Stam Audio Announces SA-2A Leveling Amplifier
Give a warm welcome to the SA-2A Opto Compressor, coming straight out of Chile and Stam Audio. This South American beauty claims to be a faithful reproduction of the classic 1968 Teletronix LA-2A...
View ArticleVocal Focus: Peppina —‘Follow Your Gravity’
Producing the debut EP for an artist means pulling double duty: You don’t just want them to be heard – you want them to be discovered. Finnish artist Peppina came to NYC to record her debut EP “Follow...
View ArticleEplex7 DSP Releases Bassblaster VST Plug-In
Although this is the first we’re seeing Eplex7 here at SonicScoop, we’re sure it won’t be the last. Their new plugin Bassblaster is a niche VST that generates low frequency after-effects on each signal...
View ArticleSoundtoys Launches Little AlterBoy – Free Voice Alteration Plugin, + “Plugged...
Soundtoys know how to party with the best of ‘em at SXSW, and 2015 is no exception – yet again they’ve launched a free plugin for the festival, and this one should be plenty of fun. Prepare to worship...
View ArticleIn Defense of the Laptop Record
Many studio veterans maintain a certain stigma against “laptop records.” By laptop records, I mean recordings that are made outside of a traditional recording studio, without a collection of expensive...
View ArticleBobby Owsinski Launches 101 Mixing Tricks Coaching Program
On his journey through the winding corridors of the wondrous music industry, Bobby Owsinski has gathered a personal collection of mixing and audio engineering tricks that he is willing to share with...
View ArticleWendy Starland: On Protecting Producers, Bands & Brands, and Bringing Up Lady...
Wendy Starland exudes the ideal of the modern entrepreneurial recording artist. She is also famous for having discovered and developed Lady Gaga at NYC’s famed venue The Cutting Room – a fruitful...
View ArticleThe Case for Digital Wireless Microphones
This is a guest post by Alex Milne of RF Venue.Digital wireless microphones sometimes get a bad rap. Early models, especially those operating in the 2.4 GHz band, did not sound as good as analog and...
View ArticleiZ Releases Radar Studio – Native PC + Audio Interface + More
Announced back at AES 2014 and demoed to much acclaim at NAMM earlier this year, iZ is ready to release their Radar Studio into the wild. The PC, audio Interface, and DAW combo aims to be the...
View ArticleLine 6 Now Shipping Firehawk FX – Wireless Multi-Effect Guitar Processor
If a wire is good, then wireless must be better. That’s been the prevailing fact in all the other tech we touch, so why shouldn’t it apply to our guitar (and synth) effects? Line 6 agrees...
View ArticleBack to Basics: How to Improve Gain Staging In Your DAW (Video)
Gain Staging is an important part of dealing with audio when recording and mixing. In this tutorial, I’ll go through some of the issues that are big red flags. If you’re needing some help with gain...
View ArticleBrooklyn Event: Meet API’s BOX Console at Strange Weather — Thursday, 4/9
API is all about New York City this week. API’s BOX takes over NYC this Thursday, at a free-to-attend Open House in Brooklyn. Don’t miss the opportunity to get up close and personal with API’s BOX...
View Article“Mixology” with George Walker Petit: Real Mixers Mix in Headphones
From the head that spans the cans sprout the ears of this man. You are about to join him on his cranial journey.
View Article“Mixology” with George Walker Petit: Real Mixers Mix in Headphones
I ride the 6 train sometimes, and it’s loud. The New York subway experience is degrading and filthy at worst, just plain noisy and jarring at best. Part of the NYC gig. Now hear this: George Petit...
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