Steinberg Releases Sequel 3
Steinberg — the company that brings you Cubase and Nuendo, and the world-renowned VST plug-in format — has announced the newest edition of Sequel, their entry-level workstation. Steinberg Sequel 3 -...
View ArticleCountdown to AES with Chris Shaw
SonicScoop is proud to host a pair of live talks as part of AES’ Platinum Panels series. The first of these interactive discussions is “Creative Engineering: The Studio As an Instrument”, a panel that...
View ArticlePitch To Top Agency Music Producers At NARIP Music Supervisor Sessions
NARIP bills its upcoming series of “Music Supervisor Sessions” as “Intimate Meetings & Pitch Sessions With Music Supervisors from Top Ad Agencies.” In separate sessions, the first of which takes...
View ArticleUniversal Audio Announces UAD Software v6.0, Ampex ATR-102 Mastering Tape...
Universal Audio has today launched a major software update – UAD v6.0 – and a brand-new plug-in… UAD Ampex ATR-102 The Ampex ATR-102 Mastering Tape Recorder – considered by many engineers to be the...
View ArticleNovation Introduces New Impulse Series Keyboard Controllers with Automap v.4
Novation has introduced its new Impulse Series line of keyboard controllers — a “pro-class” set of controllers in that the peripheral has the feel of a real instrument and is extremely accurate,...
View ArticleMobb Deep Inks Deal with RED for NYC-Based Infamous Records
Multi-platinum NYC rap duo Mobb Deep inked a label deal today with RED Distribution – a division of Sony Music Entertainment – for their imprint Infamous Records. Founded in the late 90s, Infamous was...
View ArticlePropellerhead Adds Wireless Sync-Start (WIST) to ReBirth for iPad and iPhone
Propellerhead announced that is has released ReBirth 1.2 for the Apple iPad. iJam with the newly updated ReBirth. With Version 1.2, the Rebirth app adds WIST (Wireless Sync-Start Technology developed...
View ArticleWaldorf Announces Availability of Lector Vocoder Plug-In
As diehard fans of Waldorf’s inimitable filters, we’re always glad to see a new release from the famed producer of synths and plug-ins. Vocoders, always a tool in need of demystification and evolution,...
View Article“Sound Smack” by AfroDJMac: Sidechaining Makes Your Tracks Interact
Hello, this is New York-based producer, songwriter, guitarist, and live electronic musician AfroDJMac. I like to describe my music as being futuristic yet nostalgic: it’s a blend of indie rock,...
View ArticleUpstart Startups: Spins.FM Connects Radio to Social Media
EAST VILLAGE, MANHATTAN: Radio still rules. Sure, we all spend a lot of time with our heads in headphones connected to our streaming devices, but as Spins.FM understands, there’s plenty of action...
View ArticleEvent Alert: Caribbean Cultural Music Conference 2011 on 9/22 & 9/23
An annual event held in NYC, this year’s Caribbean Cultural Music Conference will take place in Manhattan on September 22-23. The daytime events at the Carribean Cultural Conference are free and open...
View ArticleWaves Announces H-EQ Hybrid EQ
Waves has announced the release of its new H-EQ. Highly versatile, ergonomically advanced, and we expect quite musical as well for mixing and mastering, it is available now for $149 TDM and $99 Native....
View ArticleSession Buzz: Who’s Recording In & Around NYC — A Monthly Report
GREATER NYC AREA: Summer sessions were all over the map this year. Now – just a week into September – we take a look back at some of the later-summer recordings happening around town… Preacher’s Son at...
View ArticleCuring Condenser Confusion: An Audio History of The AKG C 414
SonicScoop contributor and producer/engineer Justin Colletti recently launched his audio+music blog, Trust Me, I’m A Scientist and we think it’s rad — be sure to check it out and sign up for the TMimaS...
View ArticleCountdown to AES with Peter Katis
BRIDGEPORT, CT: In the old days, there were engineers who came up through the established studio system, rising from the ranks of interns, and there were engineers who worked their way into their...
View ArticleEvent Alert: IMSTA FESTA Free Music Tech Event Returns to SAE on Saturday, 9/24
IMSTA FESTA is returning to NYC and the SAE Herald Square campus on Saturday, September 24th. Free to attend, a IMSTA FESTA is a one-day music technology festival event at SAE featuring panels,...
View ArticleJZ Microphones Intros A New “Classic” Microphone, the Vintage 11
Latvian mic manufacturer JZ Microphones has introduced the latest of its “Vintage Series” microphones – the V11. Instead of emulating classic microphone models as in their Vintage 12 (AKG C12) and...
View ArticleFree Fridays Numero 2! All New Freeware Plugins — Classic Synth, ’80’s...
Hello SonicScoopers. Finally, another Friday of free stuff we found around the Web! Believe it or not, this batch is all new – hot off the show room floor. Now please, help yourselves to a heaping...
View ArticleMOTU Releases Their Universal Sampler – MachFive | 3
MOTU is a company known worldwide in professional audio production for their high-quality hardware interfaces for studio and mobile purposes. MOTU is also well known for their intuitively designed DAW...
View ArticleBehind the Release: Fleet Walker “Morning Void”
SUNSET PARK, BROOKLYN: Even the most natural talent needs some nurturing. And when an emerging songwriter crosses paths with a label that understands the strength of artist development, very good...
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