Let me start by saying this: The Novation Circuit is fun. I didn’t even read the manual, and I was making music from scratch within minutes.
Over the years, I’ve owned and used plenty of the Roland drum machines and analog keys: The SH-101, TB-303, TR-606, TR-707, TR-808, and TR-909. Read more...
“Something soulful” – that’s what Bill Brown searches for when he’s composing music-for-picture.
It’s a quest that’s paid off. He was the music man of record for the full nine-year run of “CSI:NY”, SyFy’s “Dominion,” Michael Mann’s All, Oliver Stone’s Any Given Sunday, and a host of hot game titles Read more...
It’s funny. For as inextricably tied to technology as we studio rats are, there is often a distinct a trend towards neo-luddism with regards to the advancement of technology in the field.
I find myself hugely guilty of this. You’re sitting atop the bleeding edge if you’re working in the Read more...
SonicScoop editor Justin Colletti is back one final time with with Chris Zane, producer/engineer for The Walkmen, Passion Pit, Asobi Seksu, St. Lucia, Ambulance LTD, Tokyo Police Club, Nelly Furtado, and many more.
In this part of their interview series with B&H they nerd out hard and talk gear. The Read more...
As a producer, mixer, and audio engineer, Sean Beavan has worked with Nine Inch Nails, Marilyn Manson, Slayer, Guns N’ Roses, and No Doubt. He uses distressed gear, sampling, and innovative recording techniques to create sounds that haven’t been heard before.
Although Beaven’s work has predominantly been in metal and Read more...
Making a unified whole from the sum of its parts – that’s the challenge of audio post for indie film.
Ian Stynes was up to that task, mixing the critically praised 2016 release “Lovesong” at NYC’s Great City Post. Directed by So Yong Kim, the movie tells the tale of Read more...
This story first appeared in Trust Me, I’m a Scientist on March 4th 2013.
Having lived in South Africa for a couple of years as a teenager, my memory of mid-90s culture can diverge wildly from that of my friends.
Thanks to a steady diet of the European versions of Read more...
SonicScoop editor Justin Colletti is back once again with with Chris Zane, producer/engineer for The Walkmen, Passion Pit, Asobi Seksu, St. Lucia, Ambulance LTD, Tokyo Police Club, Nelly Furtado, and many more.
In this part of their interview series with B&H they dive deep into what it means to mix Read more...
Can iZotope’s Ozone replace the warmth and life of analog mastering hardware? In the past, it never even tried to, instead offering a decidedly next-generation take on the mastering engineer’s toolkit. But with Ozone 7, iZotope has added emulations of some very classic hardware to go along with the more Read more...
Many guitar players, especially younger ones, are well-acquainted with Matthew Bellamy and his collection of custom Manson guitars.
But for those of you who have been living in a cave, avoiding new music for the past 20 years, Matt Bellamy is the lead singer, guitarist (and occasionally pianist) of the Read more...
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