For over 20 years, mastering engineer Stephen Marsh has been using his golden ears to bring expert detail and focus to hundreds of records, scores, soundtracks, and reissues.
It was a quick decision while working at Taco Bell one evening that determined the New York native’s audio fate. A friend Read more...
When Stephen Emmer holds the stateside launch for his album Home Ground on October 27 at the Virgil in LA, he’ll have done it with a little help from his friends. Make that a lot of help, from a global-spanning roster of star soul singers and musicians who collaborated long-distance Read more...
HALion 6 from Steinberg is a sound creation toolkit that aims to fill a lot of needs.
It’s a vast and varied library of instruments, a sampler, a virtual instrument for live performance with robust MIDI mapping—even an in-the-box mixing platform for stereo and surround.
Let’s go a little deeper Read more...
AES 2017 ended this weekend, and we have shots of some of the best and most interesting new gear from the show. Thanks to all those who visited us at the SonicScoop booth, and we hope you enjoy our annual photo recap below!
Microphones Speakers, Headphones and Monitoring Hardware and Read more...In the final part of this three-part series, Justin Colletti and Bob Mallory talk through the daunting task of choosing mics for the home studio, and present some A/B comparisons of a handful of select home studio mics on spoken word and acoustic guitar.
Also be sure to check out Read more...
A few blocks down from Penn Station’s 24/7 hum, there’s a new facility coming on like a freight train.
The underground rumble is from GSI Studios. On the eighth floor of a W. 29th Street office building between Sixth and Seventh Avenues, it’s in a West-side corridor that hosts dozens Read more...
Bass behemoth Ampeg has always been known for their amplifiers. You’ll find nary a reputable city venue that doesn’t keep some iteration of an SVT in their backline. They’ve been an industry standard since 1969, when the company’s founders set out to build “the biggest, nastiest bass amplifier the world Read more...
How much does a microphone’s history contribute to its sound?
For classics like the Neumann U 67, Telefunken Elam 251, or Sony C-800G, the tubes and circuitry within them shape their sonic characteristics, creating an imprint instantly recognizable to audio engineers. Just the mere sight of these timeless mechanisms can Read more...
In part two of this new three-part series, Justin Colletti of Sonic Scoop sits down with multi-platinum-selling engineer Bob Mallory to outline some best practices for monitoring in the home studio, including speaker selection and placement, plus headphones for mixing, tracking and more.
Check out part one on improving your Read more...
John Goodmanson is a producer, engineer and mixer who has made his name working with critically-acclaimed artists like Death Cab for Cutie, Sleater-Kinney, Blonde Redhead, Pavement, Blondie and Nada Surf.
Although he’s best known for his work in the indie rock world, this Pacific Northwest-based producer has made occasional forays Read more...
