I recently took a stretch of road less traveled to see an old friend, Tony Drootin, as he oversaw construction on David Amlen’s latest studio, the newly reborn Sound on Sound now in Montclair, NJ.
Both Amlen and Drootin were key players in the NYC studio scene during its last Read more...
Who was Les Paul? He was man who could be classified in many different ways: Inventor, audio engineer, producer, arranger, musician—as a jazz, country and blues guitarist—and designer of audio circuits and guitars.
As disparate as each of these skills may be, he brought one common quality to all of Read more...
Does the equipment in the studio matter more…or is it the engineering talent that oversees it?
The machines are useless without the people that wield them, of course. But enter any competitive recording or mixing studio, and you’re bound to see at least a few select pieces of hardware that Read more...
As a musician, producer and engineer who lives in New York City and uses public transport, I have become very familiar with the happy world that is created in my head whether I am monitoring on high quality IEMs (such as the Grado GR10e) en route to some midtown appointment Read more...
iZotope’s RX line has become a virtual must-have for post-production audio editors and mixers.
It’s been a little over two years since I first reviewed the iZotope RX bundle for SonicScoop with Version 3. If you’re new to the RX, you may want to start there for an in-depth look Read more...
