This plugin started with a playlist.
When the Boston-based developer iZotope committed to creating an all-in-one vocal processing plugin, the first step had nothing to do with writing code. Instead, the design team compiled a big playlist of songs present and past led by classic or innovative vocals, then began Read more...
This story first appeared in Trust Me, I’m a Scientist on May 6th, 2013.
Over the past few decades, the costs of recording equipment have plummeted. Today $5,000 to $10,000 in funds can allow you to assemble a recording system that might have required a half-million dollar investment in 1993. Read more...
Joshua James is a folk singer and songwriter, originally from Nebraska, who now lives and works in American Fork, Utah.
James has steadily made a name for himself over the years not only as an artist, but as a producer, working out of a small studio in his home that Read more...
I happened upon on the Luke Audio line this past fall while wandering aimlessly around the AES showroom floor. Tiring of the immense wave of brand names and products I was already aware of, I was craving something new and personalized.
And then, almost as if by magic, I passed Read more...
Join SonicScoop editor Justin Colletti for another great video tutorial at Joe Lambert Mastering. This time, thanks to a partnership with B&H, we get to bring you Part 2 of our advanced compression series, this time on Sidechain compression.
(PS—Also check out Part 1 on Parallel Compression, and Part 3 Read more...
I’ve found a magic way to make people raise their eyebrows: tell them that you just listened to a pair of headphones that cost $60,000.
I noticed that response again and again after informing people that I’d just heard Orpheus. If that name sounds familiar to you, then you know Read more...
Over the past 20 years, In Ear Monitors (or IEMs) have become a near-necessity for live performance.
In years prior, engineers would inevitably have to crank up a venue’s stage monitors loud enough for the musicians to hear themselves over the audience, over the sound coming from the stage, Read more...
Here it: The third, final, (and maybe the best) part of our interview with the legendary producer/engineer Joe Chiccarelli.
In this part of their B&H interview series, Chiccarelli talks with SonicScoop editor Justin Colletti in detail about working on classic records with some true music legends: Frank Zappa, The Read more...
It can be hard to stand out in the audio world. There’s a near constant stream of new microphone designs, nevermind all the classics that have stood the test of time.
Creating a niche requires a quality product, and a unique design certainly doesn’t hurt. 12 Gauge Microphones, run by Read more...
Small studios with a big heart are everywhere in Brooklyn. But you may not find an audio aorta beating with more bravado than New Warsaw Studio.
The facility was founded by producer/engineer/composer/multi-instrumentalist Riley McMahon in 2008, years before Bushwick began to bask in its current resurgence. Moving on up from Read more...
