Sound wasn’t meant to stand still.
Neither, it seems, is Steve Remote, which may explain his love affair with the audible force that rushes through the air at 1,126 feet per second.
And while the mobile production fleet that he’s created may not look supersonic, it’s adeptly kept Remote in Read more...
For a video version of this story on sidechain compression, click here.
If you read SonicScoop, chances are you already know a thing or two about compressors. You’re probably already familiar with basic controls like your threshold, which allows you to set the point at which a compressor “kicks Read more...
The music rights management company BMG just got a big score: representation of the Rolling Stones’ Mick Jagger and Keith Richards’ post-1983 music publishing catalog.
Portions of the Stones’ catalog owned by ABKCO and EMI are unaffected. Read more details about this lucrative publishing deal via a Staff Report from Read more...
I recently learned that my favorite recording studio, and frankly one of my favorite places in the world – Saint Claire Recording Company in Lexington, KY – was closing its doors for good. Saint Claire was a special place for me, as I know it was for a lot of Read more...
Spoken like a true punk rocker, Sid Vicious of the The Sex Pistols once said, “Undermine their pompous authority, reject their moral standards, make anarchy and disorder your trademarks. Cause as much chaos and disruption as possible, but don’t let them take you ALIVE.”
A genre that fuels on fan Read more...
Music producers know a return trip is never guaranteed.
That’s true even for audio experts like David Kahne, whose production discography is a who’s who across the artistic spectrum, including Tony Bennett, Fishbone, Sublime, Sir Paul McCartney, The Strokes, Sean Lennon, Linkin Park, Ingrid Michaelson, and Regina Spektor. But he’s Read more...
By now, many studio owners have probably heard about the rise of class action lawsuits against businesses that rely on illegal unpaid internships.
In late 2012, Charlie Rose’s for-profit production company was the first to settle such a claim, paying out $250,000 in back minimum wages that it had failed Read more...
The first in a series of live sound interviews and spotlights by audio engineer Jon Lurie.
Learning to Fly
In 2002, Charlie Smith started playing electric guitar in an alternative rock band, which, by 2013, has performed in nearly every club in New York City.
The nightly gigs are a Read more...
The first in a series about transitioning to Pro Tools 11, by Zach Hancock, Chief Engineer at Downtown Music Studios.
It’s hard to imagine a more passionate group than the pro audio community. Even harder to imagine is a more polarizing figure than Avid’s Pro Tools. Love it or hate Read more...
“Every penny that I’ve ever made went back into audio gear.”
Joe Barresi‘s passion for his work is palpable, and not just in the rows of guitars, amps or stacks of gear you see around his studio in Pasadena. It’s in the way he describes his approach and his craft Read more...
