Orange Amplification Introduces the Orange Micro Dark Amp
Don’t be fooled by its size – the Orange Micro Dark is packed with tone. The Micro Dark is a valve/solid-state hybrid head that joins the ranks of its siblings, the Dual Terror, and the Dual Dark. A...
View ArticleBringing a 1960s Classic Back to Life: The Zombies on Performing “Odessey and...
The Zombie’s Odessey and Oracle. This year, nearly 50 years after its initial release, The Zombies are launching a U.S. tour to perform their classic album Odessey and Oracle in its entirety. Oracle is...
View ArticleiZotope RX 5 Audio Editor Now Available
Last month iZotope announced the new and improved RX 5 Audio Editor and their RX 5 Post Production Suite. Their Post Production Suite has been available since the announcement in September, but at long...
View ArticleSoundtoys 5 Launches – Multi-Effects Processor Unifies All Soundtoys Plugins
Keep plugins together, keep plugins together forever and ever! That’s the mission of Soundtoys via the just-launched Soundtoys 5. With the new Effect Rack at its core, Soundtoys 5 is a powerful...
View ArticleFrom Engineer to Owner: The Intriguing Track of Reed Black and Vinegar Hill...
It could happen to you: One minute you’re engineering at the studio that you’ve grown to love, and the next minute… you’re the studio’s owner. That’s a leap that does take place in the studio world,...
View ArticleLondon Event: Sync Songwriter Workshop Comes to London Sync Sessions on 10/20
If the UK or Europe is your base, you can take part in a unique music supervision event featuring SonicScoop co-founder David Weiss very soon. The next “Sync Songwriter Workshop”, a music...
View ArticleNew Gear Review: Spectrasonics Omnisphere V2
Spectrasonics Omnisphere 2. When the first version of Omnisphere was released in 2008, the world of software synthesis was in a very different stage of development. The critical mass of users who...
View ArticleR.J. Gordon on FOH & Live Recording at Shea Stadium and Titus Andronicus’...
R.J. Gordon. R.J. Gordon mixes Front-of-House at Brooklyn’s Shea Stadium, a space that’s part recording studio and part concert venue. Every single show that the venue hosts is recorded, mixed,...
View ArticlePureMix Online Hosting 2-Day Seminar Lead By Fab Dupoint and Mick Guzauski –...
PureMix Online is yet another great online resource for audio engineering tips and methods for those that want to gain skills typically acquired through hands-on experience in professional studios....
View ArticleRadial Now Shipping Headload Prodigy — Hybrid DI + Load Box
Radial Engineering cooked up another gadget for us – The Headload Prodigy. Borrowing build from their original Headload guitar amp load box, the Headload Prodigy essentially brings the same tech to the...
View ArticleStudio Sweet Spot: All Welcome Records – Inglewood, CA
R E S P E C T — find out what it means to sound. That sense of respect is something you’ll find in spades at All Welcome Records. You can sense it between partners, for the principles of audio, and for...
View ArticleMackie Announces CRBT Bluetooth Monitors
For those who may have missed it, Mackie released two new monitors – both with 100% more Bluetooth. Mackie’s Bluetooth enabled monitors are ideal for casual listening and mixing. Part of their best...
View Article6 Things Producers Should Consider Before Talking to an Artist About Changing...
Image by Flickr user Jeremy Bronson Talking with an artist about their songs is an exercise that’s fraught with the potential to create distance between a producer and a songwriter. But it can also be...
View ArticleSoftware Review: Universal Audio Manley Variable Mu Limiter/Compressor Plugin
Under the hood of the Manley Variable Mu In November 2014, when Universal Audio announced that it would release a new software version of the Manley Variable Mu compressor, SonicScoop quickly covered...
View ArticleWix Music 2.0: Wix.com Joins Forces With Macklemore and Ryan Lewis to Launch...
One of the worlds leading web development platforms, Wix.com has integrated a fully featured music distribution platform into their site builder. What is Wix Music 2.0? Wix Music 2.0 allows artists...
View ArticleAES 139, NYC – Transaudio Group Re-Launches Auratone Reference Monitors
Originally developed by Jack Wilson in 1958, the Super Cube quickly became one of the most iconic reference monitors in the audio industry. The original one-way, zero crossover reference monitors...
View ArticleSonicScoop’s AES 2015 Preview and Highlights
This year, the Audio Engineering Society is back in New York City, bringing the 139th International AES Convention to the Big Apple from October 29th to November 1st. Whether you’ll be there to learn,...
View ArticleSoftware Review: Boom Library’s Virtual Foley Artist
The interface for Virtual Foley Footsteps. Anyone who works with sound for picture is probably familiar with Boom Library’s collection of sound FX libraries. Boom Library products cover a vast array of...
View ArticleGet “That” Guitar Tone: Foo Fighters Edition
A guitar player doesn’t have to be a storied virtuoso to deliver a great tone that countless musicians and fans seek to emulate—or to simply keep in their ears as an extremely useful reference point...
View ArticleNew to SonicScoop? Start Here.
Just picked up a discount card from AES? Just stumbled onto us through a web search or one of our giveaways? Here’s a good way to get acquainted with what we do at SonicScoop: See what stories others...
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