Comma Music Opens NYC Studios, Expands LA Staff
The original music competition has just intensified on both coasts, courtesy of new moves by Comma Music. Comma’s NYC staff (l-r): Lauren Pecorella, Matt Kelly, and Michael Paoletta An original music...
View ArticleElectro-Harmonix Shipping Epitome Multi-Effect Pedal
Incase you missed this gem back at NAMM, the Epitome from electro-harmonix combines three of the company’s most iconic pedals into one excellent effects pedal. The Epitome is a combination of the Micro...
View ArticleShoot Online: Top Super Bowl Sonic Branding Spots
Feeling Super Bowl ad withdrawal? Any time of year is good for a recharge of the uncontested Ultimate TV Event of the Western World. Did this Super Bowl take Sonic Branding to a next level? Here’s a...
View ArticleNeve Genesys Console Offers New Option – 88R-Style Four-Band EQ
Two EQs are better than one, especially when they’re available on a Neve. To prove it, AMS Neve is making a new EQ option – an 88R-style four-band EQ – available for the Neve Genesys, which is AMS...
View ArticleHeritage Audio Launches DMA 73 – Dual Mic Preamp & DI
We can’t return our whole bodies to the 1970’s, but at least our ears can go there. Heritage Audio, the Madrid-based manufacturer whose mission is to pay sonic homage to the great 1970’s Neve consoles...
View ArticleRecording Sweet Spot: Subcat Studios — Syracuse, New York
The constant quest for a destination studio within striking distance of New York City leads logically to Syracuse. A renowned college town, it’s no wonder that the recording scene is on the rise here....
View ArticleMotion Picture Sound Editors Announce 2013 Golden Reel Winners
The behind-the-scenes stars were out on Sunday in Hollywood. The MPSE honored the top achievers in cinema sound — and beyond — last night in LA. For pure sonic quality in feature films, TV, animation,...
View ArticleMeet the New CEO of Avid: Q&A with Louis Herndandez, Jr. on the Future of Pro...
There’s no official President of Pro Audio, but the CEO who runs Avid comes closest to holding that title. Just like the President of the United States is often referred to as the Leader of the Free...
View ArticleMuTools Releases MuLab 5 DAW
Whether or not you have heard of this particular DAW system from MuTools, MuLab 5 has always been one to blaze it’s own trail in one way or another amongst other DAW heavyweights. Apart from being...
View ArticleSession Buzz: Who’s Recording In & Around NYC – A Monthly Report
GREATER NYC AREA: New works by David Bowie, Vampire Weekend, She & Him, Azealia Banks, John Scofield, Common and more have been in production all over the city – in the studios highlighted below....
View ArticleSound Information: Metadata For Your Music
In the days of vinyl and tape cassettes, providing your listeners with information about your music was simple: Everything from song titles to song-writers, lyrics to album art, engineering credits to...
View ArticleKNS Productions (NYC) Signs With Razor & Tie Music Publishing
NYC-based production team KNS Productions (Brian Kierulf and Josh Schwartz) has signed a worldwide publishing deal with Razor & Tie Music Publishing. Josh Schwartz and Brian Kierulf KNS has...
View ArticleBlue Cat Audio Launches Blue Cat’s DP Meter Pro 4.0
Prepare to look deeeeep into your audio. The forward-thinking French developer Blue Cat Audio announced that it has launched Blue Cat’s DP Meter Pro 4.0, a brand new version of its multi-purpose audio...
View ArticleADAM Launches F Series Monitors – New Cost Effective Line
Two new ways to listen critically have arrived, at a budget-friendly price point. ADAM Audio announced that it is shipping its new F Series professional monitors. The F5 and larger F7 nearfields are...
View ArticleMassive Monitor Makeover: Manhattan Center’s Studio 4 Pumps the Volume Way Up
When is it time to pull the trigger on a major studio upgrade? Sometimes you feel it in your bones, while other times the spark comes from client feedback. And of course, the impetus can be both of the...
View Article85th Academy Award Audio and Music Winners Announced
Host Seth McFarlane was fun, but for us the real draw at the 85th Annual Academy Awards was the recognition of some of the most coveted achievements in the world of audio. The competition in audio and...
View ArticleJohn Siket in the Studio with Ex Cops: Producing Future Rock
Ex Cops’ debut, produced/engineered/mixed by John Siket, has just arrived. MURRAY HILL: Ex Cops got their name from the frequent cover titles from the New York Post, but something tells us they’ll be...
View ArticleNile Rodgers’ Sumthing Else Music Works Releases Game Soundtrack “Gears of War”
One of NYC’s top music producers has quietly built up an impressive track record releasing video game soundtracks. The Nile Rodgers-founded label Sumthing Else is gearing up for another “Gears of War”...
View ArticleMan Made Music Names Allison Meiresonne President, Brand Partnerships
Loyalty is being rewarded at NYC-based Man Made Music (MMM), where Allison Meiresonne has been promoted to the newly created position of President, Brand Partnerships. Meiresonne, who has worked with...
View ArticleThe Best Snare Drums For The Recording Studio
It’s no overstatement to say that a good snare sound is essential to the backbone of almost any kind of pop record – whether that means hip hop, country, speed metal, R&B, punk rock, psychedelia,...
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