April 2006
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Technology
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| DPA 4091 Condenser Microphone |
DPA is a major player in the small-capsule mic market. The company's 4060 and 4061 miniature mics are ubiquitous in broadcast, Broadway and beyond. The...
BY KEVIN BECKA |
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| Euphonix MC Controller, System 5-MC Console |
The Euphonix MC Media Application Controller and System 5-MC represent the company's vision of the future of audio/video production. The goal is to provide...
BY BARRY RUDOLPH |
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| Fairlight Anthem |
At last year's AES show in New York City, I stumbled across the Fairlight booth and saw the Anthem Dream, the company's new digital console. Yeah, just...
BY ED CHERNEY |
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| M-Audio ProjectMix I/O Interface/Controller |
With more professional music being produced at home than ever before, the integrated control surface/audio interface market seems to be heating up. Sharing...
BY JASON SCOTT ALEXANDER |
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| Studer Vista 8 Digital Mixing System |
No engineer can deny that digital mixing consoles make life easier. Recall of every parameter, built-in dynamics and comprehensive automation are functions...
BY STEVE LA CERRA |
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| SynchroArts VocALign |
An award-winning software plug-in and stand-alone application for Windows and Mac OS 8/9/X, SynchroArts' VocALign can automatically synchronize two audio...
BY HELEN LUTTRELL AND MIKE HOPKINS |
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| Tools of the Trade |
LAUTEN AUDIO HORIZON New to the mic manufacturing game, Lauten Audio (www.lautenaudio.com) released...
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| Yamaha HS50M Monitor and HS10W Subwoofer |
When Yamaha discontinued production of its venerable NS-10M studio monitor due to unavailable parts, mix engineers worldwide were left with a dilemma:...
BY MICHAEL COOPER |
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Sound for Picture
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| Composer Harry Gregson Williams |
Growing up just south of London, Harry Gregson Williams spent hours every school day performing works by the English choral masters as a member of a...
By Gary Eskow |
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| Restoring Oklahoma! |
Debuting more than a half-century ago, Oklahoma! represented a number of firsts. This big-budgeted film retelling of the Rodgers & Hammerstein Broadway...
By George Petersen |
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| Wonderland Productions |
Convergence, the meeting of many types of media to form something even more powerful, is always on the move. While the term usually applies to the end...
By David Weiss |
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Live Mix
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| FixIt |
Dave Farber is the owner of Farber Sound, the Minneapolis-area touring sound and installation contractor that provides the sound system for The Blenders'...
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| Fort Minor |
Linkin Park's Mike Shinoda is touring with his new group, Fort Minor, which also includes MC Takbir “Tak” Bashir, MC Ryan “Ryu”...
by Steve Jennings |
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| Lucinda Williams and George Jones |
The pages of Mix are filled with talk of technology, but sometimes it pays to be simple. Keep it flat across the board, make sure the vocal cuts through...
By Tom Kenny |
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| New Sound Reinforcement Products |
SENNHEISER 3000 SERIES WIRELESS MONITORS Sennheiser's (www.sennheiserusa.com) 3000 Series...
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| News |
For Rufus Wainwright's recent four-week European jaunt, FOH engineer Matt Manasse relied on local racks and stacks, but found he could make even the...
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| Now Playing |
Gavin DeGraw Sound Company: E-Tech Systems (Tampa, Fla.) FOH Engineer/Console: Erick “Otto” Celeiro/Soundcraft MH4 Monitor Engineer/Console:...
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| On the Road |
Roberto Arquilla Montreal-based The Stars (Torquil Campbell, trumpet/keys/vocals; Amy Millan, guitar/vocals; Evan Cranley, bass/guitar; and Chris Seligman,...
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| Shure Promotes Hearing Health |
Introducing its newly branded hearing conservation program, Listen Safe, Shure awarded $50,000 total to three organizations: Columbia College, Hearing...
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Recording Notes
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| CAPTURING NEW ORLEANS JAZZFEST LIVE |
In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, one New Orleans musician vowed, “New Orleans will swing again!” And he's right. The strength, spirit and...
By Jeff Forlenza |
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| CAT POWER GRABS SOME MEMPHIS SOUL |
During the past few years, Cat Power, aka Chan (pronounced like “Sean”) Marshall, has developed a large fan base through her stark, poetic,...
By Chris J. Walker |
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| CIRQUE DU SOLEIL SHAKES UP LAS VEGAS (AGAIN) WITH “KÀ” |
The Cirque du Soleil juggernaut just keeps on going. The massively popular art-circus group has been bringing their unique blend of mind-boggling acts...
By Blair Jackson |
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| HALL & OATES' “I CAN'T GO FOR THAT (NO CAN DO)” |
“We're all products of our genes, our history, the region we grew up in and our influences,” Daryl Hall says. “These things, in my...
By Gary Eskow |
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Coast to Coast
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| L.A. GRAPEVINE |
I hate to lead off this column with sad news, but the gentleman involved deserves top billing. On Sunday, February 12, 2006, The Village's founder, Geordie...
by Heather Johnson |
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| NASHVILLE SKYLINE |
Every now and then, I need a good dope slap upside the head. Today's cosmic dope slap was brought to me courtesy of every Middle Tennessee State University...
by Rick Clark |
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| NEW YORK METRO |
New sample libraries are constantly coming out, but hearing about one that involves bassist Anthony Jackson might make a person stand up and take notice....
by David Weiss |
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| TRACK SHEET |
NORTHEAST Cotton Hill Studios (Albany, NY) recently completed an ADR session with actress Grace Park for the SciFi Channel original series Battlestar...
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Insider Audio
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| False Sense of Security |
One of the words on everybody's lips these days is “security.” National, job, personal, data — security of all kinds is the topic of...
BY PAUL D. LEHRMAN |
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Producer's Desk
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| Los Lobos' Steve Berlin |
Steve Berlin is a lucky man. He plays reeds and keyboards in one of the greatest bands of all time, Los Lobos. Yep, he's the soulful white boy in the...
BY BLAIR JACKSON |
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Project Studio
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| The Voice of God in High Def |
For the “King of the Movie Trailers” and owner of The Voice of God studio, it makes perfect sense to have a facility of the highest quality....
BY HEATHER JOHNSON |
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Tech's Files
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| Are Commercials Really Too Loud? |
Hello, broadcasters! I have, on occasion, been one of you. And while my current reality is quite different from my former freelance existence, I will...
BY EDDIE CILETTI |
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Feedback
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| Letters to Mix |
DON'T GIVE YOUR DRIVES THE DEEP FREEZE I was just reading the December 2005 issue article by George Petersen, “Safeguarding Sonic Treasures,”...
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Current/Industry News
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| 11TH ANNUAL MIX L.A. OPEN |
It looks like another sell-out year as a record number of companies have already signed on to take part in the 11th Annual Mix L.A. Open. Presented by...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| BUCHANEK JOINS CUPS 'N STRINGS |
Sabrina Buchanek has joined Cups 'N Strings Studios (Santa Monica, Calif.) as re-recording mixer and sound editor. Her impressive list of credits includes...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| GO BACK IN TIME |
Take a cruise down memory lane to those great hits that have appeared in Mix's “Classic Tracks” column, such as “Papa Was a Rolling...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| GRANT MAXWELL, 1959-2006 |
Re-recording mixer Grant Maxwell died in Hackensack, N.J., in early January after an eight-month battle with leukemia. Maxwell began his audio career...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| INDUSTRY NEWS |
Numerous appointments at APT (Belfast, Ireland): Gregory Massey, CTO; Stephen Wray, licensing business manager; Chris Clotworthy and David Trainor, senior...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| MIX FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIP OFFERED |
Applications for the 2006 TEC Awards Scholarship Grant are currently being accepted. The scholarship grant(s) is offered to students in audio education...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| MIX WEB EXTRAS |
Go beyond the printed page and log on to www.mixonline.com to get extra photos, text and sounds...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| MURRAY ALLEN, 1930-2006 |
He worked with big bands and small ensembles; played clarinet and recorded raucous guitar; headed up small, tight-knit TV audio crews and large, film-style...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| NOTES FROM THE NET |
A community-powered digital music service that allows users to sell music to friends, BurnLounge is currently offering a public beta of its consumer...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| STRONGROOM PURCHASES AIR STUDIOS |
Richard Boote, owner and managing director of Strongroom (www.strongroom.com) recording studios,...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| STUDIO WATCH: TIME FOR AN UPGRADE |
RT/SOS KEEPS IT FLOWING Right Track/Sound on Sound (http://righttrackrecording.com) has...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| TEKSERVE SERVES UP TECH UPGRADE |
Alice's Restaurant owner Mark Plati (www.markplati.net) decided that his New York City —...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| WAS HE OR WASN'T HE? |
Producer Don Was stopped by Selah Recording (Detroit) in early February to work on his upcoming album, Was Not Was, which is slated for release late...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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General
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| Audio ON THE Airwaves |
Live recording is a difficult and demanding art and science under the best conditions. And engineers will tell you that getting the “best conditions”...
By Blair Jackson |
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| BARBER SHOP ROLLS |
Engineer/producer Dave Hyman came to The Barber Shop Studios in scenic Lake Hopatcong, N.J., to work on a remix and additional production for dancehall...
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| CORRECTION |
In the January 2006 “Orchestral Recording” article, the caption for Allen Sides incorrectly says that he is leaning over a Captitol custom...
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| ESSENTIALS FOR Going Surround |
If you've upgraded your DAW or console lately, then you've probably got surround production on your mind — or at least in your eventual plans....
By George Petersen |
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| Hi-Def Backbone |
The FCC's scheduled 2009 “turn-off” date for analog terrestrial television for U.S. consumers elicits a sigh of relief from major networks...
By Mel Lambert |
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| HOLLYWOOD STUDIO “IDOL”IZES ICON |
As Levels Audio Post owner/mixer/sound designer Brian Riordan prepared for the fifth-season launch of American Idol, the Emmy-nominated Fox TV smash...
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| Idea Factories |
A little bit of all of us died last week. I went by Mike Quinn's Electronics in Oakland, Calif., and saw the “Closed — Out of Business”...
George Petersen Editorial Director |
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| PACIFIQUE MAKES ROOM |
A massive ensemble of players entered Pacifique Studios (Los Angeles) to work on the soundtrack to upcoming film Before the Music Dies. ...
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| Pearl Productions |
It takes an audio engineer to know what an audio engineer needs — whether that mixer is on a first-call tour, a small-town festival, a local sporting...
BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| Satellite Soaring |
Where's the spirit of radio? Instead of looking for invisible wavelengths originating from tall terrestrial towers, focus your eyes on the skies. Train...
By David Weiss |
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| Spotting For Episodics |
For decades, scoring music for television has simply involved a scaled-down version of the art and process used on theatrical features: orchestral music...
By Matt Hurwitz |
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| SURROUNDED BY AWARDS |
High fives to Jerry Harrison and engineer Eric “E.T.” Thorngren, who took home three awards at the fourth annual Surround Music Awards ceremony...
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| THE CULT |
Rising to worldwide acclaim in mid-'80s and '90s from the streets of London, The Cult has garnered a strong fan base, who are excited to see the band...
by Steve Jennings |
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| WORKING DOUBLE-TIME |
Producer/engineer Bryan Bell recently brought two album mastering projects to Paul Stubblebine Mastering & DVD in San Francisco, including the release...
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