FXpansion GEIST: Beats In The New Year (Video)
Flatiron District, Manhattan: Driving into the city with my writing partner Erik, speeding through tons of traffic, I first laid my hands on Geist, the new drum machine sampler by FXpansion. Sitting in...
View ArticleSSL Duende Plug-Ins Go Native
SSL has released the Duende Native plug-in collection. Duende Native plug-ins are, reportedly, functionally and sonically identical to the now discontinued DSP powered Duende plug-ins, but run...
View ArticleBreakThru Radio Launches “Dubway Days” Video Series
BreakThru Radio has announced the premiere of its new web-TV show, “Dubway Days”, which documents the creative process of musicians and songwriters as two artists meet in a recording studio to write...
View ArticleThe Pyramid Recording Collective Expands with New Staff Additions
The Pyramid Recording Collective announced that it has made a number of staffing additions. Headquartered in Koreatown, Pyramid was founded in 1976 and is home to a vintage custom API console, among...
View ArticleInside Stickydisc Recording with Eric Broucek
GREENPOINT, BROOKLYN: As a budding producer coming up at DFA Records’ Plantain Studios, engineering for label co-founders and producers James Murphy and Tim Goldsworthy — and artists such as LCD...
View ArticleSpectrasonics Omnisphere 1.5 & Omni TR Controller iPad App Now Available
Spectrasonics Omnisphere is now available in version 1.5, with new features including “The Orb” interface offering real-time synthesis manipulation capabilities. The Orb interface The update also...
View Article4 GRAMMY Award Wins Connect to Stadium Red in Rap, Classical, Choral Categories
Stadiumred Studios in NYC announced that four of the Grammy nominations that the facility participated in were winners at the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards, held Sunday, Feb. 13th in Los Angeles. Stadium...
View ArticleLegal Notes: Napster’s Muscle Falls to Indie Label Rounder Records in NY...
FEDERAL DISTRICT COURT, SOUTHERN DISTRICT, MANHATTAN: Picture it, the Internet, 1999. Napster launches out of a college dorm room in Massachusetts, and becomes one of the biggest forces in the music...
View ArticleYessian Produces Dream-Pop “Don’t Fence Me In” For Wieden + Kennedy Nokia Spot
Yessian recently partnered with Wieden + Kennedy New York to provide music for a Nokia spot which aired during the Grammy Awards and will air again during the Oscars this weekend. Nokia: Don't Fence Me...
View ArticleWAVES Announces Modeled Plug-In Version of APHEX Vintage Aural Exciter
WavesAudio, in association with Aphex, has announced the release of their modeled plug-in version of the original Aphex Aural Exciter. The release of the Waves Aphex Vintage Aural Exciter is good news...
View ArticleReview: Telefunken R-F-T AR-51 Microphone
A few weeks ago, having the good fortune to escape the latest onslaught of snow to pummel NYC, I flew down to Lexington, KY to record a project at my familiar haunt and near second home, Saint Claire...
View ArticleSearch Party (NYC) Expands with Oregon Office, Adds Chris Funk of the...
Search Party, a provider of original music and music supervision for all media, announced that it has expanded beyond its New York City headquarters with a new Portland, OR, office. In addition, it has...
View Article“Mixology” with George Walker Petit: On Kitchens and Compression
“…Yeah…I guess I first tried it, I don’t know, maybe back in high school. I don’t remember who gave my first taste…I was playing bass in an Allman Brothers cover band and all the really cool guys in...
View ArticleCharterOak To Releases New Mic Pre, The MPA-1
CharterOak will release the next in its line of preamps and signal processors, the MPA-1 microphone preamplifier, next month at Musikmesse in Frankfurt. Sneak Peek at the MPA-1. Coming soon! The...
View ArticleWomen in Music Tax Seminar Tonight, Wed. 2/23, at Gramercy Theater, 7-9 PM
Women in Music is hosting a tax seminar tonight, Wednesday, February 23, 7-9 PM at the Gramercy Theater. Accountant Mark Scribner, CPA, will be on hand to answer any and all tax questions. He will be...
View ArticleFocusrite VRM: A Pocket-Sized Listening Environment
Focusrite has paired their VRM (Virtual Reference Monitoring) technology with a simple headphone interface, giving you multiple references for your mix and simulating high quality listening...
View ArticleThe Console Is King: UM Project and Allen Farmelo Re-Imagine The Classic...
FORT GREENE, Brooklyn: “It’s like the future of yesterday, today!” A step into Allen Farmelo‘s Fort Greene mix room reveals a unique new console which sports sleek, retro-futurist lines, and suggests...
View ArticleIK AmpliTube App Brings Fender Tones To Your iPhone and iPad
IK Multimedia’s AmpliTube Fender apps for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad are now available for download from the iTunes App store. AmpliTube Fender for iPhone ($11.99) and iPad ($14.99) is a recording...
View ArticleMasque Sound (NJ) and Akustiks (CT) Upgrade Broadway’s New Victory Theater...
The New Victory Theater on West 42nd Street recently completed a major upgrade to its sound system. The historic 111-year old facility collaborated with Akustiks, LLC, a Connecticut-based architectural...
View ArticleUniversal Audio’s UAD-2 Satellite Duo and Quad FireWire Accelerators Now...
Universal Audio‘s first-ever FireWire 800/400 DSP Accelerators — the new UAD-2 Satellite DUO and QUAD FireWire Accelerator Packages — put the entire UAD Powered Plug-Ins library within easy reach of...
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