Unfortunately, poorly recorded vocals and instruments are all too commonplace, given today’s do-it yourself production mentality. Poor microphone choice and placement, over-compression, and room noise can wreak havoc on the quality of a recording. The job of cleaning up after a bad recording can be very tedious.
Enter the SuprEsser Read more...
For all of you composers, sound designers and recording engineers/mixers out there who’ve pondered getting into the music-for-games game, a crash-course conference coming up in NYC could be that extra push you need to go for it.
GameSoundCon is a two-day symposium for composers, sound designers and recording professionals (and Read more...
Artist: Electric Six
Song: “Countdown to the Countdown”
Why I Luv It: As my loyal readers already know, anytime I get an opportunity to push high quality American rock n roll, I’m gonna’ do it, so you shouldn’t be surprised that this week I’m getting behind a brand new song Read more...
NEW YORK, NY: For young producer-engineer-remixer Andrew Maury, the last few years have been a whirlwind tour both on and off the road with Ra Ra Riot.
Between touring as their FOH engineer and co-producing their latest record, The Orchard (released yesterday!), Maury has become that indispensable “fifth Beatle” Read more...
Most people are either 1) a DJ, 2) a DJ wannabe, or 3) a DJ hater. Far be it from me to judge; characters from each group have both good and bad reasons for their position. But this winter, Native Instruments (NI) will roll out a new self-contained professional DJ Read more...
HELL’S KITCHEN, MANHATTAN: Avatar Studios announced that it has opened Studio W, a new 160 sq. ft. Pro Tools/Logic writing room. Acoustically designed by renowned Avatar engineer/mixer/producer Roy Hendrickson (Avatar Studio E, Studio G), the second floor studio was launched to provide an inexpensive but functional room for songwriters/artists to Read more...
LONG ISLAND CITY, QUEENS: Being an artist has never been a very sound proposition, in New York City or anywhere else. So it follows that an immersion into sound art would be twice as risky.
Fortunately in our day and age, there’s a little infrastructure – grants and friendly facilities Read more...
WILLIAMSBURG, BROOKLYN: New York City hip-hop is no longer dominated by the mixtape artist / major label dichotomy. Flourishing in that space between the artist selling tapes out of his trunk and the international corporate superstar are rising multi-hyphenate artists like Brooklyn native DotDaGenius.
A classically trained pianist and Read more...
WILLIAMSBURG, BROOKLYN: The Brewery is in a new class of NYC recording studios owned by young, ambitious engineer/producers who experienced the big commercial studio business as interns and assistants. And then they moved on…
A one-room facility with a log-cabin room-within-a-room design and enormous rooftop expanse off a sharp Read more...
Avid announced today that it has introduced a new series of hardware and software solutions for Pro Tools|HD. In addition to changing the way Pro Tools|HD users work with their systems, the company is hopeful that these new tools — HD I/O, HD OMNI, HD MADI, and HEAT (Harmonically Enhanced Read more...
