In November 2014, when Universal Audio announced that it would release a new software version of the Manley Variable Mu compressor, SonicScoop quickly covered this new design with in-depth behind the scenes story called “How the Emulation Is Made”.
Now, approaching its one year anniversary, and continuing to gain in Read more...
Talking with an artist about their songs is an exercise that’s fraught with the potential to create distance between a producer and a songwriter. But it can also be a way to solidify that bond while making better music.
Though some songs may benefit from the tweaks a producer might Read more...
R E S P E C T — find out what it means to sound.
That sense of respect is something you’ll find in spades at All Welcome Records. You can sense it between partners, for the principles of audio, and for the timeless music that comes as a result. Read more...
It’s our favorite time of year again at SonicScoop: AES TIME!
Once again, our own Justin Colletti will be hosting the Platinum Engineers Panel, and If it’s anything like prior years, we’re expecting the room to fill to capacity, with standing room only left in the back for latecomers. Read more...
R.J. Gordon mixes Front-of-House at Brooklyn’s Shea Stadium, a space that’s part recording studio and part concert venue. Every single show that the venue hosts is recorded, mixed, mastered, archived online, and made available to the public free of charge.
Gordon talks to us about his work at Shea, his Read more...
When the first version of Omnisphere was released in 2008, the world of software synthesis was in a very different stage of development.
The critical mass of users who favored software instruments had yet to crest, and very few musicians would publicly bet their reputations on the sound quality of Read more...
It could happen to you: One minute you’re engineering at the studio that you’ve grown to love, and the next minute… you’re the studio’s owner.
That’s a leap that does take place in the studio world, and most recently at Vinegar Hill Sound (VHS) in Brooklyn. Reed Black met the Read more...
This year, nearly 50 years after its initial release, The Zombies are launching a U.S. tour to perform their classic album Odessey and Oracle in its entirety.
Oracle is now known as a truly great and once “lost” masterpiece of psychedelia.
It is an immaculate collection of music with exceptionally Read more...
Focusrite is one of the most recent companies to jump on the Thunderbolt bandwagon with its new Clarett range of interfaces.
Switching to the high speed Thunderbolt connection offers some great advantages. Anyone who’s been recording in the digital domain knows that latency is a problem, and it’s made even Read more...
We know you’re working on some pretty cool stuff in your studio. We want to hear about it—and help tell the rest of the audio and music production world!
Today, we’re pleased to reintroduce our long-popular “Session Buzz” series, where we peak inside great studios to give the rest of Read more...
