There’s a studio in Seacaucus, NJ that goes by the dislocated name of Hoboken HiFi.
That juxtaposition isn’t so strange when you consider the facility’s founder, a Northeasterner named Jim the Boss who was weaned on Sinatra and punk rock before falling hopelessly in love with reggae. He started a Read more...
Success in recording and mixing requires using the most accurate speakers and acoustically unambiguous rooms you can get access to.
This means that to get great results at every stage, we have to either strive to work in rooms that do not adversely color Read more...
Debates over the sound quality of digital vs. analog may be nothing new, but with bx_console, Brainworx and Plugin Alliance have taken a novel approach to bridging the divide.
With this fully-featured, one-stop channel strip, they’ve attempted to address some of the underlying physics that separate the two formats, Read more...
SonicScoop editor Justin Colletti is back for another great mic roundup video thanks to our friends at B&H.
For this series, B&H was kind enough to lend us a whole slew of amazing microphones, and in this first segment, we’ll be looking at the classic AKG C12 and Neumann U47 Read more...
New studios are being constructed all the time – fresh audio manufacturers come along far less frequently.
But there has to be new builders of solutions for the sonic realm, right? Otherwise, all that engineers would have access to is a new wrinkle on the same old, and that doesn’t Read more...
This post first appeared in Trust Me, I’m a Scientist, September 3, 2013. Tomorrow, November 4th, 2016 will mark the 25th anniversary of the release of My Bloody Valentine’s cult classic LP, Loveless.
“This is the West, sir. When the legend becomes fact, print the legend.”
– Mr. Read more...
During last winter’s NAMM show, IK Multimedia promised that they would soon announce a “revolutionary mastering product”. The company released a teaser video giving a clue to one key feature of the new program: The involvement of Gavin Lurssen, whose company, Lurssen Mastering has mastered records for some of music’s Read more...
The music industry is constantly shifting. Today, the traditional path of searching for a major label deal for a debut release is practically gone, and though forging your own path as an artist is increasingly possible, it is fraught with potential pitfalls. DIY production is easier than ever, but many Read more...
Time for producers and engineers to get credit where credit is due.
As everyone knows who has set up a microphone, mixed a track, or mastered an album – as does any musician who has ever recorded anything for that matter – getting a verified credit for your work seems Read more...
For this story, originally published in September of 2011 on our sister blog Trust Me I’m a Scientist, we gathered 40 years worth AKG 414s in one studio for a decisive side-by-side comparison.
Now, in honor of the 45th anniversary of this classic microphone, we’re bringing it to you again. Read more...
