FREE ReacTable Concert Wed. 5/15 in NYC – Play a ReacTable Yourself at...
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,...
View ArticleGlobal Music Elite Gather in NYC for Phil Ramone Tribute
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...
View ArticleDestination Studio: Old Soul Studios, Catskill, NY
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...
View ArticleNektar Releases Panorama P1 Control Surface
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...
View ArticleFree Fridays! Fave New Freeware Picks – Pultec-Style EQ, Libraries Galore,...
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...
View ArticleRain Launches 3rd Generation Event Mini Audio Computer
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...
View Article9th Annual Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival Announces Lineup – Adam “MCA” Yauch to...
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...
View ArticleConsole Switch: How The Bunker Installed Its SSL 4000 E — Step by Step
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...
View ArticleAvid Demonstrates Pro Tools 11 in NYC, Thurs. May 23rd
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...
View ArticleBlastwave FX Launches Noizz – 1,001 Digital Glitches
Ready to amuse your ears? This is Noizz you’ll be glad to have around. Then do them a favor and listen to the demo (see player below) of Blastwave FX’ newest sound effects library, named Noizz. A...
View ArticleStudio Convergence: The Pigeon Club Moves into Kaleidoscope Sound
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,...
View ArticleBlue Cat Audio Launches Liny EQ 5.0 – Linear Phase Graphic EQ
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...
View Article2013 PARMA Music Festival Announced – Live Classical Music Gathering 8/15-17,...
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...
View ArticleArpeggionome for iPhone is Launched – New Arpeggio Instrument and Controller
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...
View ArticleIcons: Mick Guzauski on Engineering and Mixing Daft Punk’s “Random Access...
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...
View ArticleSample Magic Launches “Magic AB” Reference Plugin
It would be easier to think of who couldn’t use this tool. The audio solution of which we speak is the new “Magic AB” referencing plugin from Sample Magic, which promises a fast new workflow for...
View ArticleVocal Focus: Tracking Talib Kweli for “Prisoner of Conscious”
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...
View ArticleAvid Announces Compact S3L Live System
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...
View ArticleVintage King Nashville Launches
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...
View Article32 New Albums & Artists to Know About — Made in NYC, LA, and Nashville
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...
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