Free Fridays! Fave New Freeware Picks – Pultec-Style EQ, Libraries Galore,...
Perusers of SonicScoop – the wait is over…along with the Summer weather, Free Fridays 12 has finally arrived! Back for another installment of the beloved Freeware Fridays, we here at SonicScoop managed...
View ArticleRain Launches 3rd Generation Event Mini Audio Computer
If audio is all or part of your day, then a computer purpose-built for the job makes plenty of sense. The latest Event has arrived, with a compact price to match its size. Rain Computers has launched...
View Article9th Annual Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival Announces Lineup – Adam “MCA” Yauch to...
The “B” borough will be brimming with beats before you know it. Prepare for the 9th Annual Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival (BHF), happening from July 10th-13th with a powerful lineup lined up. Taking place...
View ArticleConsole Switch: How The Bunker Installed Its SSL 4000 E — Step by Step
Waaay back in the ‘80’s, the Fixx famously proclaimed “one thing leads to another.” And before that, the 17th Century philosopher Spinoza could have told you the same thing. The journey begins — John...
View ArticleAvid Demonstrates Pro Tools 11 in NYC, Thurs. May 23rd
Here’s a road show you’ll want to pull over for. Here’s your chance to get hands on with PT11, and learn more in a hurry. Avid is arriving in NYC this Thursday, May 23rd , for a live and in-person free...
View ArticleBlastwave FX Launches Noizz – 1,001 Digital Glitches
Ready to amuse your ears? This is Noizz you’ll be glad to have around. Then do them a favor and listen to the demo (see player below) of Blastwave FX’ newest sound effects library, named Noizz. A...
View ArticleStudio Convergence: The Pigeon Club Moves into Kaleidoscope Sound
In the music production world, convergence today is about more than just styles combining – it can also refer to studios coming together. That’s exactly what’s happened in the busy New Jersey scene,...
View ArticleEvent Choice: “The Art of Scoring for Documentaries” – Tues. 5/28 in NYC
Documentaries are on the rise in the world of filmmaking, with the number of producers and subgenres all seeing consistent expansion. Wendy Blackstone will be pointing the way on documentary scoring...
View ArticleRoyer Labs Launches 15th Anniversary R-121 Limited Edition Ribbon Microphone
Ribbon mic fans prepare to get happy – and move fast. Burbank, CA-based Royer Labs announced that the 15th Anniversary R-121 Limited Edition Ribbon Microphone is now available, but only in the...
View ArticleReview: XILS-lab LeMasque Delay 1.5
The world of delays is a huge one. Up there with the almighty reverb, delays occupy a big presence in the sound and style of studio/live musicians, mixers and sound designers around the world. Whether...
View ArticleNative Instruments Launches Abbey Road 50s Drummer — New Virtual Instrument
Ready to go back…to the future? Native Instruments is happy to facilitate, via the UK studio that’s beginning to loom larger than (virtually) any of the artists that have recorded there – we speak of...
View Article“Sound Business”: Meet Pralaya Productions — Composing and Sound Design,...
A magician never reveals his secrets – but fortunately some composers are more than happy to share. As it’s name suggests, Pralaya Productions is purely musical. Even though music-for-picture maven...
View ArticleImagem Music Signs George Gershwin Catalog
The work of one of modern music’s legends may have just gotten more accessible. A Gershwin gathering (left to right): Richard Stumpf, President of Imagem Music, Marc Gershwin, Todd Gershwin, Peter...
View ArticleBlue Cat Audio Launches Liny EQ 5.0 – Linear Phase Graphic EQ
Audio engineering should be an elegant experience. That belief is easy to see in the newly released Blue Cat Audio Liny EQ 5.0, which represents a complete rewrite of the French developer’s low latency...
View Article2013 PARMA Music Festival Announced – Live Classical Music Gathering 8/15-17,...
An energetic wave of classical – from new to historic to experimental — is beaming out of the Northeast. It’s not south nor southwest — but there’s a similar sense of musical adventure afoot. HQ will...
View ArticleArpeggionome for iPhone is Launched – New Arpeggio Instrument and Controller
The iPhone continues to prove itself as an ideal host for fresh musical possibilities. A highly intriguing development is the Arpeggionome for iPhone, which transforms the iPhone into a new and...
View ArticleIcons: Mick Guzauski on Engineering and Mixing Daft Punk’s “Random Access...
Talk about being in the right place at the right time. No, we don’t mean the moment Mick Guzauski got invited to engineer and mix the new chart-topping album by Daft Punk, Random Access Memories. We...
View Article32 New Albums & Artists to Know About — Made in NYC, LA, and Nashville
As new records by Savages, The National, Vampire Weekend, The Flaming Lips and Daft Punk spin on high rotation chez SonicScoop, we’re hearing about so many new projects coming down the pipeline that we...
View ArticleThe Best Noise Reduction Plugins on the Market
The best way to deal with a troublesome noise is to avoid recording it in the first place. In a controlled environment, like a recording studio or a film set, you’re blessed with a quiet space, clean...
View ArticleFall On Your Sword Adds Audio Post Mixer Ryan M. Price, Updates 7.1 Mix Room
Audio post’s footprint continues to loom larger in Brooklyn. The latest developments are at the Williamsburg collective Fall On Your Sword (FOYS), which has firmly established itself as a full-service...
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