Review: Spitfire eDNA01 – Earth – by Andrew Koss
For those of us that love music/sound synthesis, sound designing, and electronic production, we are living in glorious times indeed. We now have a vast ocean with a plentiful bounty to fill our...
View ArticleiZotope Releases Sample-Based Synthesizer – Iris 2
The idea behind iZotope’s Iris software is to combine the capabilities of a sampler and modular synthesizer (see SonicScoop’s review of the original edition here). The next step for Iris 2 introduces...
View ArticleGrace Design Announces m905 Analog-Only Stereo Reference Monitor
Colorado-based Grace Design originally developed their acclaimed m905 with included DAC – now with the audio-only version of the m905, users that already have converters can still make use of the m905...
View ArticleWaves Launches OneKnob Pumper Plugin — Instant Ducking
Waves knows that, as the holidays kick off, we all have a need to keep things simple. Ergo, the release of their latest in the series of OneKnob plugins, this time in the form of Pumper. Ducking has...
View ArticleD.W. Fearn Launches VT-24 Four Channel Vacuum Tube Microphone Preamplifier
A true gentleman of audio, Mr. D.W. Fearn is into heavy metal. We talk not of his taste in music (although Black Sabbath and Meshuggah may indeed grace his home stereo), but his audio designs. The...
View ArticleBest New Gear of the Year: 2014 Edition
2014 was an active year for audio. From boutique modeling plugins to re-imaginations of the mixing console, intriguing designs aimed at niche markets seemed to be the norm. Join us as we look back at...
View ArticleRapper Bobby Shmurda and GS9 Crew Arrested at Quad Recording Studios NYC
A long-term investigation of Brooklyn rapper Bobby Shmurda culminated in his arrest outside of Quad Recording Studios yesterday. Brooklyn rapper Bobby Shmurda and his GS9 crew were working at Quad...
View ArticleSonnet Introduces Fusion R400 RAID USB 3.0 Rackmount Storage System
Storage may not be sexy, but it sure is essential. Here’s a smart-sized and affordable new solution designed to suit the studio. Sonnet’s new RAID storage system features USB 3.0 and offers multiple...
View ArticleProducer Profile: Kelvin Wooten – Making Hits and Multitasking
Kelvin Wooten is clearly comfortable wherever he is – the confidence of creating hits while remaining grounded will have that effect. Kelvin Wooten is well on his way. (Photo Credit: Dokk Savage) The...
View ArticleSoftube Releases Mutronics Mutator Plug-In – Stereo Analog Filter & Envelope...
Softube has resurrected an outboard analog filter that was used by a number of iconic artists of the 1990s. The Mutronics Mutator’s unique sound became few and far between when production of a critical...
View ArticleSonnox and Fraunhofer Launch Pro-Codec Version 3
When Sonnox says “Pro”, they mean it. That’s apparent in the newly launched Pro-Codec Version 3, which the English plugin wizards have just debuted in concert with their friends at Fraunhofer IIS. The...
View ArticleSupervising Sound Editor Skip Lievsay to Receive MPSE Career Achievement Award
We’d call this a sound choice: The Motion Picture Sound Editors (MPSE) announced that it will honor Academy Award-winning Supervising Sound Editor and Re-Recording Mixer Skip Lievsay with its 2015 MPSE...
View ArticleLindell Audio Announces MID-500 EQ – Pultec MEQ-5 Style 500 Series Module
We’ll make this short and sweet – sharp new hardware is on the way from Lindell Audio. The Swedish creator of inspired gear and plugins announced that the MID-500 EQ, a Pultec MEQ-5 style 500 Series...
View ArticleRecording Studio Sweet Spot — Wisseloord BV, The Netherlands
Reinvention can be a beautiful thing. As the New Year approaches, consider a personal renovation on the level of Wisseloord BV in The Netherlands. This studio didn’t sit on the laurels it gathered up...
View ArticleMix With The Masters Announces Chris Lord-Alge Seminar – July 24-30, 2015
Mix With The Masters is gearing up for 2015 a touch early, with the announcement of what will be a quickly-sold-out-seminar: multiple-GRAMMY-winning Producer and Mixer Chris Lord-Alge. CLA is back with...
View ArticleArturia Updates iProphet iOS Soft Synth to Version 1.1
Profit from the Prophet! iProphet Version 1.1, that is, Arturia’s iOS soft synth edition of the classic ‘80’s synthesizer. The new V includes compatibility with iOS 8. The latest version (2.1.5) of the...
View ArticleToneBoosters Launches TB BusCompressor
That magic bus compressor is always just around the corner – and when you finally find that one that you click with…WOW. Could the new TB BusCompressor from the busy plugin developers ToneBoosters be...
View ArticleMaking the Mix Room: Chuck Zwicky’s Zmix — Chelsea, New York City
Just over Chelsea way in Manhattan, is a man who takes mixing very, very seriously. The discography of Chuck Zwicky is deep and diverse, stacked with hitmakers that include The Rembrandts, Reggie...
View ArticlePMC To Launch twotwo sub2 Subwoofer at NAMM 2015
UK-based reference monitor manufacturer PMC is making an impressive series of moves in all manner of speakers and monitors. Their twotwo range of near-field monitors is about to be joined by the new...
View Article5 FAQ’s to Demystify Dithering
WHAT IS DITHERING? Dithering, in its most basic form, is the addition of very low-level noise to a digital signal in an effort to help improve the sound. WHY ADD NOISE? It’s actually a bit of a...
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