The original MasterQ from PSP Audioware has been around the block. Their customers loved it so much that they decided to make it even better.
Bigger, stronger, Q-er.
MasterQ2 is a mastering EQ plug-in that PSP created to focus on precision and maintaining quality of the original signal throughout processing. … Read More
Gain Staging is an important part of dealing with audio when recording and mixing.
In this tutorial, I’ll go through some of the issues that are big red flags. If you’re needing some help with gain staging in your sessions, I’ll help you to solve them with some quick and … Read More
API is all about New York City this week.
API’s BOX takes over NYC this Thursday, at a free-to-attend Open House in Brooklyn.
Don’t miss the opportunity to get up close and personal with API’s BOX console, a compact desk that put their large format discrete circuitry into a … Read More
A lot has changed in the recording industry since the 1940’s. The road from acetate masters to digital streaming has been a long one, and there are still music critics who feel that it is simply impossible to make recordings today that can deliver the same sound, feel and emotional … Read More
Presented with the opportunity to write a review about a DAW, my initial reaction was, “How can anyone cover an entire DAW in a single article?”
Cubase Pro 8 is the latest version of Steinberg’s full-featured DAW.
The project was to take Steinberg’s Cubase Pro 8 for a serious test … Read More
San Jose, CA-based Muse Research has released their second iteration of their popular Receptor VIP Plug-In player. The Receptor VIP2 comes loaded with new I/O, processor, expandable RAM and over $900 worth of onboard virtual instruments and effects.
Play all the plug-ins your heart desires. Expand the RAM when your … Read More
SSL is raising the veil on a significant upgrade to two of its major consoles — meet Duality δelta and AWS δelta.
What makes these desks “Delta” is the introduction of δelta-Control (δ-Ctrl), which marks a brand new analog console automation platform for SSL. The objective of Delta — … Read More
If you want to know what New York City recording is coming to – or rather, where it’s going – cast your eyes towards the Garden State.
While Brooklyn was seen for decades as an affordable haven for audio mavens, that era appears to be coming to a quick end. … Read More
There are so many plug-ins to choose from these days. If only a developer was kind enough to bundle them up into a single plug-in with tons of modulation options and minimal effect on the CPU. Well Exponential Audio is that developer, and Excalibur is that plugin.
Intimidated by modulations … Read More
Universal Audio has announced four new Apollo interfaces and the industry’s first and only Marshall-branded amplifier plug-in at Musikmesse 2015.
Available today is the Apollo 8 – A single rack interface with onboard UAD-2 DUO processing, with an available UAD-2 QUAD option. Along with the complete line of new … Read More
When I first started mixing, I thought the only way I could improve a sound was to add something to it. I piled dozens of plugins and EQ boosts onto every track, and my mixes sounded muddy and undefined.
I soon learned that I could achieve even better results by … Read More
Musikmesse in Frankfurt, Germany is in full swing with a bunch of big announcements from around the world of audio. There are quite a few noteworthy additions to the industry but we would firstly like to introduce Antelope Audio’s new MP8d eight-channel mic pre and A/D converter.
Oven controlled … Read More
“Trust Me, I’m a Scientist” returns!
This week, we’re excited to announce that one of our favorite sister sites, Trust Me, I’m a Scientist, will be relaunching as a member of the SonicScoop content network!
In just a few short years, TMIAS became one of our readers’ favorite destinations … Read More
Pensado for President! Could audio’s most visible personality be plotting a run for the Oval Office in 2016?
All things Pensado are live and in person in Washington DC, this weekend.
The pundits here at SonicScoop say: it just might be possible. After all, Pensado’s Place is hosting a “Capital … Read More
With the Tribeca Film Festival tearing into Week 2, it’s good to know that home-grown talent is being heard on the soundtracks.
(l-r) Danny Bensi and Saunder Jurriaans are locked to picture.
We refer to the music team known as Stenfert Charles – actually a prolific pair of composers named … Read More
Say “Neve”, and most audio pros can’t help but feel a glow inside.
Need Neve? The new UA Neve 88RS Channel Strip Selection
Now Neve is new all over again, with the release of UAD Software v8.1, a milestone accompanied by the launch of three new plugins: the new … Read More
The Association of Music Producers’ AMP Awards are a music business event like no other. A grand convergence takes place: music producers, ad agency creatives, composers, music supervisors, audio post pros, label and music publishing execs, and more come together to talk it up.
The 2015 AMP Awards were amplified … Read More
Who’s the man behind the mics? You’ve got a chance to meet him.
Make no mistake — meet Sontronics at Westlake, on Friday, May 8th.
LA recording mavens can meet Trevor Coley, founder and mic designer of Sontronics, at Westlake Pro on Friday, May 8th , 11 AM – … Read More
Listen closely, and you can hear them – an emerging generation of engineers who care deeply about audio.
Alex Sterling has an ear for detail.
Among them is Alex Sterling, whose eponymous studio on the Upper West Side is evolving quickly. While the unique live room and flexible output … Read More
Waves has introduced H-Reverb and it appears to bring us fresh and exciting tech for more control than Waves has produced in previous reverb plugins.
Integrating their new FIR engine (Finite Impulse Response), users can shape the reverb decay envelope beyond linear forms. The plug-in also comes equipped with Waves’ … Read More
