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Plugin Alliance – Last Chance For Summer Sale

Haven’t quite scavenged the funds together for a full price license to SPL’s TwinTube plug-in? How about an Elysia Museq EQ? If your answer was along the lines of “no (#sadface)”, then the next 30 days...

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More of Less: The Art of Stacking Compressors

Sometimes, the tweak of a single decibel of gain reduction can be the deciding factor in whether or not a mix pops out of the speakers just right. Dan Gluszak makes the case for compressing in stages,...

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RODE Microphones Acquires Aphex

RODE Microphones founder and Managing Director, Peter Freedman, announced the acquisition of US-based audio hardware manufacturer, Aphex, on July 24th. RODE and Aphex are at the top of their league in...

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AlexB Introduces Neev 81 Sidecar Console And Chandly Ltd Germanium Libraries

AlexB is back with two more heavy hitters – The Neev 81 Sidecar Console, and the Chandly Ltd Germanium Compressor. AlexB Introduces Neev 81 Sidecar Console And Chandly Ltd Germanium Libraries As some...

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Zampol Productions: Mastering Moves On Up to the Lower East Side

Milestones are abounding for Oscar Zambrano. This New York City mastering engineer is smiling because he’s just completed his 100th project of the year in mid-July, a new album for singer-songwriter Jo...

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Roland Debuts Compact M-5000C Live Mixing Console

Roland’s new M-5000C comes to us as another addition of their O.H.R.C.A. series of live mixing consoles. The M-5000C is a compact version of their flagship M-5000 mixing console. The same O.H.R.C.A....

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Video Studio Tour: Platinum Sound with Serge Tsai

Check out our latest video studio tour with Serge Tsai of Platinum Sound in NYC. Serge has worked with artists including Kanye West, Shakira, Bono, Akon, Raekwon, Lil Kim, Lil Wayne, Mick Jagger,...

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Universal Audio Announces 3 New Plug-Ins for UAD-2 and Apollo with UAD...

The UAD-2 DSP accelerators and Apollo interfaces are capable of pushing some of the most sonically detailed plug-ins available. With the release of UAD Software v8.3, Universal Audio is now featuring a...

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Review: Novation Launchpad Pro

If you’re a producer or engineer who hasn’t heard about the Novation Launchpad series by now, it’s likely you’ve either been dead, avoiding electronic music production at all costs, or living under a...

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Composer Brian Tyler To Keynote 2nd Annual Production Music Conference – 9/9...

The non-profit Production Music Association (PMA) was founded in 1997 with a mission to “elevate the unique value of production music and to ensure the viability of the production music industry”....

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Slate Digital Introduces Yearly and Monthly Plug-In Subscription Programs

Slate Digital has a wealth of plug-ins to choose from. Of course it’s ideal to own as many of these plug-ins as possible! But how does one expect to pay for all of that beautifully crafted DSP? Slate...

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Pull Scores For Nike’s ‘Inside Small-Sided’ Online Film Series

NYC music company Pull got its kicks scoring an online film series for Nike. Their decidedly outside-the-box soundtrack accompanied a set of segments about small-sided soccer in Latin America....

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Interview with Reaper Founder, Justin Frankel

This week we had the privilege of sitting down with the creator of Reaper, Justin Frankel. The latest version of his company’s flexible and cost-effective DAW comes out tomorrow, August 12th. We talked...

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Novation Launches New Launchkey Controller Series

Novation has never been shy announcing their product compatibility with Ableton Live – As they put it in this case, their new Launchkey controller series is “pretty much the quickest and easiest way to...

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Plugin Review: bx_opto and bx_opto Pedal from Brainworx

The “bx_opto” from Brainworx and Plugin Alliance Last month, Plugin Alliance and Brainworx released the bx_opto compressor and the bx_opto Pedal—the latter of which is essentially a “diet” version of...

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Austin, TX – Recording Bootcamp Presented by Keith Gary Productions August...

Keith Gary Productions is an audio production outfit out based out of Austin Texas lead by —  you guessed it! — Keith Gary. Keith Gary in his natural habitat. Gary has been working professionally in...

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139TH AES Convention in NYC Announces Project Studio Expo’s Return

Don’t look now, but AES is approaching – and it’s New York City’s turn in 2015. YESSSSS — AES is on its way to NYC this October. The 139th AES International Convention will take place at the Jacob...

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Image-Line Launches FL Studio 12.1

The DAW universe has just expanded a touch with the launch of FL Studio 12.1. FL Studio goes up to 12 – point 1. Image-Line’s flagship workstation includes lifetime free updates, which makes it a safe...

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Studio Pro Profile: Mike Kuz, Head Mixing Engineer — SweetSounds, NYC

Meet Mike Kuz, who’s been Head Mixing Engineer for the New York City studio SweetSounds since Spring of this year. With recent collaborations including Slaughterhouse, Walé, OnCue, Common, Smoke DZA,...

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Anatomy of a Mix: John Agnello on Mixing “3 Shots” by Hollis Brown

John Agnello. Photo by Andrew Kesin. Legendary indie rock producer John Agnello looks back on mixing 3 Shots, a recently-released album by Brooklyn-based indie Americana band, Hollis Brown. Agnello is...

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