MIDTOWN, MANHATTAN: Want a hot Internet tip? Visit the Wikipedia page for “organization” and go to town with it, it’s such a deep topic. SonicScoop was hooked from the starting sentence, “An organization is a social arrangement which pursues collective goals, controls its own performance, and has a boundary separating Read more...
MIDTOWN, MANHATTAN: Seems like new, small- to mid-sized rooms are blooming again in NYC. Just in time for spring, Sear Sound has opened up Studio D, an analog/digital hybrid room that adds a welcome new dimension to the city’s offerings.
A mix/edit/overdub suite, Studio D stands out for a few Read more...
With his new web-based and DVD video series, The Art & Science of Sound Recording, acclaimed engineer, producer and musician Alan Parsons (Pink Floyd, The Beatles, The Alan Parsons Project) has created an enormous resource for recording musicians and both budding and experienced engineer/producers. In separate segments on essential topics Read more...
I recently had the chance to check out the Digital Power Station iTunes plug-in from Bongiovi Acoustics. It claimed to “dramatically enhance the sound of any Mac computer, as well as its connected speakers, headphones and other auxiliary accessories.”
Upon first glance I thought there was NO WAY this small, Read more...
Propellerhead, the Swedish software manufacturer, has released the first in a series of video tutorials on the coupling of their Reason and Record software with various DAWs using ReWire.
For the first tutorial, producer/engineer Michael Winger (Alanis Morissette, Regina Spektor, The Von Bondies) shows how/why he uses ReWire to link Read more...
MIDWOOD, BROOKLYN: How do you resist a music powerhouse with the effervescent name of Mr. Fantastic? You don’t. Peter Habib and Adam Nierow prove that personality, persistence and pop vocal prowess pay off (say THAT five times fast), representing with infectious energy from the word “Go”.
Formed in 2006, this Read more...
Spectrasonics’ new (free) iPhone app, Omni Live, turns an iPhone or iPod Touch into a wireless remote control of the “Live Mode” of Spectrasonics soft synth, Omnisphere. “Omni Live” is available now as a free download from the Apple App store.
Spectrasonics has also released free updates for Omnisphere & Read more...
Can effective, even practical, music industry networking — traditionally sparked by “who you know” or being in the “right-place-at-the-right-time” — actually happen online? NYC-based professional musicians and music directors Onree Gill and Ralph Rolle say it not only can work, but that it’s actually needed to improve on an outdated Read more...
First in a series of in-studio tutorials by Rick Slater, NYC Producer/Engineer/Warrior.
MIDTOWN, MANHATTAN: If you keep an open mind, the music will tell you what to do. That’s been my philosophy in the studio, one of the many hard-learned lessons I’ve learned over many years of engineering records. I’ve Read more...
EAST VILLAGE, MANHATTAN: “I feel like my whole life has been leading up to this,” exclaims Shawn “Clown” Crahan, best known for his work in the multi-platinum, Grammy award-winning metal band Slipknot. But it’s not Slipknot he’s talking about here; he’s ecstatic about rejoining his other musical endeavor, Dirty Little Read more...
