“I always hated tape,” says Kent Heckman of Red Rock Recording. That might seem a controversial statement at first listen – In certain corners of the audio community, them’s fightin’ words. And today, even musicians who never really used tape professionally are often expected to express some misty-eyed nostalgia for Read more...
Last October, I produced and engineered an album called The Modest Revolution for my friends Enter The Haggis, a Canadian roots-rock band that I’ve worked with for a number of years. We were fortunate to have raised enough money through crowd funding to be able to spend a month tracking Read more...
As The Black Keys entered the stage of The 55th GRAMMY Awards recently, albeit with much GRAMMY flare that included a horn section and bass drummer, it’s interesting to think, “Has blues rock’s sound evolved that much, if at all? Has blues rock’s popularity once again reached a peak?”
Famed Read more...
BROOKLYN: You know it as soon as you hear it: A Vince Clarke creation has a way of bouncing right through you. Even at his darkest, there are vibrant energetic impulses emanating from the “King of the Synth”.
These days, this music-making royalty resides in Brooklyn. In the sub-basement of Read more...
Dungeon Beach Studios is aptly-named. To enter, you must first find a nondescript steel door on an industrial stretch of North 3rd Street, just a few blocks from Williamsburg’s main strip.
From there, you descend into a spartan cement basement, dreary and austere, and walk a few paces to find Read more...
NORTH HOLLYWOOD: From the outside, it’s a nondescript office building that blends in with its surroundings; step inside Larrabee Studios, however, and you’re walking into an epicenter of Los Angeles pop music production.
For studio manager, Amy Burr and the staff at Larrabee, survival isn’t the challenge. Their month-to-month Read more...
If you’re a musician, a studio geek or a music fan, you’ve probably been hearing a lot of information — and misinformation — about Spotify, royalty rates, streaming services and the modern musical economy. Input Output hosts Geoff and Eli filter out all the noise in this new three-part series Read more...
Getting smarter faster is always a great thing, and SonicScoop is proud to present Pro Tools users with a resource that helps them to do just that.
Exclusively (for now) in our video gallery, you’ll find the first in a series of tips from one of the top Pro Tools Read more...
As they raise a pint fresh from the tap, even the most seasoned audio engineer may not notice the complexities of keeping a music-first nightclub humming. When things move as efficiently as they do at Le Poisson Rouge in NYC’s Greenwich Village, the work that goes on behind the scenes Read more...
What are the best small tube amps for the recording studio? See this essential guide:
In the recording studio, you don’t always need a lot of power from a guitar amp. If anything, sometimes less is more when it comes to level, and many seasoned engineers will tell you that Read more...
