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Slate Digital Launches Virtual Mix Rack – Modular Plugin System

500 x 4 really adds up. Slate Digital has an attractive equation for engineers, producers, and mixers with the Virtual Mix Rack, a modular plugin system that brings a virtual 500 series straight into...

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Using Multiband Compression to Conquer Proximity Effect Issues

What is the Proximity Effect? The proximity effect describes how bass frequencies build up when a microphone is brought very close to a sound source.  This effect frequently occurs when a vocalist...

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Beyond the Basics: A Survey of Stereo Microphone Techniques

Surround sound is becoming more ubiquitous than ever, but when it comes to music, stereo is still king. While up to 40% of American households now have surround sound systems, the penetration of stereo...

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Softube Releases Solid State Logic XL 9000 K-Series for Console 1

Console 1 is Softube’s solution for closing the analog console-DAW gap. Their system allows users to mix audio with their hardware interface that resembles a horizontally layered channel strip. The...

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Black Lion Audio Announces B12A MKII

Mod extraordinaire Black Lion Audio has announced their B12A MKII single channel mic preamp straight out of Chicago. Their new preamp, like Black Lion’s original B12A, is based on the API 312A but...

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Recording Studio Sweet Spot – 825 Records, Brooklyn (Video Tour)

He’s not the hardest-working man in music — yet. But give Matty Amendola time, and the Brooklyn producer/engineer/composer/multi-instrumentalist may yet get a share of that coveted title. There’s...

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Pro Sound Effects Launches Enhanced Hybrid Library & Expansion Program for...

Robin Hood has returned! The Hybrid Library from Pro Sound Effects packs 338 GB of sounds on a USB 3.0 hard drive. There may be no more beautifully benevolent bundle in the world of audio then the...

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Review: Spitfire eDNA01 – Earth – by Andrew Koss

For those of us that love music/sound synthesis, sound designing, and electronic production, we are living in glorious times indeed.  We now have a vast ocean with a plentiful bounty to fill our...

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iZotope Releases Sample-Based Synthesizer – Iris 2

The idea behind iZotope’s Iris software is to combine the capabilities of a sampler and modular synthesizer (see SonicScoop’s review of the original edition here). The next step for Iris 2 introduces...

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Grace Design Announces m905 Analog-Only Stereo Reference Monitor

Colorado-based Grace Design originally developed their acclaimed m905 with included DAC – now with the audio-only version of the m905, users that already have converters can still make use of the m905...

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Waves Launches OneKnob Pumper Plugin — Instant Ducking

Waves knows that, as the holidays kick off, we all have a need to keep things simple. Ergo, the release of their latest in the series of OneKnob plugins, this time in the form of Pumper. Ducking has...

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D.W. Fearn Launches VT-24 Four Channel Vacuum Tube Microphone Preamplifier

A true gentleman of audio, Mr. D.W. Fearn is into heavy metal. We talk not of his taste in music (although Black Sabbath and Meshuggah may indeed grace his home stereo), but his audio designs. The...

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Studio Strategy: The Augspurger Upgrade in Quad Studios’ Q2

Evolution is supposed to happen gradually – biologically speaking, a few thousand years is a nice brisk pace for major changes to unfold. Some elite New York City facilities are operating on a...

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Dubspot NY EDU Sessions: Mixing Workshop Featuring Ariel Borujow, 12/12

Dubspot is an online and campus-based educational foundation whose expertise lies in DJ, music and audio production. The Dubspot NY EDU Sessions are held right here in the city, hosting a variety of...

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Producer David Bendeth, Boz Digital Labs Release +10db Compressor Plug-In

Multi-platinum producer David Bendeth (Paramore, Breaking Benjamin, Papa Roach, Of Mice & Men, A Day to Remember) has a big fan club here at SonicScoop (check his inspiring “Mix Analysis” and “My...

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Review: A Practical Look at iZotope Ozone 6 – by Nick Messitte

Many years ago, I got a chance to sit behind a name-brand producer/engineer (no names here, only credits: One Direction, Flo Rida, Leona Lewis) and watch him mix a song for the band Augustana. There...

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“The iPad in the Music Studio” Published by Hal Leonard

We know what you’re thinking…a book about the iPad? But it’s not a contradiction — The iPad in the Music Studio is actually a smart multimedia tutorial, designed to quickly elevate your use of Apple’s...

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Steinberg Releases Cubase 8

Steinberg has been busy rebuilding their flagship DAW from the inside out. The next major installment, Cubase 8 comes to us with massive performance boosts, overhauled fader control, additional fader...

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TONE2 Audiosoftware Launches UltraSpace – Ambience-Modeling Solution

Don’t call it a reverb. Software smarties TONE2 Audiosoftware appear to have advanced ambience to the next level. Their vehicle is UltraSpace, a complete ambience-modeling solution that should prove to...

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Star Studios: Will Lee — Solo Satisfaction at The Beatles Museum, NYC

On a recent “Late Show with David Letterman,” longtime-band member bassist Will Lee is crooning the 1960’s classic “MacArthur Park” while laying down a punchy rhythm on his Sadowsky four-string Will...

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