Last month Nathan Hamiel demonstrated how to properly produce rock vocal compression using the Dangerous COMPRESSOR. This month we are joined by platinum selling engineer Ryan West at Flux Studios here in NYC to demonstrate how to add ‘transformer color’ to a mix using the Dangerous 2-BUS+ summing amp.
Using Read more...
A good microphone locker offers a vast array of possibilities, with blurry borders and intangible contours.
Knowing how to choose the right ones can often seem like a daunting task at first. But through a technique I’d like to share, which is based on deep listening and simple, intuitive experimentation, Read more...
When is it time to pull the trigger on a major studio upgrade? Sometimes you feel it in your bones, while other times the spark comes from client feedback.
And of course, the impetus can be both of the above. That’s exactly what happened for the proprietors of Manhattan Center Read more...
THE FIVE BOROUGHS: 2010 has been busy all right. For anyone involved in New York City’s expansive business of music – producer, publisher, entrepreneur, engineer, artist, and many more – the environment remains fast-paced, ultra-competitive and constantly changing.
With 2011 looming, SonicScoop looked for the news, trends and topics that Read more...
HARLEM, MANHATTAN: As artistic as the purpose of New York City recording studios may be, it’s fair to compare these houses of sound to modern-day warriors. Every one goes into battle with the belief that they’re invincible. Many fall – but some grow stronger.
Uptown, the facility known as Stadium Read more...
