There’s no end to the number of professional-quality audio programs today. From Pro Tools to Ableton to Reaper to Cubase to Logic, Digital Performer, Bitwig, FL Studio and Studio One, picking one for your work can be daunting.
So which is the “best” DAW out there? Or at least, which Read more...
The world of drum machines, just like the world of analog synths, is considerably more fun now than it was a few short years ago. Then, your choices were slim—hard-to-find vintage gear, high-end offerings from Elektron or Dave Smith, or a slew of 90s drum machines that always left you Read more...
“Music is truly all I care about.” That’s not a surprising statement to come across in A SonicScoop interview, but coming from ascending producer Teo Halm it’s truly saying something.
Halm is already a Latin GRAMMY-winning songwriter at the age of 20, picking up a statue for co-writing the electrifying/alluring Read more...
How long can you spend in the studio before you hit the point of diminishing returns?
Justin Colletti recommends asking yourself this question and monitoring your productive studio time in this episode. He offers a few insights into how long you can expect to remain productive in any given session, Read more...
Should you use your speakers’ built-in EQ? Is it worthwhile to get speaker correction system for your studio? Justin Colletti offers some ideas and key principles for applying EQ to your speaker and room.
Thanks to KRK for sponsoring this 3-part series. Check out at the other two installments here: Read more...
Slam XL is a new channel and bus “fattener” from Beatskillz, owned by Beatfactory Academy, one of the top music production and sound engineering schools in the world.
It is based on Beatskillz’ best-selling Slam Pro plug-in, and offers controls for EQ, saturation, compression, limiting, and stereo expansion in one Read more...
Rich Costey has a dilemma: Let his GRAMMY-winning career as a producer and mixer speak for itself, or shed his shyness and do some of his own talking?
It’s understandable why Costey has gone with the former option for most of his professional life—the man is busy. When you visit Read more...
There’s a powerful concept in the world of productivity: “Finish your day before you start it“. This idea can also be applied to mixing or anything else in music production, with amazing results.
In this episode, Justin Colletti of SonicScoop gives insights into how to come up with a plan Read more...
In this video, Justin Colletti talks about one of his favorite speaker designs in history: The closed-back cube style of monitors, first popularized by the original Auratone Super Sound Cubes in the 1970s.
Justin talks about what makes this design so important, why it makes it so much easier to Read more...
Many film composers, music editors, sound designers—really anyone working with audio in post-production—often need a reliable way to play back video. While many DAWS offer the ability to import video directly into your session, they often don’t interact well with certain video formats and codec types.
For instance, I have Read more...
