February 2006
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Technology
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| E-mu Emulator X Desktop Sampling System |
E-mu's Emulator X desktop system is a monster sampling synth with the kind of functional depth that can take some time to master. And although you can...
BY GERRY BASSERMANN |
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| Image-Line Sytrus 2 Soft Synth |
FM synthesis is such a versatile way to provide a wide timbral palette that many analog-style synths — hardware and software — offer a little...
BY JIM AIKIN |
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| Mercury M72s Studio Microphone Amplifier |
Mercury Recording Equipment's M72s is a faithful re-creation of the Telefunken/Siemens Kassettenverstarker V72 tube mic/line amplifier. All of the amplifiers...
BY BARRY RUDOLPH |
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| Metric Halo Labs SpectraFoo Complete |
SpectraFoo Complete is Metric Halo Labs' latest audio analysis software for Mac OS X. Using Fast Fourier Transform (FFT), SpectraFoo's suite of more...
BY STEVE LA CERRA |
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| Microtech Gefell M 300 Condenser Mic |
Founded by Georg Neumann and named after the city in Germany that is home to Neumann's manufacturing facility, the Gefell microphone company has lineage...
BY KEVIN BECKA |
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| PSP MasterComp and 608 MultiDelay |
After only five years in business, the three-member team at PSPaudioware of Jozefoslaw, Poland (near Warsaw), have released a total of 19 software plug-ins....
BY BARRY RUDOLPH |
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| Tannoy Precision 8D Studio Monitors |
The new Tannoy Precision line of studio monitors offers two passive and two active products. All four units are three-way and use the signature Tannoy...
BY BOBBY FRASIER |
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| Thermionic Early Bird 2 Tube-Based Mic Pre |
As more and more products are manufactured by computer-automated tools, it's always a breath of fresh air to review a product that has been built entirely...
BY JOE HANNIGAN |
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| Tools of the Trade |
AMS NEVE MMC 300/400 CONSOLES These two new post-production consoles from AMS Neve (www.ams-neve.com)...
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| Waves Q-Clone Convolution Equalizer |
For the DAW-based among us, Waves' Q-Clone is a brilliant new approach to plug-in EQ, allowing you to slap the sound of your favorite hardware EQ onto...
BY JASON SCOTT ALEXANDER |
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Live Mix
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| FixIt |
Brian Bavido Monitor engineer Brian Bavido has been out with Dashboard Confessional, Art Garfunkel, Lisa Loeb, Richard Marx and “100 other bands...
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| Kanye West |
He's been hailed as no less than the savior of the music business by Time magazine, and with chart-toppers such as “Gold Digger,” which features...
By Ray Ellis |
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| Learn How to Mix From a DVD |
Based on a 40-page instructional booklet initially produced by Soundcraft in the '90s, The Soundcraft DVD Guide to Mixing DVD ($17.99) provides a comprehensive...
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| New Sound Reinforcement Products |
A-LINE ACOUSTICS ARRAYABLE SUBS A-Line Acoustics (www.a-lineacoustics.com) offers 1,000-watt,...
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| News |
Oklahoma City — based Miller Pro Audio has purchased five Soundcraft GB4 consoles, which are being used on the company's smaller productions and...
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| Nickel Creek |
Currently sweeping through the U.S., Nickel Creek (Sean Watkins, guitar/mandolin/vocals; Sara Watkins, fiddle/vocals; and Chris Thile, guitar/banjo/vocals)...
by Steve Jennings |
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| Now Playing |
Nada Surf FOH Engineer/Console: Jacob Feinberg-Pyne/house-provided (Midas or Soundcraft preferred) P.A./Amps: house-provided (V-DOSC, VerTec) Monitors:...
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| Recent Install |
The Maxwell C. King Center for the Performing Arts (Melbourne, Fla.; www.kingcenter.com) has...
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Recording Notes
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| BURNING SPEAR |
Although reggae icons Bob Marley and Peter Tosh passed away many years ago, the music and spirit they championed is still being celebrated by one of...
By Chris Walker |
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| COOL SPINS |
Richard JulianSlow New York Manhattan This isn't New York singer/songwriter Richard Julian's first album — apparently, he's had a few out on indie...
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| RY COODER'S “CHAVEZ RAVINE” |
Ry Cooder has made a career out of discovering and shining a light on roots and world music that was created out of the sheer love of expression —...
By Rick Clark |
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| THE DOORS' “RIDERS ON THE STORM” |
It's been more than 10 years since we first tackled a Doors song (“The End”) in “Classic Tracks” (February 1995), so it's high...
By Blair Jackson |
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Coast to Coast
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| L.A. GRAPEVINE |
In our increasingly isolated society, where people can't hear their neighbor outside of the earbuds stuffed in their ears, where bands can make a record...
by Heather Johnson |
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| NASHVILLE SKYLINE |
I first bumped into Brad Vosburg years ago, when I was living in Memphis and he was a young hotshot engineer working at a number of studios around that...
by Rick Clark |
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| NEW YORK METRO |
Striking similarities abound, but ultimately, New York City and Nashville aren't exactly thought of as two great tastes that go great together. Every...
by David Weiss |
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| TRACK SHEET |
NORTHEAST Sound on Sound clients made their way to the studio's new home at Right Track Recording (NYC), where the two companies are now partnered. Corey...
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Insider Audio
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| Marketing to Myself |
Whatever happened to the democratization of music production? Wasn't that supposed to be here by now? And wasn't it supposed to be a good thing? Wasn't...
BY PAUL D. LEHRMAN |
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Producer's Desk
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| Narada Michael Walden |
I caught up with producer/drummer/songwriter Narada Michael Walden days after a holiday party put on by the Recording Academy's San Francisco Chapter....
BY HEATHER JOHNSON |
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Project Studio
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| Jay Joyce's Tragedy/Tragedy |
Producer/engineer/songwriter Jay Joyce used to have a home in West Nashville — until his studio, Tragedy/Tragedy, took it over. What started as...
BY HEATHER JOHNSON |
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Bitstream
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| Odds and Ends, High and Dry |
I wonder how many of you out there watch TV. More specifically, how many of you watch via over-the-air television reception? How about your mom or bro?...
BY OLIVER MASCIAROTTE |
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Tech's Files
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| Modificational Therapy |
Mods, hot rods, tricked-out and tweaked — equipment alterations and modifications are very much an extension of the maintenance/repair process,...
BY EDDIE CILETTI |
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From the Editor
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| Ear School |
As an industry, we work with pretty complex stuff. And once we think we know it all, some breakthrough arrives and the learning process starts all over...
George Petersen Editorial Director |
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Feedback
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| Letters to Mix |
THE “HERE AND NOW” I was delighted to see the mini-feature on Luther Vandross' hit “Here and Now” [November 2005 “Classic...
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Current/Industry News
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| ABOUT THAT TIME FOR AN UPDATE |
In celebration of its tenth anniversary, Cotton Hill Studios (Albany, N.Y.) completed an overall system upgrade with the help of Professional Audio Design,...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| BOOKSHELF |
Music Supervision: The Complete Guide to Selecting Music for Movies, TV, Games & New Media, written by Ramsay Adams, David Hnatiuk and Mix's New York...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| CONCORD BUYS TELARC |
Cleveland-based Telarc and its subsidiaries (including Heads Up Intl., which was bought by Telarc in 2000) have been purchased by Concord Records, which...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| GRANT LIVING LIVE ON THE TOP FLOOR |
New York City — based The Penthouse, a newly formed sound design, recording and mixing facility, occupies the entire top floor at 240 Madison Ave.,...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| INDUSTRY NEWS |
Most recently Euphonix's (Palo Alto, CA) CTO, Martin Kloiber is now the company's new CEO. Euphonix also promoted Mike Franklin to VP of broadcast sales...
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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| MUSIC AT YOUR FINGERTIPS |
Audio has taken on a huge role at New York City's Creative Group (www.creativegroup.tv) —...
David Weiss |
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| NEVE SPEAKS TO CRAS STUDENTS |
Rupert Neve recently visited the Conservatory of Recording Arts & Sciences (Tempe, Ariz.) to give a lecture on audio to roughly 400 students and faculty....
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| NOTES FROM THE NET |
FEEL THE URGE? MTV Networks and Microsoft have teamed up to offer the music channel's first foray into the online digital music service — URGE...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| ON THE MOVE |
Who: Stefan Gubi, president of AKG Acoustics Main responsibilities: expanding AKG's position as a leading manufacturer of premium mics and headphones...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| RIGHT TRACK/SOUND ON SOUND RENOVATE AND REBUILD |
The new union of Right Track/Sound on Sound (New York City) has been marked by the renovation of Studio C at the 168 West 48th St. location and the total...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| TEC AWARDS UPDATE |
The Mix Foundation for Excellence in Audio has announced that the 22nd Annual Technical Excellence & Creativity Awards will be held Saturday, October...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| TELARC VISITS AVATAR |
Avatar's (New York City, www.avatarstudios.net) Studio C recently hosted Telarc recording...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| TERRY DIANE BECKER BOYLE 1950-2005 |
Terry Diane Becker Boyle, a recording engineer who worked with artists such as Bonnie Raitt, Jackson Browne, Paul Kelly, Kansas and Taj Mahal (for which...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| TONIC GOES FULL CIRCLE |
Tonic (www.tonic.tv) has opened Tonic Downtown, located within Full Circle Post (
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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On the Cover
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| Studio at The Palms |
Vegas does entertainment, and it does it big: It has Celine. It has Elton. Hell, it has three Cirque du Soleil shows. It has Picassos and poolside drinks...
By Sarah Jones |
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General
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| Brian Setzer Orchestra |
The Brian Setzer Orchestra rocked the Luther Burbank Center in Santa Rosa, Calif., as part of their fourth annual Christmas Extravaganza tour. Setzer...
by Steve Jennings |
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| CHAS JOINS CRICKETS |
Chas Hodges, the “Chas” of the British rock duo Chas & Dave, and Jerry “J.I.” Allison, drummer for The Crickets, visited Ron...
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| HARBOURSIDE STUDIOS |
The newest addition along the North Vancouver, B.C., waterfront, Harbourside Studios (www.harboursidestudios.com)...
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| JANIS IAN'S NEW BLACK |
According to singer/songwriter Janis Ian, Folk is the New Black — at least that's the title of her new album, just mastered by Don Cobb and Eric...
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| Modern Mixing Dilemmas |
It's a given that nearly every aspect of the world of audio production is constantly in flux, shaped by the latest formats and equipment in vogue at...
By Blair Jackson |
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| STARCITY IN DEMAND |
Masterlink. Tom Emmi, president of Ace Entertainment and education director at Philadelphia's World Café Live, selected StarCity Recording Company...
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| THE Incredible Shrinking Rig |
ENGINEERS ARE CREATURES OF HABIT. They like to use certain consoles, certain effects, certain mics, certain techniques. Now throw in the urgency inherent...
By Sarah Benzuly |
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| The Natural Sound of ‘The New World’ |
Terrence Malick sees and hears the world differently from most people. Perhaps it's a result of his many years walking and exploring in the natural world,...
By Tom Kenny |
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| The Speaker Takes the Stand |
Several years ago, active monitors were new in town, raising eyebrows at trade shows where passive designs still ruled. How things have changed! Today,...
By Michael Cooper |
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| Tritech Light and Sound |
New York City, Los Angeles, Miami, San Francisco — in each of these major cities, you would expect to find at least a few dozen sound reinforcement...
BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| TRYSTAN LANE TRACKS |
Pop/rock group Trystan Layne recently tracked and mixed their forthcoming self-produced EP at SugarHill Recording Studios (Houston) with engineer Josh...
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| Upgrades and Updates |
Antares (www.antarestech.com) is now shipping Auto-Tune 4 for Pro Tools TDM systems on Windows...
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