Software Review: Universal Audio Manley Variable Mu Limiter/Compressor Plugin
Under the hood of the Manley Variable Mu In November 2014, when Universal Audio announced that it would release a new software version of the Manley Variable Mu compressor, SonicScoop quickly covered...
View ArticleWix Music 2.0: Wix.com Joins Forces With Macklemore and Ryan Lewis to Launch...
One of the worlds leading web development platforms, Wix.com has integrated a fully featured music distribution platform into their site builder. What is Wix Music 2.0? Wix Music 2.0 allows artists...
View ArticleAES 139, NYC – Transaudio Group Re-Launches Auratone Reference Monitors
Originally developed by Jack Wilson in 1958, the Super Cube quickly became one of the most iconic reference monitors in the audio industry. The original one-way, zero crossover reference monitors...
View ArticleSonicScoop’s AES 2015 Preview and Highlights
This year, the Audio Engineering Society is back in New York City, bringing the 139th International AES Convention to the Big Apple from October 29th to November 1st. Whether you’ll be there to learn,...
View ArticleSoftware Review: Boom Library’s Virtual Foley Artist
The interface for Virtual Foley Footsteps.Anyone who works with sound for picture is probably familiar with Boom Library’s collection of sound FX libraries. Boom Library products cover a vast array of...
View ArticleGet “That” Guitar Tone: Foo Fighters Edition
A guitar player doesn’t have to be a storied virtuoso to deliver a great tone that countless musicians and fans seek to emulate—or to simply keep in their ears as an extremely useful reference point...
View ArticleNew to SonicScoop? Start Here.
Just picked up a discount card from AES? Just stumbled onto us through a web search or one of our giveaways? Here’s a good way to get acquainted with what we do at SonicScoop: See what stories others...
View ArticleParty Pics! Stadiumred Celebrates Expansion in Style
The multi-room expansion of uptown sound complex Stadiumred became official on Thursday night. The studio welcomed super producer Just Blaze and mastering engineer Ricardo Gutierrez to the fold,...
View ArticleStadium Red Expands: Just Blaze and the Science of NYC Studios
If you're going to make it bigger, make it better. Stadium Red added the people, then gave them a full-service place to gravitate to.
View ArticleThe SonicScoop Year in Review: Top NYC Music Business News and Trends of 2010
Did creativity and commerce speed up or bog down in NYC this year? We put it all together, looking back and looking ahead.
View ArticleThe Quirky Habits of Great Mixers
We ask some of our favorite mixers how they stay fresh and focused during their most challenging mixes. Great tips from Bob Clearmountain, Steve Albini, Bob Power and more.
View ArticleMassive Monitor Makeover: Manhattan Center’s Studio 4 Pumps the Volume Way Up
A long-running studio suddenly hosts one of NYC's most stunning control rooms.
View ArticleThe Science of Sample Rates (When Higher Is Better — And When It Isn’t)
We are proud to begin re-posting some of the greatest hits from Trust Me, I’m a Scientist right here on SonicScoop for posterity. This story was originally published in TMIAS on February 4, 2013. Image...
View ArticleThe Art of Listening to Microphones (A Special Technique for Building a Sense...
Image by Flickr user “nizzzat”. A good microphone locker offers a vast array of possibilities, with blurry borders and intangible contours. Knowing how to choose the right ones can often seem like a...
View ArticleRyan West Shows How To Add ‘Transformer Color’ in a Mix
Last month Nathan Hamiel demonstrated how to properly produce rock vocal compression using the Dangerous COMPRESSOR. This month we are joined by platinum selling engineer Ryan West at Flux Studios here...
View ArticleWhy Use an Analog Summing Mixer? Featuring Ryan West
Ryan West is this months Dangerous Music guru, shedding light on his methods behind hybrid mixing. Out of Flux Recording Studios in NYC, Ryan utilizes the Dangerous Music 2-BUS+ to demonstrate how...
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3 Techniques: Soundtoys Decapitator – with Mixer Qmillion
If you aim to keep your head on straight – while tilting your ears over just so – then Decapitator is a powerful plugin. The analog saturation modeler from Soundtoys is noted by mixers early and often...
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The Science of Sample Rates (When Higher Is Better — And When It Isn’t)
We are proud to begin re-posting some of the greatest hits from Trust Me, I’m a Scientist right here on SonicScoop for posterity. This story was originally published in TMIAS on February 4, 2013....
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The Art of Listening to Microphones (A Special Technique for Building a Sense...
Image by Flickr user “nizzzat”. A good microphone locker offers a vast array of possibilities, with blurry borders and intangible contours. Knowing how to choose the right ones can often seem like a...
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Ryan West Shows How To Add ‘Transformer Color’ in a Mix
Last month Nathan Hamiel demonstrated how to properly produce rock vocal compression using the Dangerous COMPRESSOR. This month we are joined by platinum selling engineer Ryan West at Flux Studios...
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