Opportunities like this don’t come along every day.
Tonight, Wednesday May 15th, at 7 PM, may be your best chance to get up close and personal with the revolutionary electronic instrument ReacTable, via a FREE concert at NYC non-profit digital arts center Harvestworks.
The evening’s show is presented … Read More
How do you say goodbye to Phil Ramone?
Pictured L-R, seated: Paul Simon, Quincy Jones, Karen Ramone, BJ Ramone, Matthew Ramone; L-R, standing: Steve Gadd, Josh Groban, Dave Grusin, Ed Cherney, Nikki Yanofsky, Kevin Spacey, Noel Paul Stookey, Shelby Lynne, Peter Yarrow, Matthew Morrison. (Photo by Johnny Richie Photography) … Read More
Back in 1995, Kenny Siegal was living in New York City, working out of a personal studio in DUMBO, long before that neighborhood had turned into the chichi business district it is today.
His studio at the time was a subterranean lair, deep in the basement of 68 Jay Street, … Read More
Nektar is a hardware manufacturer that specializes in creating control surfaces that integrate specifically with Reason, Cubase and Nuendo. Their latest release of the Panorama P1 is all about having a streamlined workflow. Out of the box, the sleek and compact P1 gives users control of up to 61 parameters … Read More
Perusers of SonicScoop – the wait is over…along with the Summer weather, Free Fridays 12 has finally arrived!
Back for another installment of the beloved Freeware Fridays, we here at SonicScoop managed to fish up five exceptional freeware audio tools and instruments using only a piece of string, a rather … Read More
If audio is all or part of your day, then a computer purpose-built for the job makes plenty of sense.
The latest Event has arrived, with a compact price to match its size.
Rain Computers has launched its latest update for the field with it’s newest Event, the third generation … Read More
The “B” borough will be brimming with beats before you know it.
Prepare for the 9th Annual Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival (BHF), happening from July 10th-13th with a powerful lineup lined up. Taking place once again in Brooklyn Bridge Park, tickets are now available for a great series which … Read More
Waaay back in the ‘80’s, the Fixx famously proclaimed “one thing leads to another.” And before that, the 17th Century philosopher Spinoza could have told you the same thing.
The journey begins — John Davis helps to unload the newly arrived SSL 4000.
Undoubtedly, the founders of one … Read More
Here’s a road show you’ll want to pull over for.
Here’s your chance to get hands on with PT11, and learn more in a hurry.
Avid is arriving in NYC this Thursday, May 23rd , for a live and in-person free demonstration of Pro Tools 11. It takes place … Read More
In the music production world, convergence today is about more than just styles combining – it can also refer to studios coming together.
That’s exactly what’s happened in the busy New Jersey scene, with the recent integration of Wayne Dorell’s Hoboken facility, The Pigeon Club, into The Patio at … Read More
Audio engineering should be an elegant experience.
That belief is easy to see in the newly released Blue Cat Audio Liny EQ 5.0, which represents a complete rewrite of the French developer’s low latency linear phase EQ plugin.
Lots of plugins are capable of communicating information, but the attractive … Read More
An energetic wave of classical – from new to historic to experimental — is beaming out of the Northeast.
It’s not south nor southwest — but there’s a similar sense of musical adventure afoot.
HQ will be the 2013 PARMA Music Festival, being held August 15-17 in Portsmouth, New … Read More
The iPhone continues to prove itself as an ideal host for fresh musical possibilities.
A highly intriguing development is the Arpeggionome for iPhone, which transforms the iPhone into a new and expressive musical instrument. In addition to the entrancing music it generates on its own, Arpeggionome (which stands for … Read More
Talk about being in the right place at the right time.
No, we don’t mean the moment Mick Guzauski got invited to engineer and mix the new chart-topping album by Daft Punk, Random Access Memories. We mean the countless sessions that the Grammy-winning audio pro worked setting up mics … Read More
Talib Kweli kicks off Prisoner of Conscious with an outright lie: “I’m at a loss for words,” Talib Kweli declares in the intro for his fifth studio album – a statement that’s clearly contradicted by the 14 ensuing tracks.
Talib Kweli showcases his considerable vocal prowess anew on “Prisoner of … Read More
Live sound engineers who have been craving even more of what Avid has to offer, looking for a solution with increased ease of use on the road but with studio workflow also firmly in mind, are going to take a keen interest in the newly unveiled S3L System.
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Music City has a new place to lust for gear – and then take it home.
This sonic HQ is Vintage King Nashville, a retail store and demo studio established by new/vintage recording equipment retailer Vintage King Audio. Now open for business, the store follows in the footsteps … Read More
As new records by Savages, The National, Vampire Weekend, The Flaming Lips and Daft Punk spin on high rotation chez SonicScoop, we’re hearing about so many new projects coming down the pipeline that we thought we’d share in a new column.
Get ready for the details of … Read More
