Eventide Announces Free New ‘EQ Compressor’ Algorithm for H9 Multi-Effects Pedal
Eventide has their tech reaching in all aspects of audio enhancement. As a result, the H9 pedal is the manifestation of their array of guitar effects and pedals. The H9 pedal can embody algorithms from...
View ArticleAuralex ProPAD, ProPAD XL, & SubDude Review — by Carmen Borgia
Sound is crazy. It travels in invisible waves, difficult, if not impossible to visualize. With the right speakers you hear what was recorded and mixed in the original studio, no extra or missing...
View ArticleChandler Limited Launches TG2-500 – 500 Series Pre Amp/DI
A highly desirable pre amp and DI has gone inside the rack. Chandler Limited’s TG2-500 has an Abbey Road heritage. Chandler Limited announced that its acclaimed TG2 is now available in the form of the...
View ArticleThe Myth of a Thousand Little Choices (The 80/20 Rule as Applied to Audio...
Image courtesy of Flickr user Erica Zabowski We often make hundreds or thousands of decisions on any given project. How many of them really count? Most of us like to tell ourselves—and others—that...
View ArticleMoog Announces The Theremini — Theremin Reimagined
The Moog Theremin is one of our lifetime’s most unique electronic instruments – It’s the only instrument that users play without even touching! The Theremin has now been re-imagined with the Theremini...
View ArticleEventide Releases DDL-500 Delay For 500 Series
The new DDL-500 from Eventide brings a beautifully strange new addition to the world of a traditionally analog environment. This delay is, at it’s core, digital. But as Ray Maxwell, VP of Sales and...
View ArticleVideo Launch — Live Sound: Metallica and the Meyer Sound MJF-210 Stage Monitor
Necessity is the mother of invention. Metallica’s James Hetfield onstage in South America. (Photo: Jeff Yeager) That ages-old truisum was confirmed for both Metallica and Meyer Sound, when the former...
View ArticleMaking the Mix Room: Mark Needham — The Ballroom, Hollywood
If Mark Needham is experiencing downtime, it’s strictly self-imposed. Few mixers keep busier than Needham, whose talents seem always to be in demand. His discography of platinum artists span decades,...
View ArticleNYC Event: June 9 —“Disruption 2014: How to Survive & Thrive in the New Music...
With the vaunted entertainment industry tradeshow Promaxbda finally returning to New York City after a three-year absence, next week will be all about forging connections, making moves, and getting...
View ArticleResearch & Development: Antelope Audio Zen Studio — Portable Audio Interface
Zen – it’s a school of Mahayana Buddhism; a meditative state; an audio interface. If that last category seems out of place, you may not know the thinking that went into making Zen Studio, the portable...
View ArticleDeath By Audio Announces New Guitar Pedal – Reverberation Machine
Right in our own backyard, some brave Brooklyn pedal builders have crafted a new reverb pedal that can hit anything from soft whispers to complete obliteration. Reverberation Machine from Death by...
View ArticleSlate Announces RAVEN 2.0 — Batch Command System Debuts
Yes, Slate as in Steven Slate. As in Slate Pro Audio. As in Slate Digital. But mostly commonly, Slate – has announced RAVEN 2.0. For those not familiar with the original idea, Raven is the touch screen...
View ArticleOn Broadway: “Hedwig” and the Secrets of Tony-Nominated Sound Design
It’s a rock and roll story of transformation. But the onstage characters of Hedwig and The Angry Inch aren’t the only ones who were changed by this Tony Award-nominated Broadway musical. Tim O’Heir’s...
View ArticleAvid S3L Live System Updated with New Performance Enhancements
The Avid S3L live sound system is a portable HDX-powered mixing and control surface capable of running AAX plugins for live and studio purposes. The setup is compatible with VENUE live sound software...
View Article123creative.com Releases ROCK and METAL Boutique — Digital Pedals & Combos
In partnership with G-Sonique, 123creative.com has released a boutique of seven digital pedals and two universal combos. The ROCK and METAL Boutique provide all the fuzz and distortion we could ever...
View ArticleReview: Foley Collection – Total Pack by Zach McNees
Over the past few years, my engineering work has become a hybrid between music recording and post-production for TV and film. Often times, the projects I work on are independent, self-financed films...
View ArticleEventide Giving Away UltraChannel — Until 7/8/14
Okay, here is some more Eventide news. For those who haven’t had the chance to experience previous Eventide announcements, now there is no excuse not to focus: Eventide is introducing their new...
View ArticleHow (and Why) Are MP3 Files So Damn Small?
A technician works on one of Google’s gargantuan data centers. The MP3 format was first released 21 years ago this Summer. It goes almost without saying that it, and the other compressed audio formats...
View ArticleIK Multimedia Announces SampleTank 3 Sound Workstation
Is bigger better? More than a decade in the making, ST3 is coming. IK Multimedia is betting you’ll say “yes”, but to their credit, massive size isn’t the only exciting thing about the impending release...
View ArticleGrado Launches Third Generation Headphones: The e-Series
Brooklyn-based headphone designer, Grado, has just unveiled their third generation of professional headphones. After 60 years in the making, the company believes it has reached its most sophisticated...
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