DUMBO, BROOKLYN: I met microphone designer Dimitri Wolfwood and his [Ronin Applied Sciences] business partner Fenton Joseph at the Tape Op party during AES New York last fall. Joel Hamilton had arrived with them and introduced us, and Dimitri immediately took me into his world of ultimate microphone design. Read more...
With the TriBeCa Film Festival approaching this month, the Manhattan Producers Alliance (ManhatPro) – an NYC-based media education, professional mentoring and networking community for music professionals – recently issued an open letter to the global film industry.
The message, entitled “A Case for Making Music for Film In NYC,” reads Read more...
Recently, I had the opportunity to try out the Hercules HDP DJ-Pro M1001 professional DJ headphones.
Although Hercules has been in the DJ equipment business for some time, this is their first foray into the headphone realm. While I only tried the M1001 (MSRP: $169.99), Hercules recently released two other Read more...
Movement of top mixing talent in between NYC audio post facilities is continuing apace in 2012. The latest lineup change sees NYC audio post-production house Sound Lounge snapping up mixer Chris Afzal from Charlex/Launch.
Afzal is teamed up at the post house’s newly renovated 333 Hudson Street location with mixer Read more...
After a 2-year hiatus in the manufacturing of the SansAmp Classic, Tech 21 is bringing the pedal back due to popular demand.
The original SansAmp Classic, designed by B. Andrew Barta’s, debuted in 1989. [Read more about the history of the SansAmp and Tech 21 in our “Made in NY” Read more...
