Timeless Sound Bites: 11 Insights from Bruce Swedien
When a true legend speaks, people listen – especially when what he’s talking about is…listening. Now you’re talking: L-R: Top Row: Francesca Smith, APRS; Maureen Droney, Sr. Executive Director, The...
View ArticleTone2 Audiosoftware Releases Nemesis —“NeoFM” Synthesizer
Leave it to Tone2 for discovering advanced synthesis methods and different types of sound generation. The synth developers have now added the Nemesis soft-synth to their arsenal that utilizes an...
View ArticleDouble-Feature Review: Rupert Neve Designs 5060 Centerpiece Mixer & 511 Mic Pre
Couple months back, I was invited to Downtown Studios for the unveiling of a new Rupert Neve mixer. I knew it would be small – I’d read rumors of a desktop mixer with the guts of the 5088 console. And...
View ArticleSteinberg Releases Cubase 7.5 and Cubase Artist 7.5 Updates
Steinberg’s flagship DAW, Cubase, has gotten a turbo boost, adding new functionality from workflow enhancements to instrument and effects additions. A major update in the latest version, now Cubase...
View ArticleRecording Drums, Part III: Placing Room Mics
Welcome back for Part 3 of our free drum mic video series. Get off those laptop speakers and switch your video stream to HD as Justin Colletti takes us through a handful of the most popular approaches...
View ArticleGrado Labs Launches Limited Edition Bushmills x Grado Labs Headphone
Friendship, music and whiskey have converged in an unprecedented new way at the Brooklyn HQ of Grado Labs. This NYC audio hotspot has distilled – and just launched – the limited edition Bushmills x...
View ArticleVintagetools Debuts Sonic Summarizer & Sonic Summarizer PRO — Analog Vintage...
The new summing amps from Vintagetools take a vintage approach on design and components with the Sonic Summarizer and Sonic Summarizer PRO. Components and summing design are based off of broadcast...
View ArticlePositive Grid Releases JamUp Plug HD Guitar and Bass Interface for iOS Devices
The successor to Positive Grid‘s original JamUp Plug now captures audio in high quality 24-bit/48kHz with improved signal-to-noise ratio with the JamUp Plug HD. The super small interface plugs straight...
View ArticleInside WNYC & WQXR’s Jerome L. Greene Performance Space
TRIBECA, MANHATTAN: The Jerome L. Greene Performance Space, with its huge street-level windows, is fittingly public for a venue that’s run by New York Public Radio. Looking at the Greene Space from the...
View ArticleMix With The Masters Announces Jack Joseph Puig Seminar – April 23-29, 2014
South of France…Jack Joseph Puig – six words that match up harmoniously together. Three names — infinite wisdom: learn from Jack Joseph Puig via Mix with the Masters this April. That’s not the only...
View ArticleNo More “Stupid Deals”: Why Dave Stewart Launched First Artist Bank
Former Eurythmics member Dave Stewart has proved his talent for innovation remains undiminished, with the recent announcement of his plans to launch a new bank designed specifically for musicians and...
View ArticleSony Pictures Installs Harrison MPC5/Xrange Film Console System
Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City, CA, has just made a major upgrade. Now onsite is a new Harrison MPC5/Xrange film console system with MC² – 64 wide monitoring and Object++ 3D panning software. The...
View Article9 Questions with Michael Lau of Round Hill Music: Rethinking Publishing for...
Getting creative means shaking things up. That’s a fact not just for songwriters, but for publishers too. One publishing company that’s proven unafraid to make some waves is Round Hill Music (RHM)....
View ArticleMan Made Music Expands Creative & Brand Partnerships — Promotes Dan Venne,...
Additional manpower has just been added to Man Made Music. Dan Venne is now VP, Supervising Producer at MMM The most recent expansion for Joel Beckerman’s prolific music company is within its Creative...
View ArticleShure Launches 3rd Annual “Get the Gig” Internship Competition
Do you have what it takes to be “one part roadie, one part blogger, and one part administrative genius”? Go and get it! If so, then you best be psyched for the Third Annual Shure “Get the Gig”...
View ArticleReview: IK Multimedia iLoud
There is no doubt that audio technology has become less expensive, more transparent, more powerful and more portable. In terms of real cost-to-performance, anywhere from a few hundred to a few thousand...
View ArticlePositive Grid Releases ToneCloud – Amp Sharing Cloud Platform
California-based developer Positive Grid recently released their popular iPad app BIAS allowing musicians to create a huge variety of custom amp models. Now with the release of ToneCloud, artists can...
View Articlecreatedigitalmusic: Yamaha to Acquire Line 6
Line 6, a pioneer in guitar technology is set to be acquired by Yamaha. How do these two manufacturers fit together? Peter Kirn of createdigitalmusic provides a sharp analysis of the transaction — see...
View ArticleDave Smith Instruments Releases Prophet 12 Synth Module
Declaring it his “best synth yet”, designer Dave Smith of Dave Smith Instruments has created a portable tabletop and rack mountable version of their Prophet 12 keyboard. The Prophet 12 module is a...
View ArticleTELEFUNKEN Launches DD4 & DD5 Dynamic Drum Microphone Sets
TELEFUNKEN aims to take the guesswork out of recording drums. In that spirit, they’ve combined three of their Dynamic Series microphones, and converged them to form the DD4 and DD5 Drum Microphone Sets...
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