32 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.

First Look: Universal Audio Apollo 16 Launch at VKLA

Impressions and photos from the Universal Audio Apollo 16′s West Coast launch, at Vintage King in Los Angeles.

Tony Maserati & Bedrock.LA Teaming Up To Build Modern Day Brill Building

Stars align for the build-out of a new complex encompassing 30,000+ square feet of rentable music production and office space.

Massey VT3 & CT5 Plugins Ported to VST

Massey’s VT3 EQ and CT5 compressor plug-ins are now available in VST format for both Mac and Windows. The VT3 ($69) is a 3-band equalizer with a crisp, unique sound. And the CT5 ($75) provides “clean and smooth gain reduction, with a little punch”. The CT5 offers two distinct compression curves for either a more transparent or more [...]

Event Alert: Off The Record With Scott Hull Feat. Producer Rob Mathes, 4/25

On the next “Off The Record with Scott Hull”, coming up this Thursday (4/25), the Masterdisk chief sits down with multi-talented producer, Rob Mathes (Sting, Elton John, U2). Scott Hull – who has mastered many a project for Mathes – calls him a “music renaissance man,” and a producer in a classic sense with “a [...]

Session Buzz: Who’s Recording In & Around NYC – A Monthly Report

Trace recordings by Yoko Ono, French Montana, John Zorn, MGMT, Hole (and more!) back to their studio sessions.

Nashville Analog Recording Destination, Welcome to 1979, Now Cutting Vinyl

Their hearts have been in vinyl all along, but now their hands are too.

Podcast Audio Gear Review: Brainworx bx_rockrack

Hosts Geoff and Eli review bx_rockrack, the new amp simulator plugin from Brainworx.

Universal Audio Launches Next-Level Apollo 16 Interface

Apollo 16 has launched. The new flagship audio interface from Universal Audio – Apollo 16 – debuts at Musikmesse today, a 24-bit/192 kHz, FireWire/Thunderbolt-ready interface delivering “world-class conversion,” with 16×16 analog I/O. That’s twice the analog connectivity of the original Apollo model. With its sound quality, onboard UAD-2 QUAD processing, DB-25 connectivity and multi unit [...]

Cuomo Extends, Expands NY Film & TV Post Production Tax Credit

New York is looking better and better as a location for film and television post production, with the recent expansion and five-year extension of the Empire State Film Post Production Tax Credit, originally signed into law by Governor Andrew M. Cuomo in July of 2012. According to news announced on Friday by the Post New York Alliance (PNYA), [...]

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