This holiday season, you may celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanza, Ramadan, impassioned political yelling matches with distant family members, or international Chinese-food-and-a-movie day.
But regardless of your faith and habits, I think all of us Americans can agree on one thing: It’s a great time of year for unbridled consumerism, for Read more...
SOHO, MANHATTAN: Brooklyn may be buzzing with new studios, but for many Manhattan remains the mainland.
The recent opening of Sweet Sounds in SoHo shows how strong that sentiment continues to be. A two-room tracking and mixing facility within the downtown epicenter that is 594 Broadway, Sweet Sounds is all Read more...
SOHO, MANHATTAN: How do you become an overnight success? It only takes about 14 years of busting your tail.
A perfect illustration of this measured move to recognition is Butter, a busy music-and-sound-for-picture company operating in the heart of SoHo. While this self-described “creative sonic collective” hasn’t been making a Read more...
The AES Convention has always been a time for new product announcements, and this year was no different.
Although there were markedly fewer exhibitors this year than usual, almost all of the companies that did show up seemed to be announcing new tools, which ranged from the practical to the Read more...
Native Instruments has just introduced Drop Squad – a new Maschine Expansion instrument designed to highlight the deep sound of dubstep and bass music culture.
Drop Squad includes presets from NI’s Massive bass synth – which now comes as a free download when users register or upgrade their Maschine software Read more...
