Vocal Focus: Peppina —‘Follow Your Gravity’
Producing the debut EP for an artist means pulling double duty: You don’t just want them to be heard – you want them to be discovered. Finnish artist Peppina came to NYC to record her debut EP “Follow...
View ArticleEplex7 DSP Releases Bassblaster VST Plug-In
Although this is the first we’re seeing Eplex7 here at SonicScoop, we’re sure it won’t be the last. Their new plugin Bassblaster is a niche VST that generates low frequency after-effects on each signal...
View ArticleSoundtoys Launches Little AlterBoy – Free Voice Alteration Plugin, + “Plugged...
Soundtoys know how to party with the best of ‘em at SXSW, and 2015 is no exception – yet again they’ve launched a free plugin for the festival, and this one should be plenty of fun. Prepare to worship...
View ArticleIn Defense of the Laptop Record
Many studio veterans maintain a certain stigma against “laptop records.” By laptop records, I mean recordings that are made outside of a traditional recording studio, without a collection of expensive...
View ArticleBobby Owsinski Launches 101 Mixing Tricks Coaching Program
On his journey through the winding corridors of the wondrous music industry, Bobby Owsinski has gathered a personal collection of mixing and audio engineering tricks that he is willing to share with...
View ArticleWendy Starland: On Protecting Producers, Bands & Brands, and Bringing Up Lady...
Wendy Starland exudes the ideal of the modern entrepreneurial recording artist. She is also famous for having discovered and developed Lady Gaga at NYC’s famed venue The Cutting Room – a fruitful...
View ArticleThe AMP Act is Introduced to the House: Legislation to Provide Producers,...
Are more dependable royalties on the way for producers, mixers and engineers – by the letter of the law? (L-R)The Recording Academy’s Daryl P. Friedman, Chief Advocacy & Industry Relations Officer;...
View ArticleHoRNet Plugins Releases BSharry Side Chainer – Auto Sidechain Compressor Plug-In
HoRNet Plugins has released their second plug-in created in collaboration with DJ BSharry. Side Chainer delivers on their design goals of simplicity making kick drum pumping, or any sidechain...
View ArticleNYC Event: Audio Power Tools Open House – Brooklyn, 3/26
Eye candy, ear candy, and refreshments for your bod + brain – if this isn’t the perfect evening, what is? Let us beseech ye no more, and point directly to the answer: The Audio Power Tools Open House...
View ArticleIs SXSW Worth It for Musicians? A Photo Tour of Austin’s Biggest Music Festival
Is a trip to the annual South by Southwest festival worthwhile for musicians? Judging by the fact that over 2,000 official acts, representing 53 countries, played in over 111 Austin venues this past...
View ArticleiZotope Releases Ozone 6.1 Update – Tube Limiting, Adaptive Release for...
Ozone 6 from iZotope was launched back in October, 2014 and now officially has its first patch. Many of the feature updates for Ozone 6.1 were a result of customer feedback so users should be pleased...
View ArticlePlug & Mix Releases Chainer – VST Chaining Wrapper
Plug & Mix proudly offers dozens of effects pedal VSTs that can be combined to create a wealth of signal chains. With the introduction of Chainer, users of the P&M plug-ins can now save their...
View ArticleBrooklyn Audio Post Bravado: Fall On Your Sword Unveils The Foundry — 7.1...
Audio post in Brooklyn is not news anymore. Owing to the larger spaces available and the convenience, an ever-growing contingent of filmmakers and media producers want to mix sound in their borough of...
View ArticlePSP Releases MasterQ2 – Successor to Their Original MasterQ Mastering EQ Plug-In
The original MasterQ from PSP Audioware has been around the block. Their customers loved it so much that they decided to make it even better. Bigger, stronger, Q-er. MasterQ2 is a mastering EQ plug-in...
View ArticleThe Neve 1073 LB Reviewed by Nic Hard
Engineer/producer Nic Hard test out the new 500-series Neve 1073LB at Bushwick Studio and Mission Sound, putting it up against a Vintech X81 and the classic Neve console 1073s.
View ArticleRecording Sweet Spot: Bushwick Studio
This under-the-radar studio may have one of the best mic cabinets on the East Coast.
View ArticleBushwick Studio Adds Studio Manager Steven Alvarado
One of Brooklyn’s bastions of high-end tracking and mixing, Bushwick Studio, has gotten a major boost in the personnel department. Studio owner Josh Kessler announced that Steven Alvarado has been...
View ArticleThe Neve 1073 LB Reviewed by Nic Hard
The Neve 1073 LB is a new 500-series “reissue” of the classic and revered microphone preamp originally designed by Rupert Neve in the 1960s. The classic Neve 1073 has been used on countless albums...
View ArticleRecording Sweet Spot: Bushwick Studio
BUSHWICK, Brooklyn: Though still known for its relatively affordable real estate, industrial sprawl and epic loft parties, Bushwick was much more of a frontier ten years ago when guitarist and...
View ArticleBushwick Studio Adds Studio Manager Steven Alvarado
One of Brooklyn’s bastions of high-end tracking and mixing, Bushwick Studio, has gotten a major boost in the personnel department. (l-r) Josh Kessler and Steve Alvarado are united at Bushwhick...
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