Review: Spitfire eDNA01 – Earth – by Andrew Koss
For those of us that love music/sound synthesis, sound designing, and electronic production, we are living in glorious times indeed. We now have a vast ocean with a plentiful bounty to fill our...
View ArticleiZotope Releases Sample-Based Synthesizer – Iris 2
The idea behind iZotope’s Iris software is to combine the capabilities of a sampler and modular synthesizer (see SonicScoop’s review of the original edition here). The next step for Iris 2 introduces...
View ArticleWaves Launches OneKnob Pumper Plugin — Instant Ducking
Waves knows that, as the holidays kick off, we all have a need to keep things simple. Ergo, the release of their latest in the series of OneKnob plugins, this time in the form of Pumper. Ducking has...
View ArticleD.W. Fearn Launches VT-24 Four Channel Vacuum Tube Microphone Preamplifier
A true gentleman of audio, Mr. D.W. Fearn is into heavy metal. We talk not of his taste in music (although Black Sabbath and Meshuggah may indeed grace his home stereo), but his audio designs. The...
View ArticleStudio Strategy: The Augspurger Upgrade in Quad Studios’ Q2
Evolution is supposed to happen gradually – biologically speaking, a few thousand years is a nice brisk pace for major changes to unfold. Some elite New York City facilities are operating on a...
View ArticleDubspot NY EDU Sessions: Mixing Workshop Featuring Ariel Borujow, 12/12
Dubspot is an online and campus-based educational foundation whose expertise lies in DJ, music and audio production. The Dubspot NY EDU Sessions are held right here in the city, hosting a variety of...
View ArticleProducer David Bendeth, Boz Digital Labs Release +10db Compressor Plug-In
Multi-platinum producer David Bendeth (Paramore, Breaking Benjamin, Papa Roach, Of Mice & Men, A Day to Remember) has a big fan club here at SonicScoop (check his inspiring “Mix Analysis” and “My...
View ArticleReview: A Practical Look at iZotope Ozone 6 – by Nick Messitte
Many years ago, I got a chance to sit behind a name-brand producer/engineer (no names here, only credits: One Direction, Flo Rida, Leona Lewis) and watch him mix a song for the band Augustana. There...
View Article“The iPad in the Music Studio” Published by Hal Leonard
We know what you’re thinking…a book about the iPad? But it’s not a contradiction — The iPad in the Music Studio is actually a smart multimedia tutorial, designed to quickly elevate your use of Apple’s...
View ArticleSteinberg Releases Cubase 8
Steinberg has been busy rebuilding their flagship DAW from the inside out. The next major installment, Cubase 8 comes to us with massive performance boosts, overhauled fader control, additional fader...
View ArticleTONE2 Audiosoftware Launches UltraSpace – Ambience-Modeling Solution
Don’t call it a reverb. Software smarties TONE2 Audiosoftware appear to have advanced ambience to the next level. Their vehicle is UltraSpace, a complete ambience-modeling solution that should prove to...
View ArticleStar Studios: Will Lee — Solo Satisfaction at The Beatles Museum, NYC
On a recent “Late Show with David Letterman,” longtime-band member bassist Will Lee is crooning the 1960’s classic “MacArthur Park” while laying down a punchy rhythm on his Sadowsky four-string Will...
View ArticleSound Magic Launches “The One”, One-Knob Multi-Effects Plugin
For those not familiar with Sound Magic, developer Wang Yichi founded the company in 2007 with a special focus on virtual pianos, plus modeling other traditional Chinese instruments. Now Sound Magic...
View ArticleFabFilter Releases Saturn Distortion and Saturation Plugin
FabFilter is an Amsterdam-based plugin company that is world renowned for their popular Pro-series plugins including compression and EQ. Their latest endeavor is the Saturn plugin which implements an...
View ArticleMuTools Releases MuLab 5 DAW
Whether or not you have heard of this particular DAW system from MuTools, MuLab 5 has always been one to blaze it’s own trail in one way or another amongst other DAW heavyweights. Apart from being...
View ArticleReview: SoundToys MicroShift by Zach McNees
SoundToys strikes again! Zach McNees puts the MicroShift to work, and shares his impressions.
View ArticleExponential Audio Releases Excalibur – Multi-Effects Plugin
There are so many plug-ins to choose from these days. If only a developer was kind enough to bundle them up into a single plug-in with tons of modulation options and minimal effect on the CPU. Well...
View ArticleSound Magic Launches “The One”, One-Knob Multi-Effects Plugin
For those not familiar with Sound Magic, developer Wang Yichi founded the company in 2007 with a special focus on virtual pianos, plus modeling other traditional Chinese instruments. "The One" just...
View ArticleFabFilter Releases Saturn Distortion and Saturation Plugin
FabFilter is an Amsterdam-based plugin company that is world renowned for their popular Pro-series plugins including compression and EQ. Their latest endeavor is the Saturn plugin which implements an...
View ArticleMuTools Releases MuLab 5 DAW
Whether or not you have heard of this particular DAW system from MuTools, MuLab 5 has always been one to blaze it’s own trail in one way or another amongst other DAW heavyweights. Apart from being...
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