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All Hands Electric: A Brooklyn Artist Collective & Modern Musical Co-Op

May 5th, 2010 by Janice Brown

GOWANUS, BROOKLYN: An artists collective and record label inspired by other artist-run labels, All Hands Electric encompasses the multiple projects of its all-Brooklyn-based artist-founders: singer/songwriter and musician Zachary Cale (Solo, Illuminations, Rope, Prudence Teacup), dance-punk musician and painter Peter La Bier (Psychobuildings), singer/composer and graphic artist Alfra Martini Read more...

Eventide’s H3000 Factory Plug-In A May Special

May 4th, 2010 by Janice Brown

For the month of May, Eventide’s H3000 Factory Ultra-Harmonizer Pro Tools TDM plug-in, based on the Factory algorithms from the legendary H3000, will be available as an individual plug-in for only $199.

Eventide‘s H3000 Ultra-Harmonizer effects processor has been a staple of major motion picture soundtracks, hit records and live Read more...

Chris Coady Talks Beach House, Destination Recording and Music Of The Digital Natives

May 4th, 2010 by Janice Brown

LOWER EAST SIDE: We meet up with producer/engineer Chris Coady as he’s heading into the studio for the day. He’s mixing Abe Vigoda and it’s crunch time so we promise not to keep him too long…

Starting at Quad in the early aughts, Coady’s come up through tumultuous times Read more...

The Postelles Get St(r)oked for Their Upcoming Debut Album

May 3rd, 2010 by David Weiss

UPPER WEST SIDE: From the land of mediocre restaurants and mid-life crisis, the Upper West Side, come The Postelles. How did this foursome rise above the cultural obstacles of their upbringing, coming from a place where the Gap and Starbucks reign as supreme as in the Topeka suburbs, to make Read more...

RIP Walter Sear: NYC Recording Legend, Inventor, Audiophile, Friend

April 30th, 2010 by David Weiss

Hipper than thou. Walter Sear didn’t have to try to be cooler than most everyone else on the planet – he just was.

All of us at SonicScoop were deeply saddened to learn that Walter, the founder of NYC’s Sear Sound, passed away on Thursday. We knew that he had Read more...

RightsFLow: NYC’s Mechanical Animals of Music Licensing

April 28th, 2010 by David Weiss

THE FLATIRON DISTRICT, MANHATTAN: Who gives you the right? If you’re a label, artist or music service of some sort, it just may be RightsFlow.

This NYC company was born in the bedroom of President/CEO Patrick Sullivan in 2007, and less than three years later stands as a fast-growing player Read more...

A Call Into Macsupport.com

April 26th, 2010 by Mark Kondracki

MIDTOWN MANHATTAN: It was April 15, 2010 and what better day than “tax day” to talk with the good folks over at Macsupport.com — a company dedicated to keeping our computers running so we can keep working so we can keep paying those taxes.

Macs are the nerve center of Read more...

Jordan Galland & The Art of Spooky: Search Party & Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Undead

April 23rd, 2010 by Janice Brown

GRAMERCY, MANHATTAN: This week, NYC singer/songwriter and filmmaker Jordan Galland releases his new solo record, Search Party. Inspired by Leonard Cohen and Serge Gainsbourg, Galland’s music has a moody, cinematic-pop quality that pervades his work in the visual realm as well. In his debut feature film — a dark comedy, Read more...

Harlem Parlour Music Club: Capturing the Natural Dynamic

April 23rd, 2010 by Christopher Walsh

HARLEM, MANHATTAN: A heady week has just wrapped for the Harlem Parlour Music Club, a 15-strong collective comprised of top New York musicians and audio professionals. On April 13, the group played to a packed Living Room on the Lower East Side. The following day, they traveled uptown to public Read more...

SSL Duende Mini: An In-Depth Review

April 21st, 2010 by Tommy Mokas

By Tommy Mokas

The Duende Mini, in short, is SSL‘s magical sound housed in a 1/3 rack sized metal box that houses 4 proprietary DSP chips; the size of an average external hard drive. While Duende has been around for a while now, it is a product that is growing Read more...

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