Gear Review: Focusrite ISA One
The Focusrite ISA One. The Focusrite ISA One is a single channel microphone preamp in a compact desktop format. It is a descendant of the preamps found in the legendary Focusrite Studio Console...
View ArticleAudient iD14 Bus-Powered Interface Now Shipping
Audient is well known for their console mic preamplifiers found throughout their entire range of recording consoles and interfaces. Two of these same mic pres have been smuggled into the portable,...
View ArticleSweetwater Has Expanded Its Headquarters & Showroom Store
Not just online: Sweetwater has expanded its in-house brick & mortar music store. The musical instrument and pro audio distributor Sweetwater has recently made significant expansions and...
View ArticleOpinionated Audio: David Chesky on Binaural Recording & the Business of...
There is a method to their madness. For Chesky Records, the how of recording is every bit as important as the who of their roster. This is an audiophile label that was founded not on the premise of...
View ArticleBAE Audio Releases B15 EQ 500 Series Module
BAE Audio has produced a multi-frequency EQ with the convenience of a 500-series module – the B15 EQ. The EQ module has 3 bands of EQ control. The bands have five selectable frequencies each, for a...
View ArticleGEAR REVIEW: All 3 Pocket Operators by Teenage Engineering
All 3 Pocket Operators by Teenage Engineering, I always get dark when people refer to studio kit as “toys”. Especially when you save up the pennies to finally cop some new dopeshit microphone or some...
View ArticleDangerous Music Announces 2-BUS+ Analog Summing Mixer at Sweetwater Gearfest
Dangerous Music has rebuilt their iconic 2-BUS Analog Summing Mixer. One of the most iconic names in A/D summing, Dangerous has announced the 2-BUS+ at the Sweetwater Gearfest this year in Fort Wayne,...
View ArticleVideo Blog: “Can You Master Your Own Mixes?”
Editor Justin Colletti is back on the new SonicScoop Video Blog. This time: “Can You Master Your Own Mixes?“ Once again, the title says it all. Justin presents the pros and cons of both DIY and...
View ArticleHeavyocity Releases GRAVITY – Cinematic Scoring Tools
NYC’s own Heavyocity has released their latest pack of cinematic scoring tools – GRAVITY. The new virtual instrument comes with over 12GB of sounds, ranging from pads, hits, and strings, to ethereal...
View ArticleStar Studios: Owl City’s Sky Harbor – Minneapolis
Knowing how to write a hit certainly has its benefits. Adam Young’s songwriting prowess got him to his own Sky Harbor.Sure there’s fame, fortune, and the rush of hearing your song out in the...
View ArticleRupert Neve Designs Launches 5059 Satellite at EastWest Studios
Old met new when virtuoso bassist Miles Mosley spent the afternoon recording with his band through EastWest’s classic Neve 8078, and summing it all through the brand new Satellite – 35 years or so of...
View Article32 New Albums & Artists to Know About — Made in NYC, LA, and Nashville
Details on new works by Jimmy Eat World, Killer Mike & El-P, CSS and Kings of Leon.
View ArticleRupert Neve Designs Launches 5059 Satellite at EastWest Studios
HOLLYWOOD: This past Sunday in Studio 1 at L.A.’s venerable EastWest Studios, Rupert Neve Designs launched their brand new 16×2+2 summing mixer, the 5059 Satellite. Rupert Neve Designs 5059 Satellite,...
View Article32 New Albums & Artists to Know About — Made in NYC, LA, and Nashville
As new records by Savages, The National, Vampire Weekend, The Flaming Lips and Daft Punk spin on high rotation chez SonicScoop, we’re hearing about so many new projects coming down the pipeline that...
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Art of Audio Launches Training Program Series in LA, with Mick Guzauski Dec....
An audio education upstart has arrived in the form of Art of Audio, offering a uniquely comprehensive series of training programs on the music production process – from start to finish, covering the...
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