As I begin to write my first entry about the resurrection of the world’s first digital instrument-controlled synthesizer from the ‘70s, I have to take a beat to think about how far I’ve come in three years.
I’m a 29-year-old female from Loveland, Ohio with no background in synthesizers, engineering, Read more...
Writing a fair and complete review of an entire DAW is a daunting task, to say the least.
A DAW is much more than just a recording device. It’s more than an editor and more than a processor. It’s an entire studio environment with complex workflow possibilities and constraints alike. Read more...
Scary good. If that’s the wavelength that your movie is on, then composer Michael Wandmacher is your man.
Just take a listen to his work on cinematic hits like Underworld: Blood Wars, and you’ll see what we mean. In the soundtrack preview, you can count on the Los Angeles-based Wandmacher Read more...
In the world of professional audio, Pro Tools has long been king.
This has been especially true in the U.S., where it has become the de facto standard of music production, much like 2” 24-track tape was from the 70s to the early 2000s.
Today, even the average hobbyist musician Read more...
For even more on mastering, try the new full-length course from SonicScoop editor Justin Colletti, Mastering Demystified.
Reference tracks are essential in any studio. Following up on our previous guide “Next-Gen Reference Tracks”, we’ll continue asking top audio pros what they put their ears on.
Give a look – and Read more...
Who was Les Paul? He was man who could be classified in many different ways: Inventor, audio engineer, producer, arranger, musician—as a jazz, country and blues guitarist—and designer of audio circuits and guitars.
As disparate as each of these skills may be, he brought one common quality to all of Read more...
Whether you’re a musician, songwriter or producer, you have undoubtedly come across countless tutorials on becoming better at the very “thing“ that you do, whether it’s wailing on guitar, dreaming up multi-part harmonies, or avoiding that 60hz rumble in mixing the latest track for your clients.
But there’s comparatively Read more...
Michael Brauer has teamed up with Waves to create a new plugin that aims to take panning to the next level.
Based on the rare FS1 Cyclosonic panner from Songbird, a novel signal processor that could produce 360 degrees of panning using just two speakers, Brauer Motion represents the next Read more...
What do you call a man who launches his first studio in a communist bloc ex-bomb shelter? Who moved his family and facility a half-world away to record and mix music in America? Who learned English from reading Pro Tools manuals??!!
That is a 100% SonicScoop-certified Audio Warrior, and his Read more...
Drums are always interesting to mix. Simply bringing together and balancing as many as 20 or 30 mics is an art in itself. Perhaps because of this, there seem to be more plugins made specifically for mixing drums than just about any other instrument.
Today, I’d like to parse through Read more...
