Plugin Review: Vertigo Sound VSM-3 from Brainworx & Plugin Alliance
We’re always hearing about the good old days of analog, when all of the non-linearities of tubes, transistors, transformers and tape combined to color recordings in a wonderful way. From the beginning...
View ArticleMaking the Mix Room: Vacation Island – SoHo, Manhattan
Who’s back in black? Matt Boynton, that’s who. When last we looked in on this unassumingly driven engineer, he was well on his way in Williamsburg. But the real estate moguls are digging ever deeper...
View ArticleRadial Engineering Shipping Space Heater 500-Series Tube Overdrive
Radial Engineering has released a 500 series module based off of their original 8-channel rack-mount Space Heater (originally covered by SonicScoop here) to cater to the growing 500 community. The...
View ArticlePro Sound Effects Launches Ambisonics Series Libraries – First Up: NYC...
One of the leaders of royalty-free sound effects for media producers around the world is launching their Ambisonics series of SFX libraries. Pro Sound Effects is introducing a new level of ambience...
View ArticleThe Best Peak Limiter Plugins on the Market
Peak limiters have become ubiquitous in music production. With the advent of digital processing, limiters can now “look ahead” and react instantaneously to audio peaks, providing true “brickwall”...
View ArticleA Concise Guide to Soundproofing and Acoustic Treatment
Justin Colletti is back on the SonicScoop video blog! This time, learn all of what he knows about soundproofing studios and using affordable acoustic treatment options to get the best possible sound...
View ArticleAudio-Technica Shipping BP40 – Large-Diaphragm Dynamic Broadcast Microphone
The spoken word is the star with the BP40 from Audio-Technica, an ideal microphone for vocal broadcasting: Podcasts, overdubs, radio, post-production, and more. The dynamic BP40 with the optional...
View ArticleRecording Wynton Marsalis and Vitoria Suite: A Jazz Journey from Basque...
Capturing the latest from an American master, producer/engineer/mixer Jeff Jones looks to build on the legend of Rudy Van Gelder. The post Recording Wynton Marsalis and Vitoria Suite: A Jazz Journey...
View ArticleLicensing and the American Songbook: Sunflower Entertainment Advances the...
Jamar Chess explains why staying ahead in publishing and synchronization can mean taking the long view. The post Licensing and the American Songbook: Sunflower Entertainment Advances the Chess Legacy...
View ArticleGig Alert: The Creole Choir of Cuba, Sun. 10/2 at Symphony Space
For those on the hunt for something different this weekend, taking in the concert by The Creole Choir of Cuba just may be the thing. The 10-person group from Camagüey, Cuba, will light up Symphony...
View ArticleRecording Wynton Marsalis and Vitoria Suite: A Jazz Journey from Basque...
HARLEM, MANHATTAN: Who are the lighthouse keepers for New York City’s brilliant musical beacon? The giant of jazz known as Wynton Marsalis surely stands as one such sentry, an adventurist and...
View ArticleLicensing and the American Songbook: Sunflower Entertainment Advances the...
MIDTOWN, MANHATTAN: It’s not just artists that need a niche. Publishing and licensing companies have to have a strong idea of who they are, as well – a fact that NYC’s Sunflower Entertainment has a...
View ArticleGig Alert: The Creole Choir of Cuba, Sun. 10/2 at Symphony Space
For those on the hunt for something different this weekend, taking in the concert by The Creole Choir of Cuba just may be the thing. The 10-person group from Camagüey, Cuba, will light up Symphony...
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