Orange Amplification Introduces the Orange Micro Dark Amp
Don’t be fooled by its size – the Orange Micro Dark is packed with tone. The Micro Dark is a valve/solid-state hybrid head that joins the ranks of its siblings, the Dual Terror, and the Dual Dark. A...
View ArticleBringing a 1960s Classic Back to Life: The Zombies on Performing “Odessey and...
The Zombie’s Odessey and Oracle. This year, nearly 50 years after its initial release, The Zombies are launching a U.S. tour to perform their classic album Odessey and Oracle in its entirety. Oracle is...
View ArticleiZotope RX 5 Audio Editor Now Available
Last month iZotope announced the new and improved RX 5 Audio Editor and their RX 5 Post Production Suite. Their Post Production Suite has been available since the announcement in September, but at long...
View ArticleSoundtoys 5 Launches – Multi-Effects Processor Unifies All Soundtoys Plugins
Keep plugins together, keep plugins together forever and ever! That’s the mission of Soundtoys via the just-launched Soundtoys 5. With the new Effect Rack at its core, Soundtoys 5 is a powerful...
View ArticlePreSonus Ships Studio 192 Audio Interface and Studio Command Center
You can get more than ever into a small space. Case in point is the new PreSonus Studio 192 USB 3.0 Audio Interface and Studio Command Center. A 26×32 interface that can record at up to 192 kHz, it...
View ArticleStudio Sweet Spot: All Welcome Records – Inglewood, CA
R E S P E C T — find out what it means to sound. That sense of respect is something you’ll find in spades at All Welcome Records. You can sense it between partners, for the principles of audio, and for...
View ArticleMackie Announces CRBT Bluetooth Monitors
For those who may have missed it, Mackie released two new monitors – both with 100% more Bluetooth. Mackie’s Bluetooth enabled monitors are ideal for casual listening and mixing. Part of their best...
View Article6 Things Producers Should Consider Before Talking to an Artist About Changing...
Image by Flickr user Jeremy BronsonTalking with an artist about their songs is an exercise that’s fraught with the potential to create distance between a producer and a songwriter. But it can also be a...
View ArticleSoftware Review: Universal Audio Manley Variable Mu Limiter/Compressor Plugin
Under the hood of the Manley Variable Mu In November 2014, when Universal Audio announced that it would release a new software version of the Manley Variable Mu compressor, SonicScoop quickly covered...
View ArticleUniversal Audio Launches Neve 1073 Preamp & EQ Plug-In Collection, UAD 7.7...
We’ve heard it again and again – nothing sounds quite like vintage gear. And we figure with today’s technology, why can’t we have the best of both worlds? Well Universal Audio is on top of it – with...
View ArticleUniversal Audio Introduces Apollo Expanded Software at NAMM 2015
As part of UAD Software v8.0, Universal Audio is bringing new compatibility options into 2015 with their Apollo Expanded software – exclusively for Apollo interfaces. This will allow users to daisy...
View ArticleUniversal Audio Launches Next-Gen Apollo Thunderbolt 2 Audio Interfaces,...
Universal Audio has announced four new Apollo interfaces and the industry’s first and only Marshall-branded amplifier plug-in at Musikmesse 2015. Available today is the Apollo 8 – A single rack...
View ArticleUniversal Audio Launches Neve 88RS Channel Strip Collection, Tube-Tech CL 1B...
Say “Neve”, and most audio pros can’t help but feel a glow inside. Now Neve is new all over again, with the release of UAD Software v8.1, a milestone accompanied by the launch of three new plugins: the...
View ArticleUniversal Audio Launches 4 New Plugins – Eventide H910 Harmonizer, Marshall...
No matter what kind of music you produce, Universal Audio’s launch of UAD Software v8.4 and the four accompanying new plugins for UAD-2 DSP Accelerators and Apollo have got you covered. Should you...
View ArticleNew Gear Alert: New Tools from UAD, Free Plugin Suite for PreSonus Users,...
Universal Audio releases OTO BISCUIT 8-bit Effects, Fuchs Overdrive Supreme, and bx_subsynth plugins for UAD-2 and Apollo platforms. UA’s latest software release features three new plugins from their...
View ArticleNew Gear Alert: UAD SSL Bus Compressor & Pure Plate Reverb Plugins, Limited...
Universal Audio releases SSL® 4000 G Bus Compressor and Pure Plate Reverb plugins for UAD v9.2. Fully endorsed by Solid State Logic®, Universal Audio has introduced the SSL® 4000 G Bus Compressor...
View Article3 Techniques: Universal Audio Manley VOXBOX Channel Strip — with Mixer Gary...
What’s the prize for an artist’s hard work? To get their music mixed by Gary Noble. A Grammy-nominated mixer/producer, Noble’s range is unusually wide, from Amy Winehouse and Nas to Ricky Martin and...
View ArticleNew Gear Alert: ’47 Clones by Warm Audio, Eventide’s “Mangled” Reverb, UAD...
Warm Audio announces the WA-47 and WA-47jr tube condenser microphones. Each designed to accommodate varying budgets, the WA-47 and WA-47jr are both based on the classic ‘47 microphone that has...
View ArticleNew Gear Alert: Sequential Prophet X Synth by Dave Smith, Thunderbolt 3...
Dave Smith Instruments announces the Sequential Prophet X Synthesizer. The Sequential Prophet X is a new, bi-timbral, 8-voice-stereo (16-voice mono) synthesizer that combines samples and synthesis. At...
View ArticleEars Behind the Gear: Allan Timms — High Level Engineering at Universal Audio
As media converges, so do the job responsibilities of those who make audio production possible. That’s exactly the experience of Allan Timms, who was announced as the new VP of Engineering for...
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