The Quantum DA converter technology has seen several years of analysis and subjective listening for development. The result is Crane Song‘s “most accurate” converters to date.
The Avocet IIA monitor controller from Crane Song.
Quantum DA Monitor Controller: Avocet IIA is Crane Song’s new take on their original Avocet… Read More
Focusrite is one of the most recent companies to jump on the Thunderbolt bandwagon with its new Clarett range of interfaces.
Switching to the high speed Thunderbolt connection offers some great advantages. Anyone who’s been recording in the digital domain knows that latency is a problem, and it’s made even … Read More
Don’t be fooled by its size – the Orange Micro Dark is packed with tone.
The Micro Dark is a valve/solid-state hybrid head that joins the ranks of its siblings, the Dual Terror, and the Dual Dark. A new 12AX7 driven, high gain preamp powers the monstrous tones this micro … Read More
The Zombie’s Odessey and Oracle.
This year, nearly 50 years after its initial release, The Zombies are launching a U.S. tour to perform their classic album Odessey and Oracle in its entirety.
Oracle is now known as a truly great and once “lost” masterpiece of psychedelia.
It is an immaculate … Read More
Last month iZotope announced the new and improved RX 5 Audio Editor and their RX 5 Post Production Suite.
Their Post Production Suite has been available since the announcement in September, but at long last, the wait is over for the core RX 5 Audio Editor – The Advanced… Read More
Keep plugins together, keep plugins together forever and ever!
That’s the mission of Soundtoys via the just-launched Soundtoys 5. With the new Effect Rack at its core, Soundtoys 5 is a powerful multi-effects processor that improves workflow by providing a single place to browse the entire Soundtoys effects catalog, … Read More
It could happen to you: One minute you’re engineering at the studio that you’ve grown to love, and the next minute… you’re the studio’s owner.
That’s a leap that does take place in the studio world, and most recently at Vinegar Hill Sound (VHS) in Brooklyn. Reed Black met the … Read More
If the UK or Europe is your base, you can take part in a unique music supervision event featuring SonicScoop co-founder David Weiss very soon.
The next “Sync Songwriter Workshop”, a music supervision-based event, has been announced by The SongHunters, FlavorLab, SynchAudio and VICE Media.
Lindsay-Bea Davis, … Read More
Spectrasonics Omnisphere 2.
When the first version of Omnisphere was released in 2008, the world of software synthesis was in a very different stage of development.
The critical mass of users who favored software instruments had yet to crest, and very few musicians would publicly bet their reputations on the … Read More
R.J. Gordon.
R.J. Gordon mixes Front-of-House at Brooklyn’s Shea Stadium, a space that’s part recording studio and part concert venue. Every single show that the venue hosts is recorded, mixed, mastered, archived online, and made available to the public free of charge.
Gordon talks to us about his … Read More
PureMix Online is yet another great online resource for audio engineering tips and methods for those that want to gain skills typically acquired through hands-on experience in professional studios.
Producing, mixing, and recording from two of the best.
Their own Fab Dupoint will be leading a two-day Master Class alongside … Read More
Radial Engineering cooked up another gadget for us – The Headload Prodigy.
Borrowing build from their original Headload guitar amp load box, the Headload Prodigy essentially brings the same tech to the more portable DI format.
The hybrid DI + load box is portable and ready to handle high-powered … Read More
It’s our favorite time of year again at SonicScoop: AES TIME!
Once again, our own Justin Colletti will be hosting the Platinum Engineers Panel, and If it’s anything like prior years, we’re expecting the room to fill to capacity, with standing room only left in the back for latecomers. … Read More
Heard City is now among the pioneering audio post-production companies providing virtual reality (VR) audio services.
The HC is now VR capable.
Quick Lesson: 3D audio involves placement of sound sources anywhere in a perceived 3-dimensional space, including behind, above, or below the listener.
VR provides new ways to tell … Read More
You can get more than ever into a small space.
Case in point is the new PreSonus Studio 192 USB 3.0 Audio Interface and Studio Command Center. A 26×32 interface that can record at up to 192 kHz, it provides 8 Class a solid-state mic preamps and Burr-Brown converters … Read More
R E S P E C T — find out what it means to sound.
That sense of respect is something you’ll find in spades at All Welcome Records. You can sense it between partners, for the principles of audio, and for the timeless music that comes as a … Read More
For those who may have missed it, Mackie released two new monitors – both with 100% more Bluetooth.
Mackie’s Bluetooth enabled monitors are ideal for casual listening and mixing.
Part of their best selling CR-series of monitors, the CR4BT and CR5BT join their wired CR3 and CR4 counterparts. CR-specific … Read More
Image by Flickr user Jeremy Bronson
Talking with an artist about their songs is an exercise that’s fraught with the potential to create distance between a producer and a songwriter. But it can also be a way to solidify that bond while making better music.
Though some songs may benefit … Read More
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 this new design with in-depth behind the scenes story called “How the Emulation Is Made”.
Now, … Read More
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 to introduce, share, sell, and distribute their music directly from their Wix website – all commission-free. In the … Read More
