Category Archives: Regional News

News from regional groups and local pro audio community activity

Pro Tools 11 Pioneer — Part One: Diving In

Syndicated from SonicScoop - Creative, Technical & Business Connections For NYC’s Music & Sound Community » SPARS Feed, on June 17, 2013

Intrepid audio engineer Zach Hancock documents his transition to Pro Tools 11, in the first of a series. Continue reading →

Icons: Mick Guzauski on Engineering and Mixing Daft Punk’s “Random Access Memories”

Syndicated from SonicScoop - Creative, Technical & Business Connections For NYC’s Music & Sound Community » SPARS Feed, on May 27, 2013

Before the hype, a hit-making engineer/mixer was essential to Daft Punk’s plans. Continue reading →

Royer Labs Launches 15th Anniversary R-121 Limited Edition Ribbon Microphone

Syndicated from SonicScoop - Creative, Technical & Business Connections For NYC’s Music & Sound Community » SPARS Feed, on May 21, 2013

Ribbon mic fans prepare to get happy – and move fast. Burbank, CA-based Royer Labs announced that the 15th Anniversary R-121 Limited Edition Ribbon Microphone is now available, but only in the extremely limited quantity of 250. Although it carries the same MSRP of $1395 that graces the standard R-121 Studio Ribbon Microphone – the [...] Continue reading →

Rupert Neve Designs Debuts 5060 Centerpiece – 24×2 Desktop Mixer

Syndicated from SonicScoop - Creative, Technical & Business Connections For NYC’s Music & Sound Community » SPARS Feed, on April 10, 2013

The intrigue at Musikmesse intensified this morning with a big announcement from Rupert Neve Designs: the imaginative manufacturer has unveiled its new 5060 Centerpiece 24x 2 Desktop Mixer. A desktop-sized mixer designed to bring Rupert Neve’s revered tone to a smart HQ, the 5060 was created from the ground up to maximize sonics and workflow [...] Continue reading →

Avid Launches Pro Tools 11 – New Audio Engine, 64-Bit, Expanded Metering

Syndicated from SonicScoop - Creative, Technical & Business Connections For NYC’s Music & Sound Community » SPARS Feed, on April 7, 2013

It looks like the scientists behind Pro Tools have been hard at work on the industry’s flagship DAW. Avid announced today at NAB the arrival of Pro Tools 11, which appears to represent a significant upgrade for the audio industry’s ubiquitous tracking/mixing/editing solution. Chief among the improvements are a totally new audio core — dubbed [...] Continue reading →

RIP Phil Ramone: A Producer and His Musical Destiny

Syndicated from SonicScoop - Creative, Technical & Business Connections For NYC’s Music & Sound Community » SPARS Feed, on March 30, 2013

His name was music. Phil Ramone passed away in a New York hospital this morning at age 72, a development that followed his admittance into medical care a few weeks earlier for an aortic aneurysm. The legendary producer may be gone from this Earth, but … Continue reading →

Record Plant Recording Studios Names Jason Carson as VP/GM

Syndicated from SonicScoop - Creative, Technical & Business Connections For NYC’s Music & Sound Community » SPARS Feed, on March 27, 2013

Along with the arrival of spring, change is in the air in Los Angeles. The latest development comes from The Record Plant Recording Studios, which announced that Jason Carson has been named to the post of Vice President/General Manager. In making the announcement, the facility’s President, Rose Mann-Cherney noted that Carson will work closely with [...] Continue reading →

LabelRecruit, New Artist Discovery Specialists, Hosts Showcases at Stadiumred

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Fresh approaches for connecting artists with gatekeepers are essential – they provide new lifelines for musicians, producers and engineers alike. A new innovator that’s looking to make a difference in that realm is NYC-based LabelRecruit. They made Stadiumred the setting for a day of artist showcases recently, as JMK, a NYC Pop/Soul Singer, Steryle, a [...] Continue reading →

Infrasonic Sound Announces New Ownership of Recording Studio

Syndicated from SonicScoop - Creative, Technical & Business Connections For NYC’s Music & Sound Community » SPARS Feed, on March 26, 2013

M&A activity is alive and well on the studio level. Along those lines, Infrasonic Sound Recording Inc., the audio mastering and recording company owned by Pete Lyman and Jeff Ehrenberg, announced today that Studio Manager Eric Palmquist has purchased and acquired the brand’s recording facility. Loyal clients of the recording studios will be relieved to [...] Continue reading →

SSL Launches AWS 16 Console – New 16-Input AWS Desk

Syndicated from SonicScoop - Creative, Technical & Business Connections For NYC’s Music & Sound Community » SPARS Feed, on March 23, 2013

It’s all about access. Knowing that, SSL is opening things up for a whole new sector of commercial and private facilities with the launch of the AWS 16 console. This 16-input option is the latest in SSL’s well-received Analogue Workstation System (AWS) line that was launched in 2004, and also includes the 24-input AWS 924 [...] Continue reading →