When Sound Performance Labs introduced its revolutionary dynamics processor, Transient Designer, in the late 90s, it created a whole new class of audio effects.
This groundbreaking new design employed what SPL would call its “Differential Envelope Technology” to adjust the relative levels of the attack and sustain of a sound, Read more...
It’s no secret that I’m a big Audio Ease fan. Ever since I heard the early versions of Altiverb and its true-to-life Impulse Responses in the recording studio, I was hooked.
Convolution reverb isn’t for everyone, and it isn’t for all applications. But for the records I was making, and Read more...
When it comes to recording live musicians, few instruments are as misunderstood or mysterious as the drums.
The drum kit presents a complexity that just doesn’t exist when recording other instruments, simply because of the sheer number of components that make up even the most basic drum setup, as well Read more...
Thanks to B&H, SonicScoop’s Ryan Earnhardt gets to take the new Roli Block for a test drive. Get a “first look” at this innovative new touch-sensitive controller below:
Ryan Earnhardt of Creative Sound Lab drops by SonicScoop to review the new N8 Ribbon mic from AEA.
Check out more from Ryan at creativesoundlab.tv
Learn more about the AEA N8 at ribbonmics.com/microphone/nuvo-series/n8
And hear more from musician Jordan Okrend at jordanokrend.com
This is our first foray into doing gear Read more...
This story first appeared in Trust Me, I’m a Scientist, December 3, 2012.
“I wasn’t interested in recording music because I particularly enjoyed putting up microphones,” says producer and engineer Scott Solter. “I wasn’t somebody who understood anything technical about audio – or anything technical at all.”
This might Read more...
“Music will be my legacy.” – Alex Dengler
Back in 2014, I heard from a friend who wanted to connect me with someone interesting. He knew an aspiring young audio professional who was an ex-Marine looking for a studio job: Alex Dengler. Alex was a veteran and a Valedictorian – Read more...
The British are coming! The British are co – oh wait, they’ve already arrived.
Anyone working in audio post stateside best be aware of Full English Post, a one-man tactical takeover of conventional mixing, sound design and VO recording for media. This solo onslaught is led by Kieran Kaye, an Read more...
At the AES convention a few months ago, I found myself passing by the elysia booth, and considering how eye-catching their wares are, I just had to see what was new.
Among their latest offerings was a new 500 series version of their 2U rackmounted MPressor which debuted in 2007, Read more...
When you auto-tune a blue note, what color does it become?
Auto. Tune. These two simple words, whenever used together and in succession, make my skin crawl.
It’s everywhere. If you listen to anything that’s been recorded in the last 10-15 years, it cannot be escaped.
It has become so Read more...
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