their quietest microphones to date. Apart from the resemblance to the RØDE NT1-A, The RØDE NT1 only shares the same mesh grille with...
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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