The Brainworx bx_oberhausen is a virtual synthesizer inspired by the famous and much-coveted Oberheim synthesizers of the 1970s.
This is Brainworx’ first-ever virtual synth, so a lot of future plans are likely riding on the success of this product.
How receptive music producers are to this new software instrument will Read more...
“Sensory memories”—they’re what drove engineer/producer Josh Druckman from Gotham into the Catskill Mountains. And that’s exactly what he’s creating for other people with his ace destination studio Outlier Inn.
Nestled within one of New York state’s many beautiful regions, Druckman’s facility in Mountaindale, NY is a place where everything winds Read more...
Justin Colletti gives you his master list of the very best places to learn audio and music production. And #1 might not be what you expect.
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Headphones have come a long way in recent decades. “They” say you should never mix exclusively on headphones, and “they” are probably right.
But in evaluating some of the latest top-of-the-line models, I was amazed at just how much you can learn to trust some of the very best pairs Read more...
When I got the chance to review Leapwing Audio‘s StageOne and CenterOne plug-ins, my heart widened with excitement. Why the horrible pun? Two reasons:
Firstly, these plug-ins operate on the stereo field: they alter width, influence front-to-back depth, and facilitate surgical manipulation of each channel, be it left, right, or Read more...
Like so many in the pro audio community, SonicScoop was saddened to learn of the passing of GRAMMY-winning engineer Ed Cherney on October 22, at age 69. The cause was cancer, according to a Facebook post by his wife Rose Mann-Cherney.
Ed Cherney had garnered universal respect from his colleagues, Read more...
Almost every producer, engineer and musician struggles in being able to hear compression at first—sometimes for many years.
Justin Colletti offers a fool-proof strategy for really learning to hear these sometimes subtle differences. It involves limiting variables, and doing a little bit of focused listening.
If you do the exercises Read more...
Mastering engineer Justin Colletti cracks open the new Ozone 9 to take it for the ultimate test for the first time: Can it stand up to a studio full of great gear in the hands of a real mastering engineer to deliver commercial masters that will thrill clients?
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Once again, we visited AES and snapped some pictures of the latest and greatest in the world of new gear! The 2019 show was compact, but pleasantly busy.
While not a huge number of new pieces were revealed, there was still more than enough for a feature length post. Did Read more...
Sugar is an all-new harmonic exciter plugin that’s been called “the ultimate audio sweetener.” Released in March of 2019, Sugar is the first plugin from Process.Audio, a company founded by the folks at pureMix. As such, Sugar is available for free with all pureMix Pro Memberships, and can be purchased Read more...
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