AEA Debuts N22 — NUVO Series Phantom-Powered Ribbon Mic
Gentleman engineer Wes Dooley and his dedicated crew at AEA have been producing ribbon mics and pres out of Pasadena, CA since 1964 and they say that all of their work has lead them up to this: the...
View ArticlePlatinum Producers, Platinum Engineers & All the Key Panels at the 2013 AES...
The audio event I look forward to most each year is easily the AES convention, especially when it’s right here in NYC. In boom years, the convention can take over a full wing at the Jacob Javits Center...
View ArticleNYC Event Choice: “Keys to Building a Successful Library” – Wed. Oct. 9th
On a July night in Los Angeles, heads were swimming at a packed seminar put on by the Production Music Association: “Keys to Building a Successful Library.” It’s NYC’s turn: The PMA is going to lay on...
View ArticleElectrodyne Announces 2501 Preamp and 2511 EQ
Back in 2009 Electrodyne and Pete’s Palace Audio team (known for their boutique audio offerings) teamed up to produce the original 500 Series 501 preamp and 511 EQ. Now almost five years later the two...
View ArticleUVI Releases Reverb Plug-In – Sparkverb
Paris-based developer UVI has just released Sparkverb, which promises to build a unique workflow for speedy discovery of applying reverb in unique ways. The interface can be as simple or as complex as...
View ArticleThe Soundsystem’s Sound System — How John Klett Designed “Despacio” with...
When LCD Soundsystem’s debut single, “Losing My Edge,” came out in 2002, James Murphy told us the story of being there – in the right scene, at the right place, at the right time. The song serves as a...
View ArticleEarthQuaker Devices Launches Two New Pedals: The Depths and Arpanoid
EarthQuaker Devices are impassioned pedal makers out of Akron, OH USA. Their previous success with pedal designs have lead to the release of The Depths and Arpanoid – two new pedals that bring new...
View ArticleHow to Play External Instruments Inside Your DAW — by AfroDJMac
Think Outside The Box! AfroDJMac sez: You can directly inject your hardware synths — like Synthboy here — right into your DAW more easily than you think. In today’s modern Digital Audio Workstations...
View ArticleMoog Launches Minifooger Analog Effects for Guitar & Bass
Every rig should have one – we mean a Moog of course. That dream became a lot more obtainable today for the musicians of the world – guitarists in particular with today’s launch of the Minifooger...
View ArticleSplice Music Collaboration Platform Launches, with $2.75 Million in Seed Funding
The quest for the ideal online music collaboration is on again. One of the workflows that Splice users will encounter. (click to enlarge) A space that had been relatively quiet for the last few years,...
View ArticleReview: ADAM A77X Monitors
ADAM Audio GmbH has been making high quality studio monitors since 1999, and with the A77X they are bringing their flagship dual driver technology to the small studio market. The top of the AX Series...
View ArticleMeet The Maker: Alto Music NYC Presents Vienna Symphonic Library’s MIR PRO
Dietz Tinhof, godfather of the acclaimed Vienna Symphonic Library MIR PRO, will be visiting NYC for the AES Convention next week, and Alto Music NYC is offering a schedule of seminars and demos where...
View ArticleIK Multimedia Releases iRig BlueBoard Wireless MIDI Pedalboard
IK Multimedia has officially announced the release of the iRig BlueBoard, which was first announced in January of this year. With the wireless pedalboards companion app, all of IK’s Mac and...
View ArticleRCF Launches AYRA Line of Pro Reference Monitors
From industrial strength to the studio. Italy-based RCF is well known for their pioneering endeavors in transducer and speaker technology since their founding in 1949. Over the lifespan of the company,...
View ArticleMONOLisa: A Mixing and Overdub Studio Livens Up Long Island City
Da Vinci – it’s a damn good starting point for inspiration. In Long Island City, experienced mixer and engineer Denise Barbarita is just the latest craftsman to find a connection with Leonardo’s famed...
View ArticleHeritage Audio Debuts DTT-73 & TT-73 – Tabletop 1073-Style Preamps
Get ready to put these up on a pedestal. The Spanish sound masters known as Heritage Audio have introduced a beautiful new mic pre with flexible functionality. The new additions are the DTT-73 (Dual...
View ArticleLoop Loft & Blend.io Launch The Legends Contest Project
Make music – get rewarded. That’s the way it’s supposed to work, right? Blend to your heart’s content – you may win a lot of sonic stuff! Blend.io — the new collaborative music platform that we...
View ArticleReview: “The Daily Adventures of Mixerman” Audiobook
The audiobook, The Daily Adventures of Mixerman, is a colorful account of one man’s experiences as viewed from the trenches and frontline of the music industry. Mixerman, the protagonist, takes us...
View Articleboz Digital Labs Announces Sasquatch Kick Machine Plugin
Ladies and gentleman, welcome plugin developer boz Digital Labs. Based out of central California, this group is dedicated to creating plugins to help every-day audio engineer plugins. Their latest...
View ArticleThe Uninsured Musician’s Guide to The Affordable Care Act
According to one survey by The Future of Music Coalition, about 43% of artists and musicians currently lack health insurance. This is roughly 2.5x higher than the average national rate. It seems...
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