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...
Let’s say your company has just made its first foray into video production. It’s a commercial to advertise your new toothpaste, or to interest prospective partners in your surfing-themed vacation packages, or to present new hires with a sense of the uplifting corporate culture they’re about to enter.
Whatever the Read more...
It seems that with every change the recording industry goes through, there comes new freedom for music makers of all types.
The constraints of the old school recording studio, and thereby the music industry in general, are gone, and people are making records in more ways and places than ever Read more...
Plugins are essential to an audio engineer’s workflow, and they’re improving every day.
But virtual tools for tracking, mixing, mastering, editing and audio post aren’t perfect yet. SonicScoop asked top audio engineers from across the professional spectrum what else they’d like to see, and we got some eye-opening requests: from Read more...
Over the past 20 years, the audio industry has gone through well-documented changes in technology and in business models. What has not changed however, is the value of of preparation, simplicity, ears and taste.
Multiple GRAMMY award-winner Alex Venguer honed those traits as an assistant and then engineer at some Read more...
Soundelux is a name most audio professionals have been familiar with for quite some time. Engineer David Bock has been developing his brand of “new vintage microphones” since the 1990s. His designs, which include the Soundelux 251, E47, and E49, can be found in many of the world’s high end Read more...
Does the equipment in the studio matter more…or is it the engineering talent that oversees it?
The machines are useless without the people that wield them, of course. But enter any competitive recording or mixing studio, and you’re bound to see at least a few select pieces of hardware that Read more...
The audio production world is an endlessly diverse and fascinating place, filled with all sorts of tastes and personalities. Because of this, it’s an impossibility to expect all techniques and approaches to resonate equally with everyone who works in this field.
Still, there are a few “macro” principles that should Read more...
