Music as Survival: A Marine’s Military-Spec Studio Checklist
Everyone encounters obstacles in life. Some may be more daunting than others, but we all strive to find a way to overcome and adapt to make it through. In the end, it is what we learn from experience...
View ArticleSimmons Introduces Stryke6 iPad Drum Controller
The pioneers behind the first electronic drum kits, Simmons, are now catering to the portable generation with Stryke6. Designed to work directly with the iPad with their free Stryke6 app, the portable...
View ArticleTC Electronic Announces Complete System 6000 Integration for Pro Tools, DAWs,...
The legendary TC Electronic System 6000 is a standard across the entire spectrum of audio production for its processing capabilities. Now TC Electronic is making it even better. By recognizing that a...
View Article“The Distortion of Reality”
On July 10, 2014, a new documentary, titled The Distortion of Sound, premiered at the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles, California. It promised to deliver “an eye-opening exposé of the current state of...
View ArticleAudio Post Moves: Nutmeg Post Adds Sound Designer/Engineer Brian Beatrice
Brian Beatrice has joined the elite team at Nutmeg. The good guys keep on comin’ to Nutmeg Post. Now occupying one of the suites at the midtown NYC facility is Emmy Award-winning Sound Designer and...
View ArticleNew Studios: Spice House Sound – Philadelphia, PA
Listen in… 25′ ceilings are just the start. (All photos by Cheryl Fleming Photography) Turn your ears Philadelphia way, and you just might hear the call. It’s coming from the new studio of a young...
View ArticleBlue Introduces New Mo-Fi Headphones – Headphones With Built-In Audiophile...
Purveyors of audio capturing devices, Blue Microphones is now reinventing their version of the headphone as we know it. Eliminating any pre-conceived notions about how and what headphones are supposed...
View Article“Commercial Scoring Workshop” Debuts from Emmy-Winning Composer Silas Hite
Silas Hite knows commercials — and after his workshop, you will too. Writing music for commercials is an art form all its own. Emerging composers who want to get in the game now have a sharp new...
View ArticleReview: Focusrite iTrack Dock, iPad Audio Interface — by Erin Barra
I was excited to review the Focusrite iTrack Dock because I’ve been intrigued by iOS for quite some time and finally had a reason to find out what all the hype is about. I’ve seen my fair share of iPad...
View ArticlesE Electronics Introduces SPACE – Their New High Performance Reflexion Filter
It’s been eight years since sE Electronics originally introduced their Reflexion Filter Pro – a portable isolation environment that renders vocal tracks void of nasty reflections and resonant...
View ArticleAvoiding Pitfalls of Music Law, with Entertainment Lawyer Ron Skoler
Image by Flickr user Felipe Cardoso Moreira de Oliveira At some point all musicians must ask themselves: Is this a job or a hobby? Even those able to make it to that mountaintop of gainful employment...
View ArticleFabFilter Releases Pro-Q 2 Equalizer Filter Plug-In
On top of the already gorgeous interface, this major update from the original FabFilter Pro-Q brings us a host of new features along with all of the originals. Pro-Q 2 boasts a few key additions –...
View ArticleFredenstein Launches Artistic FET Compressor, for 500 Series Value Line
500 can be affordable – so says Fredenstein Professional Audio. At $239, you can fit this 500 in. An American-German design team, Fredenstein keeps its costs down by manufacturing in Taiwan, then...
View ArticleGalaxy Audio Begins Shipping ERGOMIC – Unique Form Factor Dynamic or...
Get a handle on this innovation – one that seems long overdue. The new ERGOMIC from Galaxy Audio offers an advanced form factor. Galaxy Audio is now shipping the ERGOMIC, a wired microphone that offers...
View ArticleThe ABC’s of…EDM In The Studio: The Music Behind The Dance – The Chemical...
The latest in a series by Michael Haskoor — also see the ABC’s of Avant Garde Rock, Electronic Rock, Punk/, Reggae, and Blues Rock. EDM is big in every way — The audience digs into a concert at Sonar...
View ArticleVideo Tutorial: Editing Trills in Melodyne with Shortcuts for Speed and...
Modern production and pop music in particular often involves a lot of editing. I’m a big fan of spending more time on tracking and less time on edits – and only when needed. When edits are needed I...
View ArticleVolant Studios in TriBeCa, NYC, For Sale For $2 Million Plus
If your mind’s eye is picturing a fully built out studio in downtown Manhattan, you might not have to lift a finger to make it happen. You will, of course, have to sign a large check: Volant Studios, a...
View ArticleStudio Upgrades: Sweet Sounds — Bringing Up The “Broadway”&“Crosby Rooms
One thing we’ve always liked about the SoHo studio Sweet Sounds, since we first wrote about them in late 2012, is that they’re like Lowe’s: never stop improving. The forward-thinking facility has just...
View Article“Sync Songwriter Workshop” Launched by The SongHunters & Flavorlab – 10/27 in...
Here’s a whole new way to get in sync with music supervisors. Music supervision service The SongHunters are co-launching the first “Sync Songwriter Workshop”, along with… The first “Sync Songwriter...
View ArticleStartling Startups: Hookist – Social Songwriting Collaboration
What’s the best first line of a song about coming home? The answer may well be up to you, even if the singer is world famous. Hook(ist) will hook you in. As you’re about to find out. Songs take on a...
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