Pro Audio LA: How Custom Cables Led to Bigger Business
When you see the large, open space of the workshop, the quaint coziness of the demo room and the impressive construct of the studio control and live room, it’s hard to imagine just two guys sitting in...
View ArticlescoreAscore Names Jake Weinreb Director of Business Development
The music-for-picture resource scoreAscore.com (sAs) has just added new muscle at the executive level. scoreAscore has scored Jake Weinreb for its team. A pioneering platform founded in 2010, Los...
View ArticleMackie Now Shipping Re-Designed SRM450 & SRM350 Portable Loudspeakers
As we all know, Mackie has been in the live sound gig for years. In fact, their original SRM450 was the first active, portable loudspeaker! Breathing new life into the SRM series, Mackie has included a...
View ArticleGear Designer Insider: SBS Designs – Satisfying Studio to Stage to DJ
There’s a place in New Jersey where audio is very serious business. Craig “Shorty” Bernabeu of SBS Designs is a man on a mission. It’s called SBS Designs, and the gear that comes out of there has a...
View ArticleThree New Universal Audio Plugins: Thermionic Culture Vulture, Tonelux Tilt...
A trio of sonic inspiration has just been launched by Universal Audio. All three plugins are available for the UAD Powered Plug-ins platform and their Apollo audio interfaces, and each will definitely...
View ArticleAudio Power Tools Presents: “An Evening with Royer Labs & Mojave Audio”– 7/17...
Ribbons, condensers, and recording will be the stars of the show next week, at an event being held at the hands of Audio Power Tools. The Brooklyn-based sonic hardware and software purveyors are...
View ArticleInside the Lives of Composers for Hire
Commercial composer Matt Filler’s workstation at Pralaya. You can’t really sing. Your 12-tone concept album about incidental “Game of Thrones” characters doesn’t have quite the audience you thought it...
View ArticleTELEFUNKEN Debuting Black Diamond Tube Series At Summer NAMM
Late 1940’s the German-made TELEFUNKEN 12AX7 tube debuted – arguably one of the most esteemed components in the recording industry. Thanks in large part to the tube factor. TELEFUNKEN Elektroakustik is...
View ArticleVideo: Mixing Metallica – Backstage with Their Two-Man Monitoring Team
“Don’t get relaxed,” says Bob Cowan, Monitor Engineer for Metallica, of his enviable gig. Metallica monitors engineering Bob Cowan on point. No one should feel too calm witnessing a Metallica show, but...
View ArticleInside Red Bull Studios with Vacationer and Chris Tabron
Vacationer at work in Red Bull’s New York studio. The band Vacationer released an album near the end of June that sounds bigger, glossier and more alive than their past efforts. Their first record,...
View ArticleBBE Sound Releases Sonic Sweet v3.0 PlugIn Bundle – Complete with Mach 3 Bass
The new Sonic Sweet v3.0 bundle from BBE Sound includes completely re-worked versions of the their staple D82 Sonic Maximizer plug-in H82 Harmonic Maximizer, and the L82 Loudness Maximizer plug-ins....
View ArticleAugspurger Launches Duo 12.3 DSP – New Compact Studio Monitor
There are big names in monitors, and there are HUGE names. The nomenclature that is Augspurger arguably looms huger than them all, and now there’s a new addition to this legendary line. Introduced by...
View ArticleModern Grooves by Black Octopus – New iZotope BreakTweaker Expansion Pack
iZotope’s latest beat sequencer, BreakTweaker has another expansion pack available – Modern Grooves by Black Octopus. Complete with 40 presets in all, Black Octopus promises a musical workflow that...
View ArticleUsing a Laptop Onstage: Do’s and Don’ts of Digital Integration for Live Shows
Are you an electronic musician/producer who needs to translate your studio swag to a stage setting? Are you a band attempting to use a laptop on stage in lieu of human bodies playing instruments? Are...
View ArticleWaves Announces SoundGrid Studio System – Audio Networking Platform
Constantly expanding their capabilities, Waves has conquered plug-in development and has even dipped their toe in the virtual instruments realm. Now with the release of SoundGrid Studio System, Waves...
View Article“The Show Must Go On”: A Tribute Concert for Larry Swist – 8/6, Buffalo, NY
One of audio’s greats will soon be at the center of a sound celebration. Larry Swist will be in the room on August 6th. On Wednesday, August 6th, an all-star lineup of musicians and engineers will...
View ArticleRecording Studio Sweet Spot: Ground Control Studio – Williamsburg, Brooklyn
The stars are out in Brooklyn. And when we’re talking about Ground Control Studio in Williamsburg, it’s a veritable constellation of attractions that make this facility worth a look. Synth enthusiasts...
View ArticleMOTU Announces Three New Thunderbolt Interfaces – 1248, 8M, And 16A Audio...
A trio of new high-tech interfaces from MOTU are loaded with more than the average audio interface. All three models are available in the same footprint with differences in I/O – 1248, the flagship...
View ArticleMixer Clinic: Understanding Artist Expectations — Featuring Dunson’s...
Every mix I do starts with a conversation with the artist. Mixer Brandon Lackey heads up the Lineup Room. My goal is to deliver something great. The best way for me to do that is to get a clear...
View ArticleStewart Copeland, Jeff Beal To Keynote 1st Annual Production Music Conference...
If its masterful mentors you seek, look no further. Stewart Copeland (picture) will keynote the afternoon session of the PMC, and Jeff Beal will keynote in the morning. The first annual Production...
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