MOTU Launches Digital Performer 8.0 for Windows
The latest version of MOTU’s Digital Performer is made for the other half. Or however large the percentage of music producers that work all or in part on a PC — which may be a bigger segment than...
View ArticleRecording Sweet Spot – Mother Brother Studios, Bridgeport, CT
Connecticut isn’t often accused of being a cultural hotspot, but don’t underestimate the sonic steadfastness of the Nutmeg State. One studio that’s seen the musical persistence of CT is Mother Brother,...
View ArticleStephen Arnold Music Expands with New NYC Office
A prolific creator of sonic branding and original music has just expanded its East Coast presence. Noelle Alanís is Director of Licensing, Northeast USA, for Stephen Arnold Music. Dallas-based Stephen...
View ArticleFirst Look: Universal Audio Apollo 16 Launch at VKLA
Last week, VKLA hosted the West Coast premier of Universal Audio’s new Apollo 16 interface, presented through a live demonstration by Fab Dupont and an interview with Universal Audio founder Bill...
View ArticleUniversal Audio Launches Ocean Way Studios Dynamic Room Modeling Plugin
There were rumors that this plugin existed – now it’s a fact. Universal Audio (UA) has announced today the release of their newest plugin, which represents a highly advanced new approach to acoustic...
View ArticleUniversal Audio Releases SPL TwinTube, Sonnox Oxford Inflator UAD Plugins
Universal Audio’s newly debuted UAD Software v7.0 is making a grand entrance. Take on the TwinTube — in virtual style, via the UAD platform. In addition to the just-announced Ocean Way Studios plugin,...
View ArticleFilm Soundtrack Spotlight: Music Supervising “Love Sick Love”— From Score to...
Love and obsession – it’s a match made in cinematic heaven. It’s not just a love story — “Love Sick Love” has it’s own musical history as well. The latest film to go there, and then go deeper, is Love...
View ArticleNYC Event: Ableton Advanced Users Meetup – Thurs., May 9th, at Tekserve
The atmosphere was electric last month at Tekserve when electronic music aficionados packed the place for the official Live 9 & Push Preview event. Sound designer, music technologist, composer and...
View ArticleThe Anatomy of a Studio Guitar
Guitars, like people, come in all shapes, sizes and colors. Also much like people, when you look beneath the surface, they’re all made of the same stuff: In this case, wood, metal, plastic and curves....
View ArticleFocusrite Announces Scarlett 18i8 & 6i6 – New USB 2.0 Audio Interfaces
Two new audio interfaces are on the way. The latest in their Scarlett line, Focusrite has added a pair of ruggedly-built options available to recording artists, producers, and bands with the newly...
View ArticleNew Studio Review: Strange Weather, Brooklyn
Generally, I try to stay objective when I write about new studios. But when it comes to East Williamsburg’s Strange Weather recording, I just wouldn’t be telling the whole story if I neglected to...
View ArticleLine 6, Topspin Media Launch WHAT’S NEXT Musicians’ Conference – NYC, LA,...
Live music is taking center stage, at a new music conference coming to many of the globe’s music capitals. This stage-centric event series is in NYC on June 8th, and LA on August 10th. The WHAT’S NEXT...
View ArticlePalm Mute Piano Launched – Finger-Dampened Virtual Instrument
Looking for a new twist on an old standby? You’ve just found one. A new piano perspective — the Palm Mute Piano. Paper Stone Instruments, a new Kontakt Library development company with some fresh...
View ArticleHarrison Debuts MPC5 Film Console
It’s not every day that a new large-format digital mixing console is officially unveiled to the world – but today just happens to be one of those days. The newcomer is from Nashville-based Harrison,...
View ArticleElements of Mixing with Bassy Bob: Speeding up Remote Revisions
You know what I really hate? Revisions, revisions, revisions… Sometimes they go on for days. Endless prints, emails, lists of notes, confusion over which version were talking about. You get the...
View ArticleA.O.M. Releases tranQuilizer Graphic EQ Plugin
Alchemically Organized Music, or A.O.M., is a Tokyo-based developer that has a few interesting, quality plugins already out – their latest being the tranQuilizer. TranQuilizer is a feature-rich plugin...
View ArticleReview: ADAM F5 Studio Monitors
I mix quite a bit for film and TV where dialogue is king. For those projects, I like monitors that put the human speaking voice front and center. Many consumer TV’s, flat screens, laptops, tablets,...
View ArticleFREE ReacTable Concert Wed. 5/15 in NYC – Play a ReacTable Yourself at...
Opportunities like this don’t come along every day. Tonight, Wednesday May 15th, at 7 PM, may be your best chance to get up close and personal with the revolutionary electronic instrument ReacTable,...
View ArticleGlobal Music Elite Gather in NYC for Phil Ramone Tribute
How do you say goodbye to Phil Ramone? Pictured L-R, seated: Paul Simon, Quincy Jones, Karen Ramone, BJ Ramone, Matthew Ramone; L-R, standing: Steve Gadd, Josh Groban, Dave Grusin, Ed Cherney, Nikki...
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...
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