You’re walking along, enjoying some of your favorite music on a pair of headphones, when all of a sudden you realize you’re re-enacting Survivor’s “Eye of the Tiger” video, stepping in time to the music like someone on a mission: Left foot in sync with a bass drum, right foot Read more...
Surround sound made its first public appearance in 1941, when Disney released its groundbreaking animated musical, Fantasia.
Ever since then, surround systems have increasingly been used to enhance the emotional impact of films (which George Lucas has famously, and accurately, declared are “50% sound.”)
In the mid 1990s, a Read more...
This post was first published in Trust Me I’m a Scientist, March 3, 2012
In this post, we explore the tools, the best practices, and the controversy behind “Mastered for iTunes” . For even more depth and detail on mastering, try our new full-length course from SonicScoop editor Justin Colletti, Read more...
For years, I’ve believed that subscription-based services would be the future of mainstream music distribution.
But that doesn’t make me a genius. Anyone who’s tried Netflix can see how much of a no-brainer the model is. It’s cheaper than buying or renting, easier than stealing, and it helps content producers Read more...
