Sundance Sound Brief: Inside the Audio Post for Four Film Premieres
Audio post pros worldwide have been working year ‘round for this moment, when a plethora of indie films premieres at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival. The POV style of “Low Down” required a special...
View ArticleSlate Digital Announces The VMS Virtual Microphone System
With their expanding array of hardware and digital audio products, Slate Digital has created a hybrid solution – the Virtual Microphone System. The VMS combines high quality audio capturing with...
View ArticleRupert Neve Designs Debuts 551 – 500 Series Inductor EQ
From the hand of the man, comes yet another audio first. Rupert Neve himself created every nook and cranny of the Rupert Neve Designs 551 Series Inductor EQ – the first and only 500 series EQ that he...
View ArticleMusic in 5.1 Dimensions: How the Best Surround Mixers Approach the Soundstage
Surround sound made its first public appearance in 1941, when Disney released its groundbreaking animated musical, Fantasia. Ever since then, surround systems have increasingly been used to enhance the...
View ArticleJZ Microphones Announces Channel Strip JZ Track
After solid growth since their conception in 2007 JZ Microphones has decided to officially expand their line from high end microphone production to their first channel strip, the JZ Track. JZ...
View ArticleUniversal Audio Launches Apollo Twin – High Resolution Desktop Interface
It turns out there was yet another dimension for Universal Audio to occupy. The latest breakout from UA puts their ideas onto the desktop, via the Apollo Twin High-Resolution Desktop Interface with...
View ArticleAVID At NAMM: Space, Sibelius & Eleven Rack
With NAMM kicking off yesterday, Avid had a few announcements, though no earth-shattering new releases. Here’s what new from the Avid camp: First, they announced the new Sibelius 7.5 music composition...
View ArticleAPI’s New Lunchbox, New 500 Series Modules
Introduced at NAMM, the new API Lunchbox — the 500-8B — has EIGHT slots, and delivers more power and overall better performance than the six-slot 500-6B. And it costs the same – $499. Can’t complain...
View ArticleMoog Announces Sub 37 Mono/Duo-Paraphonic Synthesizer
Another noteworthy NAMM release comes to us from Moog – The Sub 37 synth. Built on the engine that powers their original Sub Phatty, the Sub 37 includes the same DAHDSR filter, two modulation busses...
View ArticleiZotope & BT Co-Develop BreakTweaker — Beat Machine of the Future
iZotope and BT have collaborated on new technology they’re billing “the beat machine of the future”. Introduced at NAMM, “BreakTweaker” is a new kind of rhythmic instrument — a platform for rhythmic...
View ArticleBell Sound – A Legacy of Looking Ahead
It feels like home. Bougainvillea climbs over the green metal gate, encircling bright blue lounge chairs and a wrought iron table set, picturesque, against the brick patio. Entering Bell Sound The...
View ArticleRadial Announces Space Heater Tube Drive + Summing Mixer, Twinline Guitar FX...
Radial Engineering came through Winter NAMM with some big announcements and the ones that caught our eyes were the introduction of the Space Heater 8 channel tube drive + summing mixer, and the...
View ArticleNAMM 2014 Gear Highlights: 36 Picks to Improve Your Studio
If being thoroughly overwhelmed is your thing, then the music trade show they call NAMM is a great way to kick off the year. NAMM beckons to the industry insiders. The 2014 North American Music...
View ArticleTekserve Names Jerry Gepner CEO
A highly respected media and technology mind has a new role in New York City. Jerry Gepner is the new CEO of Tekserve. Tekserve, the technology solutions provider and Apple reseller headquartered on...
View ArticleVinyl Hits a Ten Year High – But Why?
British Phonographic Industry figures from 2013 suggest vinyl sales, while still relatively humble compared to CDs and downloads, have reached a ten-year high. The BPI data shows some 550,000 LPs were...
View ArticleAIAIAI & Stone’s Throw Records Launch TMA-1 Stones Throw Edition Headphones
Danish audio innovators AIAIAI joins forces with legendary Hip Hop heavyweights Stones Throw Records to create the limited TMA-1 Stones Throw Edition Headphones. Founded in Los Angeles, by DJ Peanut...
View ArticleHeavyocity Launches Groove Designer DM-307 — Stylized Modular Synth Drum...
New York City’s own cybernetic organisms over at Heavyocity have released another creation that oozes expression – DM-307. Their new groove designer comes complete with over 3,600 raw samples for users...
View ArticleRecording Studio Sweet Spot: Lindbergh Palace — Boerum Hill/Carroll Gardens,...
When something precious and rare suddenly sees daylight, that’s exhilarating. It doesn’t quite rank up there with the discovery of King Tut’s tomb, but the recent evolution of Lindbergh Palace Studios...
View ArticleCakewalk Releases Gibson EB 5-String Bass Expansion For Dimension Pro Sampler
Cakewalk’s expansive sampler/synth hybrid, Dimension Pro, now has an additional expansion pack to add to its already massive sample library. The Gibson EB 5-String Bass Expansion Pack contains a total...
View ArticleNew York Studio Burglarized: Be on the Lookout for Stolen Gear
Black Dog Studios in Stillwater New York, near Albany, suffered from a break-in last week. Studio staff arrived to find the back door smashed in, as well as tons of microphones, effects units and...
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