Smarter in Sixty Seconds: The Beggar At The Side Of The Road
Every now and again you read something that speaks so profoundly to you that it stops you in your tracks. Mark Hermann sez…this guy Tolle is on to something. It grabs hold of your soul and whispers in...
View ArticleAudient Debuts iD22 Compact Recording Interface – Class A Mic Pres, 24/96...
Those small packages are bringing better and better things. Audient has just debuted its new iD22 recording interface to demonstrate that fact. Not only is it easy on the eyes and big on ergonomics,...
View ArticleEvent Alert: Off The Record With Scott Hull Feat. Producer Rob Mathes, 4/25
On the next “Off The Record with Scott Hull”, coming up this Thursday (4/25), the Masterdisk chief sits down with multi-talented producer, Rob Mathes (Sting, Elton John, U2). Rob Mathes Scott Hull –...
View ArticleArto Vaarala Releases Kirnu Cream – Standalone MIDI Arpeggiator Plugin
Kirnu Cream is the successor to this curious plugin manufacturer’s original plugin, Kirnu. Arto Vaarala branched off from their original design to create an arp that would stand out from the crowd....
View ArticleNew Studio Alert: Room 17 in Bushwick, Brooklyn
When Adam Lasus decided to partner up with Joe Rogers and Scott Porter at the new Room 17 in Brooklyn, it was something of a homecoming. Until high rents and new opportunities convinced him and his...
View ArticleRadial Debuts PreComp – 500 Series Combo Preamp, Compressor
Here comes a pro audio peanut butter cup for you. Radial Engineering has introduced the PreComp, a new 500 series module that combines a preamp and compressor in one single-wide module. In addition to...
View ArticleWaves Launches GEQ – Classic and Modern Graphic EQ
WARNING: The following news item contains graphic images. Fortunately, the content is still safe for work – Waves has announced the launch of GEQ, a full-featured graphic equalizer plugin with both...
View ArticleSPL Debuts Crimson USB Audio Interface, Controller
The newest audio interface is going to make you see red – and hear it. Always-intriguing German manufacturer SPL devised this crafty device of which we speak: Crimson, a USB audio interface and...
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 ArticleDMAX Audio Launches Audio Mastering Studio for iPad
It’s time that the iPad mastered mastering. That’s happening now, thanks to the release of Audio Mastering Studio, from the Russian developer Igor Vasilyev, working in cooperation with DMAX Audio....
View ArticleThe Garden: Intensively Equipped to Mix and Create in Brooklyn
CLINTON HILL, BROOKLYN: If there’s one thing New York City needs more of, it’s gardens. Just the word itself has a therapeutic effect, invoking a harmonious convergence of beauty and order. So it’s no...
View ArticleAegean Music Launches Amp Vision – Guitar Amp Distortion and Effects Plugin
Get some BIG boxes inside your box. The developers known as Aegean Music have launched Amp Vision, an ambitious new guitar tone shaper – you could call it an amp simulator, but that seems to sell this...
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 ArticleArt Echoes Across the Atlantic: No Longer Empty on the Road Sounds Off at the...
NYC arts organization takes its talent for creating site-specific installations overseas, with a sonic twist.
View ArticleBe Lou Reed for 64 Minutes: How 3D Sound Met “Metal Machine Music”
Arup’s advanced NYC SoundLab drives an evolution in performance art.
View Article
