Marshall Launches “Major 50 FX” 50th Anniversary Headphones
OK, we admit it – we can see this making the music pro in your life pretty happy this holiday season. We refer to Marshall’s newest headphone: the Major 50 FX, available now for MSRP $170. Now take a...
View ArticleAnaloginthebox Launches Phonocamptica & Tank Reverb Libraries
The offerings for the versatile Nebula VST plugin platform are continuing to grow. Two of the latest libraries come from Analoginthebox.com, in the form of their Phonocamptica & Tank Reverb...
View ArticleArturia Introduces SPARK DubStep Production + Performance Software Suite
If you want to get your head around DubStep production, an optimal solution may have arrived. Arturia has launched SPARK DubStep (MSRP: $99), a production and performance software version of its SPARK...
View ArticleEvent Choice: Sylvia Massy Studio Workshop Dec. 8th – San Francisco
Wherever you live, there’s a very good reason to be in San Francisco in early December. Blast from the Massy: Join Sylvia at SF’s Trilogy Studios on December 8. Tickets are on sale now for a workshop...
View ArticleMixing/Mastering/Remixing Studio Sweet Spot: Electric Blue Studios — Park...
When bands take recording into their own hands – watch out! Brian Wenckebach of the Brooklyn group Elika proves that the obsession with getting your record right can go down the slippery slope...
View ArticleChanges at Line 6: New CEO, Executive Leadership
Renewal is in the air at Line 6, the prolific manufacturer of performance and studio gear that includes the POD series of guitar effects, the StageScape M20d, and James Tyler Variax guitars. Paul...
View Article10 Ways to Compose Killer TV Sports Themes — How Noah Lifschey Won the...
Have you been eating your Wheaties? Running your wind sprints? Are your composing chops in shape??? They better be if you want to create a massive package of themes for a major new sports TV network....
View ArticleHow Can You Customize Your Mic? Holophone Launches Super C Supercardioid...
Sometimes sharpening your focus is the best way to expand. Holophone, which has made its name with multi-channel surround microphones, appears to be taking on that philosophy with the introduction of...
View ArticleRadial Launches Tossover — Variable Frequency Divider for 500 Series
They are cranking out the new 500 series modules at Radial Engineering at a record pace – but we don’t think anyone’s going to complain about that fact. The latest addition to the Radial line is the...
View ArticleBrooklyn Duo Creates Wondrous World of “Elska”
FORT GREENE: There’s something kind of meta about Elska: Middle of Nowhere, a new concept album about an enchanting new children’s character. Elska – an arctic adventurer who’s discovered a newly...
View ArticleAmpKit Launched for Mac Users — Guitar Amp, Effects, and Recording App
Mac users who want to use one of the top guitar apps for iPhone and iPad can come in from the cold. Agile Partners announced that AmpKit has been launched on the Mac App Store, for $49.99. The app has...
View ArticleNYC Premiere of ‘The Sea in Between’ Doc from Mason Jar Music, Thurs. Dec. 6th
One of NYC’s most innovative music companies, the Brooklyn collective known as Mason Jar Music, have a very special evening planned on Thursday, December 6th, 9:00 PM at the 92Y Tribeca. That night,...
View Articleu-he Releases Uhbik-D Tape Echo Delay Rack Extension
u-he, the face behind the popular Diva and Zebra mega-synths have provided the world a new toy – Uhbik-D. This new Rack Extension fx utility for Reason is extremely versatile with tons of extras. Stay...
View ArticleDelicious Audio: Devi Ever Console Project
Delicious Audio recently posted on a new open source platform for developing effects. See below, by Gus Green, or click to read on Delicious Audio. Devi Ever:FX Console This is one of the coolest and...
View ArticleSoundproofing the Small Studio
For one reason or another, whether it’s culture, commerce or community, people all around the world have huddled closer to one another with every passing year. In 1900, fewer than 40% of Americans...
View ArticleUniversal Audio Releases Windows 7 Support for 64-Bit UAD Plugins, UAD-2...
PC producers have an audio turbocharge in store. Windows 7 and UAD are now two peas in a pod. Universal Audio has announced the availability of UAD Powered Plug-Ins v6.4 software. The release brings...
View ArticleHow Do You Stack Up? Compare Music Industry Salaries with New Berklee Study
Are your earnings lagging, ahead of your colleagues, or right on target? Berklee has some very valuable information for you. Now you can find out with Berklee College of Music’s newly released Music...
View ArticleSonnet Launches Echo Express II Thunderbolt Expansion Chassis for PCI Express...
Looking for a more compact way to bridge the gap between your PCI Express cards and your Thunderbolt machine? A smaller footprint distinguishes Sonnet’s Echo Express II. Sonnet has the solution: the...
View ArticleTONE2 Unveils Rayblaster – Impulse Modeling Synth Explores New Territory
Ready to wake your ears up? Something different has arrived. One of our fave synth and plugin developers, Tone2 Audiosoftware, announced the launch of Rayblaster. Available now for $199 in a variety of...
View ArticleBuilding a Smarter Music House: Butter Grows in SoHo
SOHO, MANHATTAN: How do you become an overnight success? It only takes about 14 years of busting your tail. This music house knows how to stay hungry. A perfect illustration of this measured move to...
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