RIP Larry Swist – Remembering a World-Class Studio and Monitor Designer
SonicScoop was saddened to learn of the recent passing of Larry Swist. A highly accomplished audio facility designer and studio monitor inventor, he passed away on December 28 following a short battle...
View ArticleFocusrite Announces iTrack Dock – Professional Dock For Recording On iPad
Focusrite has the right focus when it comes to production of quality portable interfaces. Integrating with today’s technology, Focusrite has announced their third iPad audio interface, iTrack Dock....
View ArticleHarrison Launches 950mx Analog Console – Highly Flexible Desk for Mixing &...
There’s a new analog board available, and it just may be a different way to mix. The new Harrison 950mx is designed to turbocharge the DAW environment. Harrison announced that it has launched the 950mx...
View Article“Elements of Mixing” Seminar Announced – Feb. 10 at Mission Sound, Brooklyn
Here’s a one-day way to max your mix skills. You’ll see sound from a different perspective after “Elements of Mixing”. The next Elements of Mixing Seminar – GRAMMY-winner “Bassy” Bob Brockman’s...
View ArticleHybrid Studios: A New Orange County Nexus for Recording, Video, & Creativity
In a place as creative as Orange County, an inspirational new space is long overdue. Fortunately, that facility has arrived in the form of Hybrid Studios, an ambitious audio video complex that intends...
View ArticleAPI’s New Lunchbox, New 500 Series Modules
Introduced at NAMM, the new API Lunchbox — the 500-8B — has EIGHT slots, and delivers more power and overall better performance than the six-slot 500-6B. And it costs the same – $499. Can’t complain...
View ArticleMoog Announces Sub 37 Mono/Duo-Paraphonic Synthesizer
Another noteworthy NAMM release comes to us from Moog – The Sub 37 synth. Built on the engine that powers their original Sub Phatty, the Sub 37 includes the same DAHDSR filter, two modulation busses...
View ArticleiZotope & BT Co-Develop BreakTweaker — Beat Machine of the Future
iZotope and BT have collaborated on new technology they’re billing “the beat machine of the future”. Introduced at NAMM, “BreakTweaker” is a new kind of rhythmic instrument — a platform for rhythmic...
View ArticleBell Sound – A Legacy of Looking Ahead
It feels like home. Bougainvillea climbs over the green metal gate, encircling bright blue lounge chairs and a wrought iron table set, picturesque, against the brick patio. Entering Bell Sound The...
View ArticleRadial Announces Space Heater Tube Drive + Summing Mixer, Twinline Guitar FX...
Radial Engineering came through Winter NAMM with some big announcements and the ones that caught our eyes were the introduction of the Space Heater 8 channel tube drive + summing mixer, and the...
View ArticleNAMM 2014 Gear Highlights: 36 Picks to Improve Your Studio
If being thoroughly overwhelmed is your thing, then the music trade show they call NAMM is a great way to kick off the year. NAMM beckons to the industry insiders. The 2014 North American Music...
View ArticleTekserve Names Jerry Gepner CEO
A highly respected media and technology mind has a new role in New York City. Jerry Gepner is the new CEO of Tekserve. Tekserve, the technology solutions provider and Apple reseller headquartered on...
View ArticleVinyl Hits a Ten Year High – But Why?
British Phonographic Industry figures from 2013 suggest vinyl sales, while still relatively humble compared to CDs and downloads, have reached a ten-year high. The BPI data shows some 550,000 LPs were...
View ArticleAudiffex Releases STA Flanger — Plugin with Summing Tube Amplifer Circuity
Audiffex is a multimedia development company based out of the Czech Republic and they come to us bearing new software! The release of their STA Flanger represents quite the history behind software...
View ArticleStuder Introduces Vista X Console, with New Infinity Series Processing Engine
Studer is putting a stop to the power struggle. The marquee manufacturer has just unveiled the new Vista X digital console and the Studer Infinity Processing engine, showing off their landmark new...
View ArticleFresh Off the Press: “The Music Producer’s Survival Guide” by Brian Jackson
Brian Jackson has decided to take music career books to the next level. With the MPSG, you’ll learn how to build a fire in the studio…just kidding. In his new book, The Music Producer’s Survival Guide:...
View ArticleSynch Focus: Giorgio Moroder’s “Doo Bee Doo Bee Doo” for Volkswagen’s “Wings”
Intensive research and pure instinct — the story behind discovering the perfect music for one of the best ads of Super Bowl XLVIII. Who’s In Focus: http://www.menloparkmusic.com We Are: Menlo Park...
View ArticleGlyph Launches New Line of Drives with Studio Mini
Glyph has set out to make an uncompromising external drive for engineers and producers on the go. The Studio Mini can move data at speeds up to 420 MB/s. Glyph Production Technologies has recently...
View ArticleFocusrite To Hold RedNet Showcase at Vintage King Nashville (VKN) MixRoom,...
Vintage King Audio will be hosting a special Focusrite RedNet showcase in their Nashville location on Thursday, February 20th, 2014. The showcase will be hosted by Vintage King staff, RedNet specialist...
View ArticleAudio Post Moves: Sonic Union Adds Mixer Fernando Ascani
A musical multitasker has come onboard at Sonic Union in New York City. Mixer & Sound Designer Fernando Ascani has joined up with Sonic Union. The Union Square audio post facility announced that it...
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