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Blue Cat Audio Releases Blue Cat’s Protector 2.0 Brickwall Limiter Plugin — Introductory Discount

Need a killer limiter in your signal path? Of course you do! Here’s a strong development... 

DigiTech Intros New Whammy Pedal With Chordal Pitch-Shifting

HARMAN’s DigiTech has introduced its new Whammy pedal – featuring chordal Whammy... 

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NYC Spotlight

Audio Nightlife: Scenes from “Demystifying Mastering” at FLUX Studios Audio Nightlife: Scenes from “Demystifying Mastering” at FLUX Studios

Music mavens of all persuasions converged to elevate the final stage.

Secret Studio: The Maid’s Room is NYC’s Analog Recording Magnet Secret Studio: The Maid’s Room is NYC’s Analog Recording Magnet

Jack McKeever has stealthily assembled a world class haven, hidden within the Lower East Side.

RIP Adam Yauch: New York City Musical Messenger RIP Adam Yauch: New York City Musical Messenger

A rhythm that resonated worldwide – straight from the five boroughs

The Best of Both Worlds: Mid-Fi Recording with DIIV & Daniel James Schlett The Best of Both Worlds: Mid-Fi Recording with DIIV & Daniel James Schlett

A talented young Brooklyn engineer, ’70s kraut-rock, ’80s new wave and ’90s nostalgia.

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Music Biz

Audio Post Transitions: Why Mixer/Sound Designer JD McMillin Made the Switch to Nutmeg Post Audio Post Transitions: Why Mixer/Sound Designer JD McMillin Made the Switch to Nutmeg Post

What influences the movement of NYC’s in-demand audio post personnel? Here’s some key factors.

Industry Intel: Recording Engineer Salaries (By Industry and Region) Industry Intel: Recording Engineer Salaries (By Industry and Region)

Find out where the audio jobs are today – and how much they pay.

Op-Ed by Erin Barra: The Indie Artist’s REAL Guide to Booking Studio Time Op-Ed by Erin Barra: The Indie Artist’s REAL Guide to Booking Studio Time

She’s learned the hard way how to get the session that she wants.

Inside JWT: Music Supervision and Production at a Large Advertising Agency Inside JWT: Music Supervision and Production at a Large Advertising Agency

From composers to licensing and audio post, learn how Paul Greco and his team synch it all up.

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Tech & Reviews

Review: iZotope Iris Review: iZotope Iris

Iris is a creative sandbox that lets you quickly create/transform sounds that you’d have otherwise never imagined from your source material.

Made in LA: Inside Steven Slate’s Laurel Canyon Compound Made in LA: Inside Steven Slate’s Laurel Canyon Compound

We get the “factory” tour including a peak at the new Virtual Tape Machine, Steven Slate Drums and some top-secret new developments.

Review: Waves InPhase Plugin Review: Waves InPhase Plugin

Phase problems are the bane of any engineer’s existence. With InPhase, Waves offers an elegant solution to an everyday problem.

How Many Ways Can You Rock A Beat? A Multimedia Electronic Drumming Review Ft. FXpansion BFD & Geist How Many Ways Can You Rock A Beat? A Multimedia Electronic Drumming Review Ft. FXpansion BFD & Geist

It’s great to be able to switch gears between electronic/acoustic drum sounds. BFD and Geist allow you to do this with very straight-forward, simple programming techniques.

Studio Toolbox: The Best Ribbon Mics In The World Studio Toolbox: The Best Ribbon Mics In The World

One engineer’s picks for the three contemporary classics against which all other ribbon mics can be judged.

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Outside Scoop

Pedal Review: Diamond Bass Comp Pedal Review: Diamond Bass Comp

With the Bass Comp, Diamond brings to bass players the high-grade optical compression of their Compressor guitar pedal.

Pedal Review: EHX Analogizer Pedal Review: EHX Analogizer

The Analogizer functions as a set-it-and-forget-it processor for recording, an overdrive, ambience/delay or simple clean boost.

Pedal Review: T-Rex HOBO DRIVE Pedal Review: T-Rex HOBO DRIVE

A solidly built, dual-function “overdrive amplifier simulator” – less distortion pedal, more preamp.

Pedal Review: Emma Electronics Reezafratzitz Pedal Review: Emma Electronics Reezafratzitz

If the crazily named Reezafratzitz distortion pedal from Denmark’s Emma Electronics has a dual personality, both of them are nasty.

How To Win the Loudness War How To Win the Loudness War

Recorded music has been getting louder over for the past few decades. So much louder in fact, that everyday-listeners have begun to hear about it in general-interest papers like the Wall Street Journal, the Atlantic, the Huffington Post, and even the New York Times.

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