January 2008
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Technology
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| ADAM Pro Audio A7 Monitors |
ADAM Pro Audio's product line includes an array of near-fields and mid-fields, and several flavors of main loudspeakers that all have something in common:...
BY BARRY RUDOLPH |
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| AKG C 5 and D 5 Handheld Microphones |
The near-identical look of AKG's latest series of handheld vocal mics may cause one to assume they are similar, but in fact, these are two completely...
BY GEORGE PETERSEN |
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| Apple Logic Pro 8 Digital Audio Workstation |
Apple acquired the Logic DAW when it purchased Emagic in July 2002, but until now the application looked much the same as it always did. Even after Apple's...
BY KEVIN BECKA |
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| Brauner Phanthera Condenser Microphone |
The Brauner Phanthera ($2,319) builds on the trademark sound of the company's VMA and VMX mics. The mic is handcrafted and sturdily built, featuring...
By BARRY RUDOLPH |
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| DiGiCo Live Series Digital Consoles |
DiGiCo's D1 and D5 Live Series comprise comprehensive, versatile digital consoles with outstanding sonic quality and intuitive operation. They can be...
By Kevin Madigan |
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| Dolby Lake Processor Speaker Controller |
The Dolby Lake Processor (DLP) is a digital loudspeaker processor “mainframe” designed for use in live and studio applications. Combining...
BY STEVE LA CERRA |
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| Genelec 8250A/7260A DSP Monitors |
Released in 2004, Genelec's 8000 Series monitors reflected the first major redesign of the company's original and ubiquitous studio monitors —...
BY BOBBY FRASIER |
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| Tools of the Trade |
DIGIDESIGN PRO TOOLS VERSION 7.4 Pro Tools V. 7.4 from Digidesign (www.digidesign.com) offers...
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| Universal Audio DCS Remote Preamp |
Continuing its tradition of producing innovative studio products, Universal Audio partnered with the original founders of Euphonix to create the Desktop...
BY TONY NUNES |
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Sound for Picture
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| Tekkonkinkreet |
Tekkonkinkreet is the first Japanese feature film and, more to the point, the first animé to be helmed by a non-Japanese director, American Michael...
By Mitch Osias |
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| The Kite Runner |
Khaled Hosseini's novel The Kite Runner was a huge best-seller when it came out in 2004, but there was no guarantee that it could successfully be made...
By Blair Jackson |
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| Youth Without Youth |
Francis Ford Coppola's first directorial effort in ten years, Youth Without Youth, might be called a Romanian film. Based on a novella by Romanian author...
By Steve Shurtz |
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Live Mix
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| Billy Joel |
Following an extended North American tour last year, piano man Billy Joel made a few select stops across the U.S., including Oakland, Calif.'s Oracle...
by Steve Jennings |
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| FixIt |
Front-of-house engineer Kirk “Eek” Shreiner has mixed for Mötley Crüe and is currently out with Maroon 5. I have been working for...
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| Kelly Clarkson |
Touring under her third RCA release, My December, Kelly Clarkson has achieved a level of success that's easily measured by the number of fans she's garnered...
By Sarah Benzuly |
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| New Sound Reinforcement Products |
MACKIE SRM 350/450 VERSION 2 Mackie (www.mackie.com) has updated its best-selling speakers —...
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| News |
Aired live in surround sound, the 2007 Country Music Awards saw microphones supplied by Audio-Technica and Shure. The audio team comprised audio producer...
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| Now Playing |
Velvet Revolver Sound Company: Eighth Day Sound (Highland Heights, Ohio) FOH Engineer/Board: Toby Francis/Digidesign VENUE Monitor Engineers/Board: Andy...
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| On the Road |
Voodoo Music Festival Following a succession of successful summer festivals, the Voodoo Music Festival (October 26-28, 2007) celebrated the best of New...
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| Ozomatli |
On a typical rock tour, the crew often outnumbers the band by a large margin. But when the nine members of Ozomatli hit the road, their support staff...
By Heather Johnson |
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| P.A. Showcase at ET Live! |
ET Live!, held during the LDI 2007 conference (November 16-18, 2007) in Orlando, employed six P.A. systems and requisite concert gear (including front-of-house...
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| The DONNAS |
When The Donnas appeared on the punk/rock/pop scene in 1998 with their indie-label release, American Teenage Rock 'n' Roll Machine, they brought —...
By Gaby Alter |
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Recording Notes
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| Barry Manilow's “Copacabana” |
In the vast and murky limbo of hipsterdom, Barry Manilow has been both a punch line and a punching bag, a synonym for American pop-music schmaltz. Somehow,...
By Dan Daley |
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| COOL SPINS |
Eagles Long Road Out of Eden(self-released) Far from being a typical cynical Eagles-bashing crit, I'm a fan dating back to their first album, and loved...
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| HIM |
You may not yet be familiar with HIM's music, but you've probably seen their symbol: the Heartagram, a pentagram with its top two corners rounded off....
By Bryan Reesman |
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| MICKEY HART AND ZAKIR HUSSAIN |
It seemed somehow appropriate that when the Grammy Awards introduced a World Music category back in 1991, the first winner was Grateful Dead drummer...
By Blair Jackson |
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Coast to Coast
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| L.A. GRAPEVINE |
Snoop Dogg is rolling in high style these days, thanks to an unprecedented collaboration between West Coast Customs — the crew behind MTV's Pimp...
by Bud Scoppa |
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| NASHVILLE SKYLINE |
Last year was a banner one for Starstruck Studios and its superstar owner, Reba McEntire, who recorded most of her smash Duets album there. Bon Jovi...
by Barbara Schultz |
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| NEW YORK METRO |
Beg. Borrow. Steal. Repeat. That hardly sounds like it should be the recording M.O. for a New York City sideman supergroup like Rudder (
by David Weiss |
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| TRACK SHEET |
NORTHEAST Yeah, Yeah Yeah were in Sear Sound (NYC) mixing with producer/engineer Nick Launay. The Killers were in with engineer Alan Moulder and co-producer...
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Project Studio
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| Studio 401 |
Drummer Andy Scott has built a thriving studio business during the past 10 years in large part by capturing a wide variety of music from local indie...
BY MATT GALLAGHER |
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Tech's Files
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| Making Your Tape Echo Machine Last |
One of the unintentional “features” that results from recording to analog tape is the time delay between the record and play heads. Tape...
BY EDDIE CILETTI |
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From the Editor
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| Learning to Speak the Language |
The doors to NAMM won't open for another couple of weeks, but I can let you in on a (not-too) secret: Gear for audio creation will continue to become...
George Petersen Executive Editor |
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Feedback
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| Letters to Mix |
HOUSE OF WONDER Your October 2007 [30th Anniversary Special] issue is a keeper. History — I love it! Back in the summer of 1977, I was a drummer...
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Current/Industry News
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| CRF PERFORMS |
At the Classical Recording Foundation's Sixth Annual Awards Ceremony, held in the beautifully intimate setting of Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall...
David Weiss |
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| INDUSTRY NEWS |
At Sterling Sound (NYC), mastering engineer Will Quinnell has been promoted to full time…Hollywood-based SonicPool promoted Daniel Stuart to audio...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| NL ADDS AUDIO |
New York City?based Northern Lights' new audio division is being headed by mixer/sound designer/composer Ted Gannon (pictured), who is currently working...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| NOTES FROM THE NET |
AFA GOES ONLINE AFA Music Group will launch a full-service digital music label early this year, available online at
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| OVERZEALOUS RED PEN |
In our October 2007 issue, front-of-house engineer Robert Scovill's “memory” was erased a bit too much in the editing process. Here's what...
Robert Scovill |
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| READ…WATCH LISTEN…PLAY |
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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| RPSE PARTIES AT BENNETT |
To celebrate the opening of a satellite sales office of Universal City, Calif.-based RSPE Audio Solutions at West L.A.'s top HD video and 5.1 surround...
Barry Rudolph |
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| SAE ATLANTA OPENS |
At SAE Atlanta's (www.sae-atl.com) grand opening, held October 12, are, from left: Institute Liverpool...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| SHURE MIKES STUDENTS |
Students and faculty from The School of Music at Northwestern University (Evanston, IL) performed at Shure's Personal Listening Center, where Shure will...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| TEC CALL FOR ENTRIES |
The Technical Excellence & Creativity Awards (TEC) nominating panel is now accepting product nominations for the 24th Annual TEC Awards to be held in...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| USS GOES GAMING |
Universal Studios Sound (www.filmmakersdestination.com) has hired supervising sound...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| WHITE MARK CELEBRATES |
Acoustic and technical design company White Mark Ltd. (www.whitemark.com) celebrated its tenth...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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General
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| Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band |
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band are touring following the release of Magic, their first studio album in five years. The album hit stores on October...
by Steve Jennings |
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| Clubs Go Beyond the Stage |
With telltale white headphones dangling from our ears, for a while it appeared that download culture and video blogging might usurp live performance...
By Jason Scott Alexander |
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| Game Composers Get Their Fair Share |
Those who work in the videogame industry now face most of the same issues as their counterparts in the film and television industries. For example, in...
BY ALEXANDER BRANDON |
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| GOLDEN MASTERING |
Independent record labels, musicians, engineers and producers know about mastering engineer John Golden. He made a name for himself mastering albums...
By Jeff Forlenza |
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| Just Trust Your (In-) Ears |
The problems associated with traditional wedge monitoring are many, ranging from difficulty for the artists to hear themselves clearly and inconsistent...
By Steve La Cerra |
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| Mixing Concert Recordings |
There's a perfect storm in live sound recording technology: the power of computers combined with the ease and portability of digital recording gear have...
BY KEVIN BECKA |
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| SESSION SPOTLIGHT |
Led by brothers Dallas and Travis Good, The Sadies are an eclectic band based in Toronto. The Sadies could be categorized as roots-rock or alt-country,...
By Jeff Forlenza |
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| Tube Mic Preamps and Channel Strips |
With the DAW-centric nature of production today, more recordings are being made without a console in remote locations and workstation-based studios....
By Tony Nunes |
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