Avid Switches CEO’s: Will Louis Hernandez Turn It Around?
For a minute, it looked like Avid had dropped the drama. Will the change in leadership mean a chance in direction? Everyone who visited their booth at NAMM a couple of weeks ago saw reassuring signs,...
View ArticleTrusoundnewyork Composes with Jimmy Cliff for VW, Deutsch LA
The “Get Happy” spot that Volkswagen premiered during last week’s Super Bowl XVLII had no shortage of controversy: people had differing opinions about the protagonist from Minnesota who spoke (almost)...
View ArticleA&R Meets Music Supervision: Artist Discovery with Christian Morrissey of...
It used to be the dream music biz gig was A&R for a major label. Those jobs are certainly becoming scarcer, but the coveted paid occupation of finding new music talent, and helping it to be heard,...
View ArticleaudioEngine Founder Bob Giammarco Acquires Full Ownership of NYC, Phoenix...
There are three fewer founding partners in the ownership mix at audioEngine. audioEngine has consolidated its ownership under founding partner Bob Giammarco. Via a post on the audio post-production...
View ArticleOcean Way Recording Sold To Hudson Pacific, Owners of Adjacent Sunset...
HOLLYWOOD: Ocean Way Recording – the legendary Bill Putnam-designed Hollywood studio where Frank Sinatra, Ray Charles and Radiohead have recorded – has new owners as of this week. Sunset Gower + Ocean...
View ArticleDave Grohl’s Sound City: A Music Movie Review
Towards the end of Dave Grohl’s directorial debut, the rock documentary Sound City, drummer Mick Fleetwood warns us about “the downside” to all the technological advances that have so changed the face...
View ArticleComma Music Opens NYC Studios, Expands LA Staff
The original music competition has just intensified on both coasts, courtesy of new moves by Comma Music. Comma’s NYC staff (l-r): Lauren Pecorella, Matt Kelly, and Michael Paoletta An original music...
View ArticleElectro-Harmonix Shipping Epitome Multi-Effect Pedal
Incase you missed this gem back at NAMM, the Epitome from electro-harmonix combines three of the company’s most iconic pedals into one excellent effects pedal. The Epitome is a combination of the Micro...
View ArticleShoot Online: Top Super Bowl Sonic Branding Spots
Feeling Super Bowl ad withdrawal? Any time of year is good for a recharge of the uncontested Ultimate TV Event of the Western World. Did this Super Bowl take Sonic Branding to a next level? Here’s a...
View ArticleNeve Genesys Console Offers New Option – 88R-Style Four-Band EQ
Two EQs are better than one, especially when they’re available on a Neve. To prove it, AMS Neve is making a new EQ option – an 88R-style four-band EQ – available for the Neve Genesys, which is AMS...
View ArticleHeritage Audio Launches DMA 73 – Dual Mic Preamp & DI
We can’t return our whole bodies to the 1970’s, but at least our ears can go there. Heritage Audio, the Madrid-based manufacturer whose mission is to pay sonic homage to the great 1970’s Neve consoles...
View ArticleMotion Picture Sound Editors Announce 2013 Golden Reel Winners
The behind-the-scenes stars were out on Sunday in Hollywood. The MPSE honored the top achievers in cinema sound — and beyond — last night in LA. For pure sonic quality in feature films, TV, animation,...
View ArticleMeet the New CEO of Avid: Q&A with Louis Herndandez, Jr. on the Future of Pro...
There’s no official President of Pro Audio, but the CEO who runs Avid comes closest to holding that title. Just like the President of the United States is often referred to as the Leader of the Free...
View ArticleMuTools Releases MuLab 5 DAW
Whether or not you have heard of this particular DAW system from MuTools, MuLab 5 has always been one to blaze it’s own trail in one way or another amongst other DAW heavyweights. Apart from being...
View ArticleSession Buzz: Who’s Recording In & Around NYC – A Monthly Report
GREATER NYC AREA: New works by David Bowie, Vampire Weekend, She & Him, Azealia Banks, John Scofield, Common and more have been in production all over the city – in the studios highlighted below....
View ArticleSample Logic Introduces ASSAULT – Cinematic Sound Design Virtual Instrument
New tools to enhance creativity and workflow for sound design are always welcome. Composers and sound designers working for film, TV, and gaming now have a new option available with ASSAULT, a virtual...
View ArticleSAE New York Announces Move to Chelsea Campus
Time to change things up: SAE New York, which has resided in the nonstop buzz of Herald Square for the last 10 years, announced that it will be moving to a new campus in Chelsea. SAE New York will have...
View ArticleSound Information: Metadata For Your Music
In the days of vinyl and tape cassettes, providing your listeners with information about your music was simple: Everything from song titles to song-writers, lyrics to album art, engineering credits to...
View ArticleKNS Productions (NYC) Signs With Razor & Tie Music Publishing
NYC-based production team KNS Productions (Brian Kierulf and Josh Schwartz) has signed a worldwide publishing deal with Razor & Tie Music Publishing. Josh Schwartz and Brian Kierulf KNS has...
View ArticleBlue Cat Audio Launches Blue Cat’s DP Meter Pro 4.0
Prepare to look deeeeep into your audio. The forward-thinking French developer Blue Cat Audio announced that it has launched Blue Cat’s DP Meter Pro 4.0, a brand new version of its multi-purpose audio...
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