Tone2 Audiosoftware Releases Nemesis —“NeoFM” Synthesizer
Leave it to Tone2 for discovering advanced synthesis methods and different types of sound generation. The synth developers have now added the Nemesis soft-synth to their arsenal that utilizes an...
View ArticleDouble-Feature Review: Rupert Neve Designs 5060 Centerpiece Mixer & 511 Mic Pre
Couple months back, I was invited to Downtown Studios for the unveiling of a new Rupert Neve mixer. I knew it would be small – I’d read rumors of a desktop mixer with the guts of the 5088 console. And...
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...
View ArticlePositive Grid Releases JamUp Plug HD Guitar and Bass Interface for iOS Devices
The successor to Positive Grid‘s original JamUp Plug now captures audio in high quality 24-bit/48kHz with improved signal-to-noise ratio with the JamUp Plug HD. The super small interface plugs straight...
View ArticleMade in CA: Nothing like Little Labs
“I needed to come up with something. There’s so much gear out there now. It’s like… what, another EQ? Another compressor?” “[But] there is nothing out there that does what the Pepper does,” Jonathan...
View ArticleProducertech.com Announces Mastering Course – Mastering In The Box With...
Professional mastering engineer Nicholas D’Ombrain of Zeitgeist Mastering has taken a new approach to Ableton Live’s native devices by developing Mastering In The Box With Ableton Live. The course...
View ArticleMGMT Channels the Grateful Dead — The Tapers’ Section at the Barclays Center
In 1984, the Grateful Dead officially made room for the bootleggers that had been recording their shows since their first performances in the mid-1960s by giving them their own space, the aptly named...
View ArticleXILS-lab Releases R.A.M.S.E.S. Rhythm and Motion Multi-Effect Plug-In
Rhythm And Motion Stereo Engine System (R.A.M.S.E.S.) comes to us from soft-synth pros XILS-lab. The new multi-effect plugin can completely reshape an audio source by targeting specific sections using...
View ArticlePro Tools 11 and AAX 64 Support for UAD Powered Plug-Ins Available in Mac...
Mac users are moving closer to a grand convergence between their UAD Powered Plug-ins, with support for Pro Tools 11 and AAX 64 now in free public beta. The beta for UAD software v7.4..1 can be...
View ArticleCareer Engineering: Allen Farmelo on Recording Cinematic Orchestra, & That...
Spanning boroughs and spanning the globe, this multifaceted producer/mixer/engineer sees how the world of audio is unfolding. Sterling prose + two video segments!
View ArticleSoundToys To Launch Surprise New Plug-In at SXSW
If you’re down in Austin for SXSW, make sure you hit up the Tape Op Subscriber’s Party on Friday, March 18, at Lucky Lounge. SoundToys is a sponsor, and will apparently be giving away some awesome gift...
View ArticleDancing About Architecture: A Dictionary of Audio Terms
Musicians and Engineers often speak different languages. So how can we have productive conversations about the ineffable qualities of sound?
View ArticleSoundToys Planning Another Big Launch at SXSW?
You may remember last year SoundToys launched its Devil-Loc plug-in via SXSW + social media blitz. Users spread the news and the free plug-in with a sharing code online, and in doing so became eligible...
View ArticleCareer Engineering: Allen Farmelo on Recording Cinematic Orchestra, & That...
CHINATOWN, MANHATTAN/FORT GREENE, BROOKLYN: What headspace are you in? For a music producer/engineer/mixer like Allen Farmelo, getting your talents to that sought-after place is all about finding...
View ArticleSoundToys To Launch Surprise New Plug-In at SXSW
If you’re down in Austin for SXSW, make sure you hit up the Tape Op Subscriber’s Party on Friday, March 18, at Lucky Lounge. SoundToys is a sponsor, and will apparently be giving away some awesome...
View ArticleDancing About Architecture: A Dictionary of Audio Terms
In issue #83 of my other favorite magazine, Tape Op editor Larry Crane details a list of lessons that “They Didn’t Teach You in [Recording] School”. Near the end of this page-long list of incisive...
View ArticleSoundToys Planning Another Big Launch at SXSW?
You may remember last year SoundToys launched its Devil-Loc plug-in via SXSW + social media blitz. Users spread the news and the free plug-in with a sharing code online, and in doing so became...
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