IK Multimedia Launches UltraTuner – Precision Digital Tuner for iPhone, iPad,...
Versatility and high precision make for a powerful combination in IK Multimedia’s newest offering, the UltraTuner for iOS devices. The UltraTuner supports both tuning, and non-chromatic instrument...
View Article“Sound Business”: Wear Your Music – Rock Stars, Fashion, and Making a Difference
Making music is about giving and receiving at the same time. Here’s a non-profit that knows how to put that two-way relationship perfectly into motion. Silver guitar and bass string bracelets from Wear...
View ArticleDubspot Announces Los Angeles Campus for DJs, Electronic Music Production
After making it in NYC, the next logical step for Dubspot was to look to the left – all the way to LA. DJ’s and electronic music producers can now go bicoastal with their training, via Dubspot’s...
View ArticlePSP Audioware Launches PSP X-Dither – Mastering Dither & Noise Shaping...
If you’re goal is to eliminate distortion and minimize noise modulation in the mastering phase, then being on top of dithering is big. Don’t be afraid to dither: PSP X-Dither is here for you. The...
View ArticleSample Logic Launches Waterharp 2 – Score-Ready Morphed Instrument
Film, TV and game composers and electronic music producers are always on the lookout for an edge when it comes to new sounds. The latest collection from Sample Logic may help that in that never-ending...
View ArticleTonecraft Audio Launches — Debuts 363 Tube Direct Box
Get ready to ring in the new year early. With just days to go in December, there’s an exciting new entry into the audio world. Tonecraft Audio has arrived, and with it the 363 Tube Direct Box. San...
View Article2013 In Review — The Year in Audio
2013 was definitely NOT business as usual. In NYC, LA, Nashville and beyond, it seemed like audio was growing in every direction this year. Whether you’re looking at recording or audio post facilities,...
View ArticleOp-Ed: Audio’s Allure – The Sonic Spark Rediscovered
I recently wrote about what we lose when large facilities go away. Soon after that I was at Quad NYC, which today consists of two smaller rooms and a third on the way, occupying a single floor. It was...
View ArticleReview: EZ Keys’ Classic Electrics, Retro Electrics, Upright Piano and...
Over the past few years, Toontrack has been busy creating some of the most exciting and innovating sampling products on the market. Their flagship Superior Drummer plugin is by far the best sounding...
View ArticleMix With The Masters Announces Jimmy Douglass Seminar – May 19-25, 2014
The latest Master has been confirmed for Mix With the Masters. Jimmy Douglass lands in the South of France in May. This time, the week-long elite audio seminar will star Jimmy Douglass, the four-time...
View ArticleRemembering Benjamin Curtis – Musician, Producer, Engineer, Inspiration
The longer you’re a music fan, the more you realize that bands – like stars and galaxies – have lifecycles. Benjamin Curtis performing at The Bowery Ballroom in 2009. Photo by Tammy Lo. I was reminded...
View ArticleTone2 Releases ChartBreaker for Nemesis Soft-Synth
Celebrating the recent release of their latest software instrument, Tone2 has announced the release of ChartBreaker, their first soundset for Nemesis. ChartBreaker is a blend of 200 presets that...
View ArticleVintagetools Launches VT900 Studer 900 Series Channel Strip
Take a classic, then make it more compact, easy to use, and affordable – what’s not to like? The German manufactuer Vintagetools clearly saw things that way when it designed the new VT900 Studer 900...
View ArticleVitalis Audio Debuts — Launches Custom Cutaway Guitar NS10 Studio Ribbon...
Call it what you will – upcycling, convergence, evolution – here’s an approach to monitor design that you’ll definitely notice. The Vitalis Audio Cutaway Guitar NS10 StudioRibbon puts the classic...
View ArticleNYC Indie Labels: Captured Tracks — Instinct, Intellect, and Artistic Expansion
Mike Sniper started the indie label Captured Tracks in 2008, working nights out of the basement of Williamsburg’s Academy Records, which he helped run during the day. Within a year, he’d be putting out...
View ArticlePro Tools 11 Pioneer — Part Four: Recording Without TDM Plugins
As much as we love to debate the topic, recording vocals isn’t the rocket science we make it out to be. Zach is on the hunt for effective TDM plugin workarounds. Once you’ve got the hang of it,...
View ArticleApogee Launches MiC 96k – Higher Fidelity Microphone for iPad, iPhone & Mac
With CES currently unfolding, and NAMM on the way, expect manufacturers to be upping the ante on existing offerings, along with the myriad new product rollouts. For the former category, observe Apogee...
View ArticleBig Post Expansion for Brooklyn: Rumble Audio Arrives
Remember the movie Rumble in the Bronx – the one that unleashed martial arts actor Jackie Chan into the film world? Now another equally deft, sonic maneuver is unfolding one borough over. Rumble Audio...
View ArticleA2IM Libera Awards Opens Submissions & Nominations — for Best Indie Labels,...
Make your voice heard! If there are artists, labels, and/or the meticulously crafted fruits of their labors you feel deserve recognition, there’s a way to make that known. Simply take part in the...
View ArticleLearning To Fly II — The Real Guide to Being a Monitor Engineer, with Javier...
It seems like everyone wants to be at the front of the house. Inside the gates, behind the flashy console, in the middle of the crowd, the engineer stands mixing the show for the fans. Audience members...
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