RØDE Microphones Releases NT1 Cardioid Condenser Microphone
Straight out of the land from down under, RØDE has released one of their quietest microphones to date. Apart from the resemblance to the RØDE NT1-A, The RØDE NT1 only shares the same mesh grille with...
View ArticleFrenchkiss Label Group Signs Two New Labels
The New York City based Frenchkiss Label Group has expanded with the recent signing of two new independent record labels: Brooklyn-based PaperCup Music, and the new Rough Beast Records out of...
View ArticleComma Music Promotes Becca Major to EP in LA, Adds Andy Lykens as Integrated...
There are major personnel moves on both coasts for the prolific music house Comma Music. Becca Major is now Executive Producer for Comma Music, in Santa Monica. In Santa Monica, Becca Major has risen...
View ArticleElysia Releases Museq EQ Plugin
Well known for occasional software releases of their hardware devices, Elysia has now adapted their Museq EQ to the digital realm. The new Museq EQ Plugin comes to us as a direct replica that includes...
View ArticleTRW-1 Vacuum Tube Triode Warmer Launched by Pentode Audio + 123creative
The quest to merge the worlds of analog and digital – inside the box – continues unabated. This time, two bedfellows have paired up for the effort: Pentode Audio and Slovakian developers...
View ArticlePstudio Psychology: When to hit “Reset” on a Session
Houston, we have a problem… When do you hit that switch? If you’ve been playing along at home, we’ve talked a lot about keeping the flow and having successful sessions. Well there are many paths to the...
View ArticleIcons: Tom Elmhirst on Mixing for Arcade Fire and Reflektor
There are no platinum records lining the walls of Tom Elmhirst’s control room at Electric Lady Studios – but there certainly could be. Tom Elmhirst — on Fire at Electric Lady Studios. (all photos by...
View ArticlelittleBits Partners with Korg To Release “Synth Kit”— Snap-Together Analog...
littleBits has announced their Synth Kit made in collaboration with the one and only Korg. The company littleBits is all about creating open source synth modules that snap together via magnet...
View ArticleLIVE in the Studio
THE VALLEY: Fonogenic Studios sits almost directly off of the 405, down Haskell just past where apartments and gas stations fade into warehouses and corporate parks. The studio itself is tucked away...
View Article“Recording Lounge” Recap & Mixtape Feat. Au Revoir Simone, Ski Lodge & More
If you didn’t make it to the annual Just Managing Recording Lounge – held this year at Mission Sound in Williamsburg – you missed out! Artists including Ski Lodge, Tweens, Ghost Wave and Au Revoir...
View ArticleBlue Cat Audio Releases PatchWork – Virtual Patch Bay For Audio Plug-Ins
Well known for their audio analysis plug-ins, Blue Cat Audio has now created a new integration tool for DAWs that allows users to store multiple plug-in chains. PatchWork can support a total of 64...
View ArticleThe Fest For Beatles Fans 2014 Confirmed for Feb. 7th in NYC — 50th American...
It will be a fabulous three months of anticipation for fans of the Fab Four. It was 50 years ago in February… That’s because The Fest for Beatles Fans, which bills itself as “the world’s longest...
View ArticlePurple Audio Announces MFtwenty5 – Rack Mount Discrete Summing Mixer for 500...
Here comes a chemistry set for your 500 modules. Purple Audio, the specialty manufacturer born in Andrew Roberts’ NYU dorm room circa 1997, recently announced the MFtwenty5, a 1RU Dual input 10×2 mixer...
View ArticleRecording Retreats: Pilot Recording Studios, Berkshire County in Western MA
By now, we’ve heard enough stories about the closing of large-scale Manhattan recording studios for it to have become something of a cliché. We all know how it goes: Rising rents and a floundering...
View ArticleZynaptiq Releases PITCHMAP 1.5 With Cross-Platform Support
Zynaptiq’s intriguing pitch shifting tool is now available in version 1.5 (free to existing users) with cross-platform support with upgrades. PITCHMAP recognizes, then allows users to take control of...
View ArticleUniversal Audio Announces New Fairchild Plugin Collection
Universal Audio has announced the new “Fairchild Tube Limiter Plugin Collection“, featuring new and improved modeling of the Fairchild 660 and 670 studio classics. According to the press announcement:...
View ArticleSteinberg Releases Cubase 7.5 and Cubase Artist 7.5 Updates
Steinberg’s flagship DAW, Cubase, has gotten a turbo boost, adding new functionality from workflow enhancements to instrument and effects additions. A major update in the latest version, now Cubase...
View ArticleRecording Drums, Part III: Placing Room Mics
Welcome back for Part 3 of our free drum mic video series. Get off those laptop speakers and switch your video stream to HD as Justin Colletti takes us through a handful of the most popular approaches...
View ArticleGrado Labs Launches Limited Edition Bushmills x Grado Labs Headphone
Friendship, music and whiskey have converged in an unprecedented new way at the Brooklyn HQ of Grado Labs. This NYC audio hotspot has distilled – and just launched – the limited edition Bushmills x...
View ArticleVintagetools Debuts Sonic Summarizer & Sonic Summarizer PRO — Analog Vintage...
The new summing amps from Vintagetools take a vintage approach on design and components with the Sonic Summarizer and Sonic Summarizer PRO. Components and summing design are based off of broadcast...
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