August 2004
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Technology
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| Clair iO/Lake Technology Contour |
As FOH engineer for Simon & Garfunkel, Paul Simon, Steely Dan and Bette Midler, my days are spent in arenas, stadiums and amphitheaters — acceptable,...
BY DAVID MORGAN |
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| Crane Song Ibis EQ |
The discrete, Class-A, solid-state Crane Song Ibis ($4,500 list) embodies a new approach to the equalizer's time-honored user interface and feature set....
BY MICHAEL COOPER |
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| Digidesign DigiDelivery Network System |
Although many people (including myself) never saw the point of musical collaboration via the now-defunct Rocket Network, in retrospect, it's obvious...
By K. K. PROFFITT |
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| Electro-Harmonix NY-2A Tube Compressor |
The Electro-Harmonix NY-2A vacuum tube compressor/limiter is impressive. Inside this $2,995 stereo unit is a mix of modern, retro and audiophile parts,...
BY EDDIE CILETTI |
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| JBL LSR6328P/LSR6312SP Speakers |
Five years ago, Mix checked out JBL's award-winning LSR (Linear Spatial Reference) Series monitors. Designed for stereo listening (with or without a...
BY GEORGE PETERSEN |
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| Princeton Digital/Eventide Reverb 2016 |
Designed by Tony Agnello, the Eventide original SP2016 digital reverb was stellar for its day. The name referred to SP for signal processor and 2016...
BY KEVIN BECKA |
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| Snapshot Product Reviews |
NEUMANN BCM 104 Side-Address Broadcast Mic The death grip that the RE20 and RE27 N/D have on the radio and TV station announce market is legendary. Neumann's...
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| Tannoy Ellipse 10 Studio Monitors |
Tannoy's Ellipse 10 monitors make bold statements on many levels beyond their futuristic-looking yet functional cabinet styling. The three-way powered...
BY BARRY RUDOLPH |
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| Tools of the Trade |
VOXENGO SONIFORMER 2.2 New from Voxengo (www.voxengo.com), Soniformer 2.2 is a mastering tool that...
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| Upgrades and Updates |
Version 1.2 operating system for HHB's (www.hhb.co.uk) PortaDrive location audio recorder offers enhanced...
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| Voxengo Pristine Space Reverb Plug-In |
Voxengo's Pristine Space (MSRP: $139) is an 8-channel, native PC VST convolution reverb plug-in with extensive routing capabilities and several latency...
BY BARRY RUDOLPH |
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Sound for Picture
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| Around the World in 80 Days |
Maybe it was a gimmick, maybe it was good business sense, but originally the shoot for director Frank Coraci's new version of Around the World in 80...
By Blair Jackson |
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| Chronicling Riddick |
So it didn't get the box office hoped for following its debut in early June. But Universal can take solace in the fact that this is just the beginning....
By Maureen Droney |
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Live Mix
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| FixIt |
Russell Giroux Russell Giroux is currently tour manager/front-of-house engineer for Default, a band that's been touring almost nonstop for the past three...
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| Franz Ferdinand |
Glasgow, Scotland-based Franz Ferdinand's show reminds one of a little bit of '60s pop infused with '80s new wave, but with a slightly modern feel. Mix...
by Steve Jennings |
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| Madonna's Re-Invention Tour |
Madonna has re-invented her image numerous times during the course of one of pop's longest and most successful careers, including recently changing her...
Gaby Alter |
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| MG-Sound Brings Surround to Vienna Gig |
Studio owner Martin Böhm of Vienna, Austria-based MG-Sound was music director for the Wiener Festwochen (Festival Weeks) opening ceremonies in front...
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| News |
American Idol's sound system, run by engineer Andrew “Fletch” Fletcher, incorporated a Soundcraft MH4 console for the live mix. “We...
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| Now Playing: Summer Festival Update |
Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival Sound Companies: Rat Sound Systems (Oxnard, Calif.), U.S. Audio and Lighting (North Hollywood) Main Stage FOH...
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| On the Road |
Jerry Lloyd Roots bluegrass artist Ricky Skaggs (right) has spent recent years collecting critical accolades and turning out stellar works such as Live...
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| Surround In The Living Room |
Getting great sound in your living room usually isn't too tough: Get a good stereo, plug in some speakers of choice and let the jams begin. But when...
By David Weiss |
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Recording Notes
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| CHRIS VRENNA'S TWEAKER |
Sleep deprivation sounds like it would be an artistic inhibitor, yet Chris Vrenna found it to be a powerful inspiration when assembling Tweaker's new...
By Bryan Reesman |
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| Cool Spins |
Fats Waller: The Centennial Collection (Bluebird/BMG) Every household should have a Fats Waller anthology, and this one is definitely a cut above. It...
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| OZOMATLI |
Ozomatli's bold and energetic music possesses elements of rock español, hip hop, Latin, alternative, jazz, funk and various world genres. Sometimes,...
By Chris J. Walker |
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| PAUL McCARTNEY'S “UNCLE ALBERT/ADMIRAL HALSEY” |
Bach, Beethoven — those guys may edge a legendary musician or group out over the long haul, but will any musician ever have a more explosive short-term...
By Gary Eskow |
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Coast to Coast
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| L.A. GRAPEVINE |
I'm not a roller coaster fan. Get me on a Big Dipper and I'll white-knuckle the bar and hyperventilate for the duration. For the most part, I'll also...
by Maureen Droney |
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| NASHVILLE SKYLINE |
Last month, I introduced some of the wonders of my neighborhood: East Nashville. When I started gathering information on recording happenings in the...
by Rick Clark |
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| NEW YORK METRO |
With 8 million residents, five boroughs and one very large recording community, New York City is all about togetherness, right? But the shifting rules...
by David Weiss |
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| SESSIONS & STUDIO NEWS |
NORTHEAST Keith Richards, Bonnie Raitt, the Neville Brothers and Joss Stone were working with Sheffield's Remote Recording (Phoenix, MD) audio truck...
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Insider Audio
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| A Law Unto Itself |
“The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers.”— Shakespeare, Henry VI Actually, let's not. The...
BY PAUL D. LEHRMAN |
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Producer's Desk
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| Malcolm Burn |
For many years, Ontario-born Malcolm Burn has been joined at the hip (so to speak) with fellow Canadian producer/musician Daniel Lanois. He played on,...
BY BLAIR JACKSON |
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Project Studio
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| Which Came First — The Studio or the Band? |
Keyboardist Walter Martin, drummer Matt Barrick and guitarist Paul Maroon hadn't even built a wall, much less manned a console, before building their...
BY HEATHER JOHNSON |
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Bitstream
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| Pedant In a Big Box: Part Four |
Since the March 2004 issue, “Bitstream” columnist Oliver Masciarotte has been flipping through his audio data dictionary to define today's...
BY OLIVER MASCIAROTTE |
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Tech's Files
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| Choosing Op Amps |
There are no black-and-white answers to upgrade questions. Even identical circuits behave differently, depending on the board layout and components used....
BYEDDIE CILETTI |
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From the Editor
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| How About a Little Promotion, Mr. Promoter? |
As I write this, it's the July Fourth weekend. Corn is knee-high, but the music touring biz — which should be showing a healthy growth spurt by...
George Petersen Editorial Director |
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Feedback
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| Letters to Mix |
SOUL ISN'T JUST A STYLE OF MUSIC He was a friend of mine. Just days ago, I was using the present tense to describe my remarkable opportunity to work...
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Current/Industry News
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| AVATAR RELIVES AMERICA'S PAST |
Composer/producer Michael Whalen was in Avatar's Studio C (New York City) recording music for a four-part public television series called Slavery and...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| BICOASTAL OPENS IN NEW YORK |
Recording facility BiCoastal Music (www.bicoastalmusic.com) picked the first sunny day in...
David Weiss |
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| BILL LOWERY, 1925-2004 |
On June 8, 2004, music publisher William J. “Bill” Lowery died in Atlanta following a battle with cancer. Beginning in the early 1950s, Lowery...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| GRACE DESIGN CELEBRATES 10 YEARS |
In 1994, Grace Designs (www.gracedesign.com) introduced its first product: the model 801 preamp....
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| HOUSTON STUDIO ADDS PRODUCTION |
Dan Workman, co-owner and president of SugarHill Studios (www.sugarhillstudios.com), has...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| INDIE FILM MIXED IN ONE DAY AT MUSICTECH |
Equipped with laptops with Final Cut Pro and Mac G4s running Pro Tools (one with Digital Performer) while watching new indie film Delivery Method on...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| INDUSTRY NEWS |
Academy Award — winning re-recording mixer Scott Millan returns to Todd-AO (Hollywood) as senior VP, creative sound services, studio operations…...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| NOTES FROM THE NET |
iTunes Crosses the Atlantic On June 15, Apple launched its iTunes Music Store in the UK, France and Germany, providing music fans with the same online...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| ON THE MOVE |
Who: Marc Bertrand, Tannoy North America managing director Main responsibilities: ensure that Tannoy continues to be a customer-focused and market-driven...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| PRESSURE POINT BRINGS DOWN CHICAGO HOUSE |
On June 17, 2004, Chicago's music elite gathered at newly opened Pressure Point Recording for its grand opening party to welcome this hot new studio...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| RAY CHARLES, 1930-2004 |
A gifted pianist and saxophonist who seamlessly blended gospel and blues, Grammy-winning Ray Charles died on June 10, 2004, at his Beverly Hills home....
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| RUPERT NEVE VISITS WEBSTER U |
Webster University's Student Section of the Audio Engineering Society in St. Louis closed out its year with two events featuring Rupert Neve. At the...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| SIR ELTON JOHN STOPS IN AT TREE SOUND |
Elton John was at Tree Sound Studios (Norcross, Ga.) self-producing for the first time his full-length album, Peachtree Road, which is scheduled for...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| SRS LABS SURROUNDS UNCLE KRACKER |
Lava Recording artist Uncle Kracker relied on SRS Labs' Circle Surround™ multichannel encoding technology to deliver their...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| TEC AWARDS SPONSORS LINE UP FOR 20TH ANNIVERSARY |
Twenty-two major audio and technology companies announced support for Mix Foundation for Excellence in Audio's 20th Annual Technical Excellence & Creativity...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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On the Cover
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| Galaxy Studios |
Galaxy Studios, owned by brothers Wilfried and Guy Van Baelen, has a history of doing things first — not just in their home base of Mol, Belgium,...
By Heather Johnson |
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General
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| CONSOLE SHOPPING? |
In the world of marketing, high-end pro equipment and budget recording gear have one thing in common: They both use a relatively simple sales pitch....
BY STROTHER BULLINS |
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| CORRECTIONS |
In “Melting Crayons to Make Records” (May 2004 “Current”), Henri Chamoux's last name was misspelled. In “Class of 2004”...
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| David Crosby and Graham Nash |
Passing outside Center Staging in Los Angeles, it would be difficult to imagine what was taking place within the large rehearsal complex. Inside, David...
BY MR. BONZAI |
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| New Sound Reinforcement Products |
CREST PERFORMANCE SERIES A new division of Crest Audio, Crest Performance is now shipping its CP-6210 rotary DJ mixer, CPS-1203 spectrum-enhancement...
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| SAE Takes a Bite Out of the Big Apple |
The state of audio education in New York, and more specifically, New York City, just became even more accommodating. SAE Institute (
By David Weiss |
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| The Lowdown on Bass Recording |
Invariably, it's a song's lyrics and melody that most obviously and immediately grab the listening public's attention. But often, as any good music producer...
BY MAUREEN DRONEY |
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| VELVET REVOLVER |
Front-of-house engineer Orris Henry is using a Midas XL4 on this tour because of its preamps and nice, warm sound, as well as the board's logical layout....
by Steve Jennings |
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| Zooming In on the ZONE |
Hang up those tattered running shoes. Give the walkie-talkies to the kids. Now you can tune large multizoned sound systems without running back and forth...
By Bruce Borgerson |
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