NYC Event Alert: Label Recruit All-Star Concert at The Triad Theater – 5/28...
Artist development continues apace via the NYC-based upstart Label Recruit. Their latest showcase takes place Wednesday, May 28th, 7-8:30 PM at one of the city’s most intriguing venues, The Triad...
View ArticleEventide Announces Free New ‘EQ Compressor’ Algorithm for H9 Multi-Effects Pedal
Eventide has their tech reaching in all aspects of audio enhancement. As a result, the H9 pedal is the manifestation of their array of guitar effects and pedals. The H9 pedal can embody algorithms from...
View ArticleAuralex ProPAD, ProPAD XL, & SubDude Review — by Carmen Borgia
Sound is crazy. It travels in invisible waves, difficult, if not impossible to visualize. With the right speakers you hear what was recorded and mixed in the original studio, no extra or missing...
View ArticleChandler Limited Launches TG2-500 – 500 Series Pre Amp/DI
A highly desirable pre amp and DI has gone inside the rack. Chandler Limited’s TG2-500 has an Abbey Road heritage. Chandler Limited announced that its acclaimed TG2 is now available in the form of the...
View ArticleThe Myth of a Thousand Little Choices (The 80/20 Rule as Applied to Audio...
Image courtesy of Flickr user Erica Zabowski We often make hundreds or thousands of decisions on any given project. How many of them really count? Most of us like to tell ourselves—and others—that...
View ArticleMoog Announces The Theremini — Theremin Reimagined
The Moog Theremin is one of our lifetime’s most unique electronic instruments – It’s the only instrument that users play without even touching! The Theremin has now been re-imagined with the Theremini...
View ArticleEventide Releases DDL-500 Delay For 500 Series
The new DDL-500 from Eventide brings a beautifully strange new addition to the world of a traditionally analog environment. This delay is, at it’s core, digital. But as Ray Maxwell, VP of Sales and...
View ArticleVideo Launch — Live Sound: Metallica and the Meyer Sound MJF-210 Stage Monitor
Necessity is the mother of invention. Metallica’s James Hetfield onstage in South America. (Photo: Jeff Yeager) That ages-old truisum was confirmed for both Metallica and Meyer Sound, when the former...
View ArticleMaking the Mix Room: Mark Needham — The Ballroom, Hollywood
If Mark Needham is experiencing downtime, it’s strictly self-imposed. Few mixers keep busier than Needham, whose talents seem always to be in demand. His discography of platinum artists span decades,...
View ArticleNYC Event: June 9 —“Disruption 2014: How to Survive & Thrive in the New Music...
With the vaunted entertainment industry tradeshow Promaxbda finally returning to New York City after a three-year absence, next week will be all about forging connections, making moves, and getting...
View ArticleResearch & Development: Antelope Audio Zen Studio — Portable Audio Interface
Zen – it’s a school of Mahayana Buddhism; a meditative state; an audio interface. If that last category seems out of place, you may not know the thinking that went into making Zen Studio, the portable...
View ArticleDeath By Audio Announces New Guitar Pedal – Reverberation Machine
Right in our own backyard, some brave Brooklyn pedal builders have crafted a new reverb pedal that can hit anything from soft whispers to complete obliteration. Reverberation Machine from Death by...
View ArticleSlate Announces RAVEN 2.0 — Batch Command System Debuts
Yes, Slate as in Steven Slate. As in Slate Pro Audio. As in Slate Digital. But mostly commonly, Slate – has announced RAVEN 2.0. For those not familiar with the original idea, Raven is the touch screen...
View ArticlePromaxBDA Conference Preview – New York City, June 10-12
Welcome back! After two consecutive years in Los Angeles, one of the entertainment industry’s most dynamic trade shows has returned to New York City. Promax is back! A really big show comes to NYC June...
View ArticleCreativeLive and the Next Generation of Online Audio Education
Producer Steve Evetts, a special guest instructor for CreativeLive’s “Studio Pass” workshop. Producer Steve Evetts listens intently to the sound of Ben Weinman’s guitar coming through his headphones....
View ArticleNew Music Seminar Preview: June 8-10, NYC
New Music Seminar crash course: Launched in 1980 and lasting through 1994, NMS established itself as the music business convention of its time. The event has seen some serious change in what it...
View ArticleAnthony Demaria Labs Announces ADL 1700 Liquid Mu Peak Limiter
There’s nothing like an analog addition to brighten up your day. Anthony Demaria Labs is providing that ray of sunshine with the announcement of the ADL 1700 Liquid Mu Peak Limiter. A unit with myriad...
View ArticleATC Launches SCM20PSL MkII Near-Field Reference Monitor
An ATC within reach is a beautiful thing. A more affordable ATC arrives. That’s exactly what was unveiled at GearFest in Fort Wayne, IN, last week: Artists, producers, and engineers now have increased...
View ArticleHow to Produce a #1 Hit Song: “All of Me” by John Legend
There’s always a song in the #1 slot. But not all those chart-toppers are destined for true greatness – they come and then they go, entertaining millions for a shining moment before fading away. John...
View ArticleOn Broadway: “Hedwig” and the Secrets of Tony-Nominated Sound Design
It’s a rock and roll story of transformation. But the onstage characters of Hedwig and The Angry Inch aren’t the only ones who were changed by this Tony Award-nominated Broadway musical. Tim O’Heir’s...
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