Ableton Live has been a DAW that has always been a popular choice among songwriters and producers for it’s unique workflow, design and compatibility with Akai and other hardware instruments. Today users can get their hands on Ableton’s first major upgrade to Live since April 2009 when Ableton Live 8 … Read More
Ableton Live 9 Now Available + Preorder Ableton’s First Hardware Instrument – Push
Imagem Music Opens LA Office – Industry Veterans Join Indie Music Publisher
There’s no letup in the thickening competition of music publishing.
The latest development comes from Imagem Music, the pop music division of the Imagem Music Group and the world’s largest indie music publisher, which has just expanded … Read More
Event Choice: New York Sound City, 3/11 – Music Biz Panels, Roundtables + Showcase
Music rules this coming Monday in Brooklyn, when New York Sound City (NYSC) will be running a powerful one-day event.
NYSC is being put on by Sound City, the UK-based brand … Read More
Review: Studio Prodigy Master Class – Ryan Hewitt on Hybrid Mixing
HOLLYWOOD: Last weekend at Universal Mastering, mixer/engineer Ryan Hewitt (The Avett Brothers, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Sheryl Crow, Brandi Carlisle) led the first of what is to be many Master Classes focusing on the art of engineering and mixing records. It was the inaugural Studio Prodigy Master Class… Read More
Kemado’s Brooklyn Studio Installs New API 1608 Console
When Kemado Records built-out its new Greenpoint headquarters a few years back, they constructed a beautiful 1,000 sq.ft. recording studio in the ground floor which has been hosting sessions for label and related acts ever since. As the label group has expanded with its Mexican Summer and Software Recording Company… Read More
NYC Mastering Engineer Joe LaPorta Joins Sterling Sound
The New York City-based mastering engineer Joe LaPorta has become a part of the Sterling Sound staff.
LaPorta comes to Sterling Sound’s studios on the West Side with the title of Senior Mastering Engineer, following eight years at The … Read More
Recording Studio Retreats – Spring 2013
Bustling cities like New York, L.A., San Francisco and Nashville may boast more recording studios per square foot than just about anywhere else on earth. With such high concentrations of talented professionals, it’s not surprising that so many commercial records are made, at least in part, inside of one of … Read More
Will SoundToys Have a New Plugin Come SXSW?
Sony Pictures Unites Sound Department, Digital Mastering Under ‘Digital Productions’ Umbrella
Consolidation continues – in this case, the converging companies were already corporate cousins.
Today, Sony Pictures Digital Productions (SPDP) announced that both the studio’s award-winning Sound Department and Colorworks, the studio’s digital intermediate facility, will move forward together under its umbrella.… Read More
Deli StompBox Exhibit Arrives at SXSW — March 15-16
Webinar Choice: HDX and Abbey Road – Thurs. March 14th
Abbey Road Studios will never cease to be a source of inspiration and fascination – to artists and engineers alike.
Coming this Thursday, March 14th, at 1 PM EST/10 AM PST, there will be a fresh opportunity to step inside one of the world’s most respected recording facilities via a … Read More
Engineering David Bowie’s “The Next Day”— Inside the Magic Shop Sessions with Mario J. McNulty
Instant classics are hard to come by. That’s what explains all the excitement around David Bowie’s new album, The Next Day.
When was the last time in music history that a record has earned so much global adulation – … Read More
Propellerhead Announces Reason 7, Reason Essentials 2
Sonic adventurers, take heart! One of the best things ever to happen to music creation is about to get better.
Propellerhead, makers of the indispensable Reason software suite, has just announced a major update with Reason 7.
Public … Read More
Guilford Sound, API-Equipped Vermont Destination Studio, Offers $20K Recording Residency
As if anyone needed more incentive to visit Vermont, here’s a very powerful motivator.
The newly-constructed Guilford Sound, an API- and Neve-equipped Fran Manzella-designed facility in the southern Vermont foothills, is offering a recording residency to an emerging band or solo artist from the Northeast.
This is … Read More
Audio Post Moves: Mixer Dan Flosdorf Joins Heard City
Mixers are always in motion.
The flexible setup at Heard City, the stylish boutique audio post facility in NYC’s Flatiron District, has just expanded its roster with the addition of mixer/sound designer Dan Flosdorf.
Flosdorf’s recent … Read More
To Mock the Stupendous Mechanism: Designing The Motherbrain’s WSW Console
Lindell Audio Launches 18XS MkII Channel Strip, with Pultec-Style Passive EQ
From the mean streets of Sweden, comes another new unit from gear designer Tobias Lindell and Lindell Audio.
His latest offering is the 18XS MkII Channel Strip, a 1RU unit packed with plenty of functionality. Available now for a street price of $899.99, it puts the Pultec sound … Read More
Avid Announces New M-Audio Keystation Mini 32 Keyboard Controller, Updates BX D2 Studio Monitors
Avid Announces New M-Audio Keystation Mini 32 Keyboard Controller, Updates BX D2 Studio Monitors
Avid has announced the availability of the new M-Audio Keystation Mini 32 ultra-portable keyboard controller, as well as the M-Audio BX D2 studio monitor series, the latter of which represent the next generation of the BX Deluxe family.
The Keystation Mini 32 (MSRP: $99.99) is a 32-note, USB bus-powered keyboard Read more...
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