Crane Song Announces INSIGNA Valve-Based Tube EQ for the 500 Series
A tantalizing new unit is headed for your 500 rack. INSIGNA, the third and final edition to Crane Song’s 500 tube series debuts in December. Coming soon is the Crane Song INSIGNA, a valve-based tube EQ...
View ArticleLine 6 Introduces Sonic Port VX Mobile Audio Interface
Line 6 remains a dedicated provider of creative tools for musicians on the go. Expanding on that dedication, they have now introduced the Sonic Port VX – the second of their Sonic Port line of...
View Article137th AES Approaches: Neil Portnow of Recording Academy Giving Opening...
The 137th AES Convention is just around the corner and key announcements have begun. First, President/CEO Neil Portnow of The Recording Academy is giving Friday’s opening keynote. Representing The...
View ArticleJourney FOH Engineer Jim Yakabuski Featured in Meyer Sound Online Mixing...
October will be informative right off the bat for audio heads. That’s because the month begins with veteran FOH engineer Jim Yakabuski joining Meyer Sound instructor Buford Jones as a special guest, in...
View ArticleIs Pro Tools Certification Worth It? 3 Great Reasons (and 3 Terrible Reasons)...
Recently, I was fortunate enough to have an employer provide the funds for me to attend Pro Tools Certification training classes. I had thought about taking one of these courses on my own for a long...
View ArticleDrawmer Introduces the 1973 – Three-Band FET Stereo Compressor
Ivor Drawmer has drawn on thirty-plus years of hardware design to introduce the 1973 compressor. The three-band FET unit is split into variable low, middle, and high frequencies. Each section contains...
View ArticleVolant Studios in TriBeCa, NYC, For Sale For $2 Million Plus
If your mind’s eye is picturing a fully built out studio in downtown Manhattan, you might not have to lift a finger to make it happen. You will, of course, have to sign a large check: Volant Studios, a...
View ArticleStudio Upgrades: Sweet Sounds — Bringing Up The “Broadway”&“Crosby Rooms
One thing we’ve always liked about the SoHo studio Sweet Sounds, since we first wrote about them in late 2012, is that they’re like Lowe’s: never stop improving. The forward-thinking facility has just...
View ArticleSSL Debuts New Live L300 Compact Console, V2.5 Software
Small can be more: The Solid State Logic Live console line is the latest proof. That’s because SSL has just announced the new SSL Live L300 console, a compact addition to their live console lineup. It...
View Article137th AES in Review: What Happened in the Return to Los Angeles?
AES in LA rolls off the tongue nicely…and it sounds like the chorus of a breezy hit tune in the making. The Los Angeles Convention Center was the AES mothership for 2014. Anyone want to collaborate on...
View ArticleSoundToys Announces Soundtoys 5 – All 12 PlugIns Together As One Effects Rack
Since their start, CEO and lead designer, Ken Bogdanowicz, has envisioned SoundToys plugins to be able to sculpt audio together as a single unit. The release of SoundToys 5 realizes this plan with all...
View ArticleGear Highlights from the 137th AES: 21 Picks to Power Your Studio
You know how we vibed off of the 137th AES. But what about the new tech that really tickles our fancy? While the massive breakthrough eluded us in 2014, there was plenty of evolutionary elements to...
View ArticleAntelope Audio Launches Satori – Analog Monitoring & Summing System
It’s everything Zen, once again, at Antelope Audio. The Om this time emits from Satori, a true analog monitoring and summing system just launched by Antelope. It builds on what the company started with...
View ArticleNYC Event: Brooklyn StompBox Exhibit – 10/25 & 10/26
Three times a charm – and four is just a little more. We refer to the 4th edition of the Brooklyn Stompbox Exhibit, going down at Williamsburg’s famed Main Drag Music. Brought to you by The Deli,...
View ArticleComposer Cribs: Goodpenny – Chelsea, New York City
In NYC, dream teams are the standard, and Goodpenny is one place you’ll find a full set of composing talent. Featuring David Wolfert, Andrew Hollander, and Lawrence Manchester, Goodpenny has some...
View ArticleAn Assistant Engineer’s Guide to Assisting Engineers (and Producers)
So, you’ve finally made it! Congratulations. You’re no longer “the intern”. You won’t be getting everyone’s coffee, picking up lunch orders, vacuuming the live room, and doing other menial chores all...
View ArticleReview: Batch Commander for Pro Tools, from Slate Media Technology
With their Raven MTX and MTI, software/hardware developers Slate Media Technology brought state of the art multi-touch screen capabilities to the recording world in a very big way — and they are...
View ArticleMOTU Announces Two Additions to Their Audio Interface Lineup – The 24Ai and 24Ao
The name’s say it all: The MOTU 24Ai – 24 Analog inputs, and the MOTU 24Ao – 24 Analog outputs. Each work individually or as a duo, transporting a total of 72 channels each: 24 Analog Channels + 48...
View ArticleAvid and Berklee Online Announce Online Bachelor Degree Program
Here comes a disruption. The world of audio education is suddenly looking like the Wild West, with new avenues of study arriving on what seems like a weekly basis. Avid is entering into the education...
View ArticleThe Ins and Outs of Licensing Recordings and Cover Songs on YouTube
In past articles, we’ve looked at how to take control of your creative rights online, and how to monetize your music using services like YouTube’s ContentID. But what about when it’s someone else’s...
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