Brainworx Releases Two Mastering Plugins: bx_refinement & bx_saturator V2 Native
Choose your path – With two new mastering plug-ins from Brainworx, users can tame the beast or unleash it. In a decision that we may spend too long deciding on, how about using both to master the sonic...
View ArticleNYC Event: “Moms In Music” May 15th — Panel Features Nina Persson, Angela Hunte
Music brings families together – the music business can be something else entirely. WIM will help you make it work! Women In Music (WIM) is helping current and future parents to get a handle on...
View ArticleSimmons Introduces The SD1500KIT
Simmons, the original pioneers of electronic drum kits, have now introduced the SD1500KIT – a fully electronic drum kit that provides a huge variety of kits inspired by old and new music styles. Kits...
View ArticleProducer Jack Endino, the Other “Godfather of Grunge”
Jack Endino’s name is synonymous with the sound of Seattle in the early 90s. From time to time, he’s referred to as “The Godfather of Grunge”. Jack Endino. Photo by Keith Marlowe. Blame Nirvana. Or...
View ArticleNow Cutting Vinyl in NYC: Alex Abrash Mastering Adds Neumann VMS-66 Lathe
A Neumann VMS-66 disc mastering lathe has just been added to New York City. The Neumann VMS 66 lathe at Alex Abrash Mastering was previously in Jamaica. This pristine machine is in residence at Alex...
View ArticleFocusrite Introduces Saffire PRO 26 Audio Interface — FireWire & Thunderbolt...
Expanding to their line of popular Saffire interfaces, Focusrite is now introducing the Saffire PRO 26. The new interface includes four of their excellent mic pre-amps. With a total of 18-ins and...
View ArticleChandler Limited Launches TG2-500 – 500 Series Pre Amp/DI
A highly desirable pre amp and DI has gone inside the rack. Chandler Limited’s TG2-500 has an Abbey Road heritage. Chandler Limited announced that its acclaimed TG2 is now available in the form of the...
View ArticleThe Myth of a Thousand Little Choices (The 80/20 Rule as Applied to Audio...
Image courtesy of Flickr user Erica Zabowski We often make hundreds or thousands of decisions on any given project. How many of them really count? Most of us like to tell ourselves—and others—that...
View ArticleMoog Announces The Theremini — Theremin Reimagined
The Moog Theremin is one of our lifetime’s most unique electronic instruments – It’s the only instrument that users play without even touching! The Theremin has now been re-imagined with the Theremini...
View ArticleEventide Releases DDL-500 Delay For 500 Series
The new DDL-500 from Eventide brings a beautifully strange new addition to the world of a traditionally analog environment. This delay is, at it’s core, digital. But as Ray Maxwell, VP of Sales and...
View ArticleVideo Launch — Live Sound: Metallica and the Meyer Sound MJF-210 Stage Monitor
Necessity is the mother of invention. Metallica’s James Hetfield onstage in South America. (Photo: Jeff Yeager) That ages-old truisum was confirmed for both Metallica and Meyer Sound, when the former...
View ArticleMaking the Mix Room: Mark Needham — The Ballroom, Hollywood
If Mark Needham is experiencing downtime, it’s strictly self-imposed. Few mixers keep busier than Needham, whose talents seem always to be in demand. His discography of platinum artists span decades,...
View ArticleNYC Event: June 9 —“Disruption 2014: How to Survive & Thrive in the New Music...
With the vaunted entertainment industry tradeshow Promaxbda finally returning to New York City after a three-year absence, next week will be all about forging connections, making moves, and getting...
View ArticleResearch & Development: Antelope Audio Zen Studio — Portable Audio Interface
Zen – it’s a school of Mahayana Buddhism; a meditative state; an audio interface. If that last category seems out of place, you may not know the thinking that went into making Zen Studio, the portable...
View ArticleDeath By Audio Announces New Guitar Pedal – Reverberation Machine
Right in our own backyard, some brave Brooklyn pedal builders have crafted a new reverb pedal that can hit anything from soft whispers to complete obliteration. Reverberation Machine from Death by...
View ArticleSlate Announces RAVEN 2.0 — Batch Command System Debuts
Yes, Slate as in Steven Slate. As in Slate Pro Audio. As in Slate Digital. But mostly commonly, Slate – has announced RAVEN 2.0. For those not familiar with the original idea, Raven is the touch screen...
View ArticlePromaxBDA Conference Preview – New York City, June 10-12
Welcome back! After two consecutive years in Los Angeles, one of the entertainment industry’s most dynamic trade shows has returned to New York City. Promax is back! A really big show comes to NYC June...
View ArticleCreativeLive and the Next Generation of Online Audio Education
Producer Steve Evetts, a special guest instructor for CreativeLive’s “Studio Pass” workshop. Producer Steve Evetts listens intently to the sound of Ben Weinman’s guitar coming through his headphones....
View ArticleNew Music Seminar Preview: June 8-10, NYC
New Music Seminar crash course: Launched in 1980 and lasting through 1994, NMS established itself as the music business convention of its time. The event has seen some serious change in what it...
View ArticleAnthony Demaria Labs Announces ADL 1700 Liquid Mu Peak Limiter
There’s nothing like an analog addition to brighten up your day. Anthony Demaria Labs is providing that ray of sunshine with the announcement of the ADL 1700 Liquid Mu Peak Limiter. A unit with myriad...
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