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.

Harman’s “Mixing with Professionals” Program Comes to NYC

Harman’s Soundcraft is continuing its “Mixing with Professionals” program this month with new dates in New York City and Reading, Pennsylvania. Veteran front-of-house engineer Monty Lee Wilkes will host the workshops, scheduled for May 8 and 9. Wilkes has been working in the live entertainment industry since the age of 15, having served as FOH [...]

Ohm Force Plug-Ins Now 64-Bit

French audio software developer Ohm Force has ported its plug-in portfolio into 64-bit and is offering special introductory pricing until May 9. Ohm Force’s Ohmicide: Melohman, OhmBoyz, Quad Frohmage, Predatohm, Symptohm: Melohman, Mobilohm, Hematohm, Frohmage, Symptohm: Melohman PE and Ohmygod! are now all available in 32- and 64-bit formats. Each OhmForce plugin comes as: VST [...]

G-Sonique Launches Monitor MSX5 Headphone Monitoring VST Plug-In

The new Monitor MSX5 by G-Sonique is a VST plug-in designed to improve your headphone mixing capabilities with “realistic monitor/speakers simulation for professional mixing.” According to G-Sonique…”While some classic “spatial processors” were developed for enhancement of music listened to on speakers, after a few years of research, we developed a new algorithm/system that is not [...]

Avid Releases New Version of Sibelius

Avid has released the latest version of Sibelius First – billing it “the easiest and most intuitive way for aspiring composers, songwriters, arrangers and students to write and share music.” Sibelius First ($119.99) combines the Sibelius Student and Sibelius First notation products into a single “easy-to-use, powerful, and fun” music composition tool. The new Sibelius [...]

Native Instruments Introduces Skanner XT Soft Synth

Native Instruments has introduced a new version of their “Skanner” soft synth – the Skanner XT – designed by the creators of Reaktor and built on unique wave scanning synthesis. Skanner XT is part sampler/part synth, designed with a strong focus on unconventional tone and genuine musical expression. This Komplete instrument reportedly utilizes a unique [...]

Pedal Review: T-Rex HOBO DRIVE

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

Event Alert: “No-Input” Investigation at the Issue Project Room, 4/29

The NYC non-profit arts center Harvestworks is partnering with the Issue Project Room in Downtown Brooklyn to co-produce an event this weekend, dedicated to the “no-input mixing board phenomenon” – a style of sound art. INVESTIGATE: no-input is happening this Sunday, April 29, from 6-10PM, and will comprise a panel as well as performances featuring Toshimaru [...]

Arturia Launches Wurlitzer 200A Software Instrument – the Wurlitzer V

Arturia’s new Wurlitzer V ($129/$99) is a software recreation of the classic Wurlitzer 200A electric piano – introduced in 1972. Favored by Supertramp (“The Logical Song”), the Beatles (“I am the Walrus”), Ray Charles (“What’d I say”), Marvin Gaye (“I Heard It Through The Grapevine”), the Rolling Stones (“Miss You”), and funk players who could [...]

Event Alert: “Demystifying Mastering” – with Dave Kutch of The Mastering Palace, Dangerous, Manley, Focal & Alto NYC, 5/11

Join us for “Demystifying Mastering,” an evening event presented by SonicScoop and Flux Studios on Friday, May 11 – for engineers, producers, musicians and mastering engineers who want to gain a deeper understanding of the mastering process, and hear modern tools and techniques in a studio environment. The event will run from 6PM-9PM and will [...]

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