It’s common for small studio owners to invest thousands into microphones, preamps, monitors and outboard gear. However, properly treating your listening (and tracking) space is arguably more important than any other gear purchase you can make.
Even a couple hundred dollars spent on some DIY broadband absorbers can be the Read more...
Join SonicScoop editor Justin Colletti as he partners up with B&H Pro Audio to put some of the most sought-after and popular high-end large diaphragm condensers through their paces at Degraw Sound Studios, in Brooklyn.
Singer/Songwriter Wes Hutchinson helps with the side by side comparisons of the AKG C414 XLII, Read more...
Ain’t nothin’ like the real thing, BABY.
At SonicScoop, we gravitate to the studios and engineers who are in it for the audio – and that’s exactly what you’ll find at Salant Sound. Nailing great tracking for their clients is what it’s all about at this Canarsie facility, which serves Read more...
With Christmas and New Year’s quickly approaching, there’s not much time left to find the latest and greatest gifts for the musicians and audio pros in your life.
However, if you’re willing to stuff a stocking with a promise to deliver on one of the most forward-looking musical devices in Read more...
This is where it all comes together.
The official crossroads for the rest of the world are about 40 blocks uptown in New York City’s Times Square, but the current center of the audio universe is at Electric Lady Studios on W. Eighth Street. That’s where mixer Tom Elmhirst is Read more...
Been putting off your holiday shopping? If you hurry, there’s still time to grab a stocking-stuffer or two for the musicians and producers in your life.
Check out these four low-cost, small sized, easy to carry gadgets for audio pros on the go. Perfect for 2015, this audio technology is Read more...
Wu-Tang Clan, no strangers to turning a phrase or two in their long career, have managed to flip another old saying on its head: let the seller beware.
The wizened hip-hop group from Staten Island are learning this the hard way, after a clever plan they launched went horribly wrong. Read more...
iZotope’s RX line has become a virtual must-have for post-production audio editors and mixers.
It’s been a little over two years since I first reviewed the iZotope RX bundle for SonicScoop with Version 3. If you’re new to the RX, you may want to start there for an in-depth look Read more...
Many things define a studio. While a facility’s engineering talent, gear and reverb times often get the spotlight, the studio manager is an important part of the picture.
Blackbird Studio, one of Nashville’s flagship facilities, has recognized that with the recent appointment of Rolff Zwiep as Studio Manager. The post Read more...
Like it or not, Avid refuses to sit still. Pro Tools will continue to change in terms of what, when and how you get it.
Pro Tools users now must get their heads around the new Avid All Access plans, and quickly: upgrades for Pro Tools and Pro Tools|HD users Read more...
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