Ear Trumpet Labs Announces Evelyn Stereo Mic
Portland, OR-based mic developer Ear Trumpet Labs specialize in manufacturing handmade microphones with vintage aesthetics and modern electronics. Their new Evelyn stereo mic consists of two...
View ArticleSound Tips for Beginners — Analog Audio Levels for Recording
There comes a moment of joy and frustration with the appearance of the fourth piece of gear. You already have an audio interface for your computer, the mic plugs into the mic jack and the guitar plugs...
View ArticleNYC Event Alert: Premier Studios Session Seminar w/Anthony Daniel, 2/21
Ready to tackle three big audio topics in four hours, with an accomplished pro? If that sounds appealing to you, then there’s an upcoming Premier Studios Session Seminar to put into your calendar: an...
View ArticleRIP Joseph Grado — Founder of Grado Labs
A patriarch of audio has departed us. Today, Brooklyn-based Grado Labs released the following statement: Joseph Grado lived a life of sound. It is with a heavy heart for the Grado family to say that...
View ArticlePSP Audioware Introduces Master Quality Rotary Speaker Plug-In, L’otary
Producers of a variety of hardware modeled plug-ins, PSP Audioware is now introducing their first rotary speaker emulator with L’otary. The new plug-in is modeled after the legendary Leslie 122, and...
View ArticleResearch & Development: Waves DiGiGrid DLS — Ethernet Audio Interface &...
We confess – when we first encountered Waves’ DiGiGrid DLS solution at the 135th AES, we couldn’t get our heads all the way around it. On the surface, we could see that this was a particularly powerful...
View Article“Fader” Debuts – Wireless DAW Control App for iOS Devices
Brooklyn-based producer and engineer Nick Brandes has announced the release of his premiere iOS app for wireless DAW control. Fader supports three main views: Control your DAW from across the room with...
View Article10 Classic Albums Made Outside the Recording Studio
More than ever before, albums are written, recorded, and even mixed at home. But it wasn’t always that way. Just a few decades ago, almost all bands booked time in a recording studio to capture the...
View ArticleJ. Walter Thompson’s Paul Greco Named Chair of 2015 AMP Awards Advisory Board
It’s very satisfying to see the good guys get ahead. J. Walter Thompson’s Paul Greco will be on top of the 3rd Annual AMP Awards. That’s exactly what’s just happened at the Association of Music...
View ArticleSoftube Transient Shaper Plug-In Released
Softube first previewed their Transient Shaper last month at NAMM 2015. With the announcement of the official release, users will get to experience their dual-band transient shaper that can effect...
View ArticleComposer Jóhann Jóhannsson — On Scoring “The Theory of Everything,” Abbey...
Jóhann Jóhannsson is on a roll – of a different sort. The circular motion of the imagery in the brilliant film that he scored, The Theory of Everything, inspired the spherical structures of the...
View ArticleAnalogue Solutions Announces Nyborg-12 Monosynth Module
Developed by UK-based Analogue Solutions, Nyborg-12 couples the monophonic synthesizer with their SEM 12dB/octave multimode filter. The filter’s design is inspired from Tom Oberheim’s original 1974 SEM...
View ArticleChung King Studios Closes — New Direction for Classic Rooms at 36 W. 37th Street
Chung King Studios has closed – again. And with John King’s exit from 36 West 37th Street, comes a new chapter for this coveted space. John King has exited the Chung King Studios located he helmed for...
View ArticleWaves Releases dbx 160 Compressor/Limiter Plug-In
Flash back to the 70s when artists like David Bowie and Led Zeplin were topping the charts with tracks mixed and produced by Eddie Kramer. One of his go-to pieces of outboard gear? The original dbx 160...
View ArticleSlate Digital Launches Virtual Console Collection 2.0, Featuring ‘Brit 4K E’
One plus five=2.0. The VCC has expanded in with V 2.0. We speaketh of the latest VCC from Slate Digital, aka Virtual Console Collection 2.0, which has added a sixth emulation to the pack of five...
View ArticleRecording Studio Sweet Spot: Transmitter Park Studio — Greenpoint, Brooklyn
Shed your skin, begin again. It happens everywhere in nature, and as it turns out, in Brooklyn too. At Transmitter Park Studio, the renewal was only clear to owner Abe Seiferth and his crew after they...
View ArticleMusic House Moves: Elias Arts Announces Executive Changes in NYC & LA
Bring fourth the personnel changes at Elias Arts. L-R: The updated LA team at Elias Arts includes Production Coordinator Allee Futterer, Executive Producer Vicki Ordeshook and Head of Production Katie...
View ArticleCakewalk Launches “Braintree,” First Major Release from SONAR Membership Program
The SONAR Membership Program from Cakewalk was announced earlier this year, putting an end to “versions,” and allowing users to receive all SONAR DAW enhancements and content as they become available....
View ArticleReview: Universal Audio UAD-2 Satellite Thunderbolt OCTO
Plugins: They are commonplace and nearly mandatory in today’s studios and workspaces, and for some, have entirely replaced hardware processors. There is now even an entire generation of audio fiends...
View ArticleStam Audio Announces SA-2A Leveling Amplifier
Give a warm welcome to the SA-2A Opto Compressor, coming straight out of Chile and Stam Audio. This South American beauty claims to be a faithful reproduction of the classic 1968 Teletronix LA-2A...
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