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New technology. It’s big, it’s fast, it’s scary, and it’ll “take your job“.
So why am I—a guy who makes a great portion of his living mastering records for other people—not at all concerned about Read more...
Let’s face it: Making a living as an audio engineer can sometimes be rough. You’ve got to deal with erratic schedules, flaky clients, and the occasional “snake in the grass”.
Sometimes, it can be hard making ends meet. One bad month can be the difference between being in business, Read more...
Using samples—snippets of someone else’s copyrighted material in your music—can be a bit of a legal grey area, but for years artists from nearly every genre have done it.
One of the first examples can be traced back to 1956 and the novelty song “The Flying Saucer” by Buchanan and Read more...
If the hard drive of your studio computer fails right now, how long would it take you to be up and running again?
If the answer is any longer than 10 minutes, then you are losing money. As we all know, it is not a matter of “if” a hard Read more...
Here at SonicScoop, we run gear reviews every single Tuesday. That’s about 52 of them a year, practically without fail.
More recently, due to great popular demand, we’ve also started considerably ramping up the number of gear roundups and shootouts we run.
(Incidentally, if you’re a working professional in the Read more...
