The Moog Theremin is one of our lifetime’s most unique electronic instruments – It’s the only instrument that users play without even touching! The Theremin has now been re-imagined with the Theremini in design and functionality. The Theremini provides new, complex sounds, pitch and scale locking abilities and can still … Read More
Moog Announces The Theremini — Theremin Reimagined
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Eventide Releases DDL-500 Delay For 500 Series
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Video Launch — Live Sound: Metallica and the Meyer Sound MJF-210 Stage Monitor
Necessity is the mother of invention.
Metallica’s James Hetfield onstage in South America. (Photo: Jeff Yeager)
That ages-old truisum was confirmed for both Metallica and Meyer Sound, when the former turned to the latter for a monitor that would make the group’s 2013 Antarctica appearance possible.
A show waaaaaaaaaay … Read More
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Making the Mix Room: Mark Needham — The Ballroom, Hollywood
If Mark Needham is experiencing downtime, it’s strictly self-imposed.
Few mixers keep busier than Needham, whose talents seem always to be in demand. His discography of platinum artists span decades, and they tell the story of his success better than anything: American Authors, Blondie, Fleetwood Mac, Imagine … Read More
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NYC Event: June 9 —“Disruption 2014: How to Survive & Thrive in the New Music Industry”
With the vaunted entertainment industry tradeshow Promaxbda finally returning to New York City after a three-year absence, next week will be all about forging connections, making moves, and getting smarter.
The Production Music Association is out to disrupt your way of thinking — Monday, June 9th, in NYC.
In line … Read More
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Review: Foley Collection – Total Pack by Zach McNees
Over the past few years, my engineering work has become a hybrid between music recording and post-production for TV and film. Often times, the projects I work on are independent, self-financed films and documentaries with modest budgets, which inevitably means that all post production audio requirements fall squarely on my … Read More
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Eventide Giving Away UltraChannel — Until 7/8/14
Okay, here is some more Eventide news. For those who haven’t had the chance to experience previous Eventide announcements, now there is no excuse not to focus: Eventide is introducing their new UltraChannel plug-in to the market, free of charge, until July 8th, 2014.
The plug-in itself is loaded with … Read More
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How (and Why) Are MP3 Files So Damn Small?
A technician works on one of Google’s gargantuan data centers.
The MP3 format was first released 21 years ago this Summer. It goes almost without saying that it, and the other compressed audio formats that followed, changed the music world forever.
Today, there are tens of millions of Americans who … Read More
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IK Multimedia Announces SampleTank 3 Sound Workstation
Is bigger better?
More than a decade in the making, ST3 is coming.
IK Multimedia is betting you’ll say “yes”, but to their credit, massive size isn’t the only exciting thing about the impending release of SampleTank 3.
First off, it’s been over 10 years since the release of … Read More
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Grado Launches Third Generation Headphones: The e-Series
Brooklyn-based headphone designer, Grado, has just unveiled their third generation of professional headphones.
After 60 years in the making, the company believes it has reached its most sophisticated designs yet with the e-Series. The headphone designs have a heavy influence of metal and wood integration to provide a … Read More
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Composer Cribs: Heavy Melody Music – New York City
Who ain’t kiddin? These 10-ton gorillas of music for picture: Heavy Melody Music.
Founded over a decade ago by Dave Fraser and Neil Goldberg, this is a made-in-Manhattan musical lovefest that just keeps on producing. HM has its hands in some of everything – movies, TV, ads, trailers, video … Read More
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Studio Prodigy Sessions in LA: Eddie Kramer 6/21-22, “Analog Mastering in a Digital World” 6/28-29
Burning for a real learning experience? Engineer/mixer/producer Ryan Hewitt (blink-182, Dixie Chicks, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers) has a double shot coming LA way.
Eddie Kramer will be available to all Studio Prodigies on June 21-22.
His Studio Prodigy Master Class Series continues with a living legend — Session Four … Read More
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My GO TO…Saturation: Three Pros Share Their Secret Weapons
It’s time to dish out some dirt! This edition of the GO TO series is all about everything that’s unclean: Saturation, distortion and harmonics that make our drums gnarly, our vocals gritty or maybe just make our mix sound more “analog”.
When it comes to mixing, there are essentially two … Read More
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PromaxBDA Winners of Promotion, Marketing & Design Awards Announced
There’s nothing like networking at PromaxBDA.
FX made their presence known at the 2014 PromaxBDA Awards.
Whether you were in music, design, or straight up marketing, attending PromaxBDA last week in NYC was powerful. The crowd it attracts is uniquely focused, friendly and professional – having it back in … Read More
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Allen & Heath Introduces Qu-32 Mixer – 32-In/28-Out, for Live & Studio
The Qu digital line of mixers from Allen & Heath now include the Qu-32 – a 32 channel digital mixer.
The Qu line radically maximizes on the advantages of digital control by including complete board recall, including digitally controlled preamps. Along with total recall, the Qu-32 includes all of the … Read More
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Culinary Audio Arts: Eating Up the 17th Annual AES AudioMasters Golf Tournament — Nashville
The Nashville Section of the AES, in cooperation with the Nashville Engineers Relief Fund (NERF), held its 17th annual AudioMasters golf tournament for the benefit of NERF on Thursday and Friday, May 15 and May 16 at the Harpeth Hills golf course and as usual, a buffet broke out.… Read More
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The Resonant Human: The Science of How Tempo Affects Us
Image courtesy of Flickr user Derek Gavey.
You’re walking along, enjoying some of your favorite music on a pair of headphones, when all of a sudden you realize you’re re-enacting Survivor’s “Eye of the Tiger” video, stepping in time to the music like someone on a mission: Left … Read More
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Video Premiere: Sterling Sound’s Chris Gehringer in RPM #2 – from Ronin Applied Sciences
How would you like 9:33 of inspiration today?
Brooklyn mic genies Ronin Applied Sciences will provide it. The creators of astonishing products like the Dove LDC FET mic and Archangel Passive Gain mic preamp also have video dancing through their heads.
That’s why they’re presenting another installment of RPM (Ronin … Read More
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Applied Acoustic Systems Announces String Studio VS-2 String Modeling Synthesizer
A string-modeling synthesizer plugin? Yes, AAS has now implemented version 2 of their original String Studio, released almost 10 years ago. Although there is minimal change to the plugin’s name, the String Studio VS-2 innards are almost completely re-done. Replacing oscillators with real strings was their first step. Aside from … Read More
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Premier Studios Hosts Sessions with Will.i.am, Amber Riley, Wiz Khalifa
Premier Studios in Midtown has seen a plethora of action recently, with its SSL J 9072-equipped Studio A, and SSL J 9000-equipped Studio B, plus writer studios E and F hosting a number of sessions. Projects at Premier have included: Hollywood Records artist Demi Lovato was in on a project for Disney Pictures. The song […]
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