Do you ever feel like you should be getting more work accomplished in the studio? Maybe you feel like you need more hours in your day to get everything done? Ever feel like you don’t have any time to learn new things because all you do is work?
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Recently, I sat down with Stephen Bartlett, Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer of a relatively new company called The Audio Hunt.
The idea is a simple, but fairly novel one. The Audio Hunt website entices studio owners to list some of the most enviable pieces of gear they have Read more...
Polish plugin designer PSP Audioware has recently released a very handy, flexible, powerful—and not to mention very good-sounding—EQ plugin: The E27.
The E27 is a software re-creation of a 500-series EQ module, the Avedis E27, enhanced with a number of features both mixers and mastering engineers will appreciate.
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Let’s face it: When it comes to navigating the legal side of their careers, audio pros can feel uneasy.
Contracts are a reality in any industry where people are doing serious business, but they can be extremely intimidating to anyone who hasn’t been trained to speak the Language of Lawyer. Read more...
You’ve made it to tracking day, and assuming that you read our first “Life or Death Pro Tools Tips” article—The Tracking Template—then you’re ready for anything that could possibly happen. Today we’ll explore some tips for keeping the forward momentum going and sticking the landing.
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I think I have a problem. I am on a constant quest for more EQs. Neutral, transparent ones; thick, colored ones; edgy, fat, thin, dark… you name it—I want to hear it. My ears perk up at the slightest mention of a new EQ being introduced, and I start to Read more...
Milestones matter. And when a studio hits the five-year mark in Brooklyn’s highly competitive audio landscape, that’s worth noting.
What’s won the 1100 sq. ft. Park Slope/Gowanus facility Degraw Sound the chance to keep on recording and mixing for another five years? The vintage Trident 24 series console is a Read more...
It’s easy to forget what we’re supposed to remember on Memorial Day – the fallen heroes who bravely stood up for America.
Everyone I know works hard, and when the calendar gives an opportunity to sleep in, eat a little extra, and put the brain on ice, everything else tends Read more...
Two of the most common questions we get from musicians here at SonicScoop are:
“How much should I budget to record a full length album?” And, “If I want to record my next album myself, how much do I really need to spend on gear?”
On a similar theme, one Read more...
Interning at a recording studio is something that so many professional engineers have done at one point or another.
Today, it’s often seen as an engineer’s right of passage—it’s how we pay our dues, it’s how we get our feet wet and gain the experience needed to succeed in an Read more...
