Tag Archives: mastering

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 →

NYC Mastering Engineer Joe LaPorta Joins Sterling Sound

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

The New York City-based mastering engineer Joe LaPorta has become a part of the Sterling Sound staff. LaPorta comes to Sterling Sound’s studios on the West Side with the title of Senior Mastering Engineer, following eight years at The Lodge, where he launched his career. A GRAMMY-nominated and TEC Award-winning engineer, LaPorta’s versatile discography includes Foo [...] Continue reading →

The SonicScoop Year in Review: Top Audio & Music Business Developments of 2012

Syndicated from SonicScoop - Creative, Technical & Business Connections For NYC’s Music & Sound Community » SPARS Feed, on December 31, 2012

2012 was simply intense — we gather up the good and the bad from this epic year. Continue reading →

SPARS announces expanded speed mentoring sessions for upcoming 133rd AES Convention

By Paul Christensen, on August 20, 2012

SPARS Speed Mentoring – Mentoring Answers for your Career Moscone Center – Room SC4 Saturday, October 27, 2012 3:30 PM – 5:30 PM Registration Required  SPARS has announced the expansion of their popular speed mentoring sessions for the 133rd AESConvention … Continue reading →

Recording Studio Sweet Spot: Alex Sterling — Upper West Side

Syndicated from SonicScoop - Creative, Technical & Business Connections For NYC’s Music & Sound Community » SPARS Feed, on July 31, 2012

Unravel the surprises at this artfully flexible facility, in one of Manhattan’s most underserved neighborhoods. Continue reading →

Vlado Meller Mastering Workshop to Debut in NYC, August 1-3 and September 19-21

Syndicated from SonicScoop - Creative, Technical & Business Connections For NYC’s Music & Sound Community » SPARS Feed, on June 20, 2012

The need for high-level education in the mastering sector is being addressed via a new workshop from one of the world’s most accomplished mastering engineers, two-time GRAMMY-winner Vlado Meller. Meller has announced the Vlado Meller Mastering Workshop (VMMW,) a three-day intensive hands-on course which will launch in New York City from August 1-3. The course [...] Continue reading →

Was Steve Jobs Good for Music?

Syndicated from SonicScoop - Creative, Technical & Business Connections For NYC’s Music & Sound Community » SPARS Feed, on October 6, 2011

The Master of Musical Puppets — would we have been better off if he weren’t pulling the strings? It’s a swell magic spell that the Mac has cast on our tracks. Continue reading →

Studio Stories: Galuminumfoil Upgrade, Part I “Before”

Syndicated from SonicScoop - Creative, Technical & Business Connections For NYC’s Music & Sound Community » SPARS Feed, on August 7, 2011

There’s two sides to every renovation. Chris Cubeta, co-founder of this busy Williamsburg facility, walks us through the front end of the redo. Continue reading →

The Lodge & LaPorta Working With Blood Orange, Hooray For Earth, Dum Dum Girls and More

Syndicated from SonicScoop - Creative, Technical & Business Connections For NYC’s Music & Sound Community » SPARS Feed, on May 5, 2011

Keeping up with all the cool indie releases coming out of NYC is pretty much a full-time job. So we check in periodically with The Lodge, and mastering engineer Joe LaPorta, for a quick fix on what’s coming up.
In addition to co-mastering Foo Fighters’ Wasting Light with Mastering Engineer Emily Lazar, LaPorta’s mastered some of [...] Continue reading →

Sessions at On Air Mastering: Cowboy and Indian, Kung Fury, Telebolitos, Ergo

Syndicated from SonicScoop - Creative, Technical & Business Connections For NYC’s Music & Sound Community » SPARS Feed, on April 26, 2011

At On Air Mastering in Greenpoint, a wide range of projects — rock, jazz, experimental — have been going through the ears of founder Julian Silva and his Rupert Neve Masterpiece. Recent sessions include:
Telebolitos from Colombia mastered a five-song EP.
Cleveland mysterio-rockers Cowboy And Indian mastered their EP.
NYC denizens Kung Fury mastered their new full-length album.
Private [...] Continue reading →