This story first appeared in Trust Me, I’m a Scientist, November 3, 2013
Keys to the Kingdom
In an expectant moment before my first guitar lesson, I quickly grabbed a pick out of the tin at the front desk of my local music store.
I can’t be sure if it Read more...
Few topics stir up as much strong emotion among audio professionals as analog tape can.
Musicians and engineers alike love to romanticize about how warm and musical tape sounds, how it forces you to make decisions and commit to sounds without being able to “undo” it all, and how it Read more...
iZotope has simplified critical elements in the mastering process with Ozone 7 Elements. And like that, we’re just one step closer to releasing platinum hits.
Taking elements from their acclaimed mastering suite, iZotope utilizes Ozone 7 audio processing abstracted over simple, goal-oriented controls. Ozone 7 Elements looks like a great Read more...
SonicScoop’s Justin Colletti is back for the third and final installment in his latest mic roundup series, thanks to our friends at B&H.
In the first two segments in this series, we looked at some high-end mics inspired by the classic AKG C12 and Neumann U47 designs, as well as Read more...
Choices, choices, choices. Book time to track at most any pro recording studio, and they’ll proudly show you a mic locker with dozens of omnis, ribbons, LDC’s and 123’s.
But what happens when there aren’t a million choices for capturing sound? As any experienced engineer knows, the limitations are often Read more...
