July 2004
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Technology
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| A Designs Audio MP-2r Microphone Preamplifier |
The A Designs Audio MP-2r ($2,650 list) is a higher-gain version of the company's MP-2 tube preamp, adding an additional 14 dB of gain capability to...
BY MICHAEL COOPER |
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| Antares Auto-Tune 4 |
The world's most ubiquitous pitch repair tool just got better. Antares Auto-Tune 4 retains all of the great things you can do — or overdo —...
BY KEVIN BECKA |
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| Cakewalk Sonar 3 Workstation |
Cakewalk's Sonar lineage, from Pro Audio 9 to Sonar, Sonar 2 and now Sonar 3, has been a powerful evolution. With the introduction of Sonar 3, the program's...
BY DANIEL KELLER |
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| Roland VS-2480 Workstation |
As I write this, I'm amid a whirl of preparations surrounding the release of my new album, Burning Daylight, recorded almost entirely on the Roland VS-2480...
BY BLAKE MORGAN |
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| Snapshot Product Reviews |
SABINE SWM7000 SERIES Smart Spectrum Wireless System Wireless technology has turned into a cat-and-mouse game, as once-clear frequencies become more...
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| Sony C-38B Microphone |
Sony's C-38B is certainly one of the oldest new mics around. The lineage of this latest version goes back to 1965, when Sony unveiled the successor to...
BY BARRY RUDOLPH |
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| SSL XLogic Channel |
Solid State Logic consoles populate many of the top studios in the world. Now, the company offers every studio that SSL sound for a fraction of the cost...
BY ERIK ZOBLER |
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| Tools of the Trade |
ABLETON LIVE 4 In a major update to be announced at this month's NAMM show, Ableton (www.ableton.com)...
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| Upgrades and Updates |
A major upgrade for the Audio Ease Altiverb convolution reverb, V4, includes tail lengths of 15 seconds or more, multichannel surround processing, ultralow...
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| Z-Systems Z-Qualizer Digital EQ |
The Z-System's Z-Qualizer is a half-rackspace, digital 2-channel mastering-grade equalizer with AES/EBU digital I/O only — no analog. Each channel...
BY NICK BATZDORF |
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Sound for Picture
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| De-Lovely: The Cole Porter Story |
Martinis, cigarettes and tinkling pianos. Witty lyrics, clever melodies, high society and Broadway: Even today, the name Cole Porter evokes images of...
By Maureen Droney |
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| Flaming Tar Balls! |
The story of King Arthur, his brave Knights of the Round Table, the fair Guinevere and the magical sword Excalibur has been told in many films during...
By Blair Jackson |
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| Nuendo Arrives on the Dub Stage |
For recording and playback on the De-Lovely dub stage, supervising sound editor/dialog and music mixer John Ross put together a total of five systems...
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| Recording the Score for Troy |
How do you write and record a new score for a major studio feature that's already been dubbed with only seven weeks before release? In a big hurry. That's...
By Matt Hurwitz |
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| Surrounded by Dr. Octopus! |
When we last left Spider-Man, the web-slinger had finally triumphed over the nefarious Green Goblin, while his infatuation with lovely Mary Jane Watson...
By Blair Jackson |
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Live Mix
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| dido |
“Don't cross me,” Dido teases, introducing her song “See You When You're 40” during one of two nights at Berkeley, Calif.'s Community...
By Heather Johnson |
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| FixIt |
Brad Madix Brad Madix, who is currently front-of-house engineer for Rush, has also mixed for Shania Twain and Def Leppard. If you're having trouble capturing...
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| Harry Connick Jr. |
Jazz isn't the first genre that comes to mind when one thinks of beautiful and intense light shows, Plexiglas stage risers, music stands that dynamically...
By Paul Verna |
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| KENNY CHESNEY AND KEITH URBAN |
Kenny Chesney's current tour isn't your father's country music show — it isn't even your older brother's. It's a whole lot of Abercrombie & Fitch...
By Strother Bullins |
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| Maroon 5 |
Having just toured Europe and Australia, Maroon 5 are out on the U.S. college circuit. This summer, they will be out with John Mayer on a co-headlining...
by Steve Jennings |
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| New Sound Reinforcement Products |
GARWOOD APM MONITOR SYSTEMS Audio-Technica (www.audio-technica.com) is now distributing APM...
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| News |
Meatloaf chose 12 Martin Audio W8L line arrays for his recent tour, provided by Sirius Show Equipment AG (Germany). The system was driven by Martin MA...
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| Now Playing |
P.O.D. Sound Company: Showco/Clair Bros. FOH Engineer/Console: Chad Olech (also production manager)/Midas H3000 Monitor Engineer/Console: Barry Kimmel/Midas...
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| On the Road |
Train During their last tour, Train listened to each evening's soundcheck on CD, which brought ideas for their current album, My Private Nation. While...
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| Prince Sets Out on New Tour |
For the first time in six years, pop star Prince and the New Power Generation band (John Blackwell, drums; Greg Boyer, trombone; Candy Dulfer, saxophone;...
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Recording Notes
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| BEBEL GILBERTO |
Following in her family's footsteps, but making her own quick strides to international success, Bebel Gilberto redefines bossa nova with her tantalizing...
By Chris J. Walker |
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| Cool Spins |
Various Artists: 46664: The Event (W/S/M) On November 29, 2003, a slew of fantastic European and African singers and musicians got together in a stadium...
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| THE MAMAS & THE PAPAS' “CALIFORNIA DREAMIN'” |
Dayton “Bones” Howe instinctively downplays his role in the creation of one of pop music's most memorable tracks. “I was just the engineer,”...
By Dan Daley |
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| THE VON BONDIES |
If we transported Detroit-based rock quartet the Von Bondies to 1977, they might be found opening for such groundbreaking acts as Blondie, Television...
By Heather Johnson |
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Coast to Coast
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| L.A. GRAPEVINE |
Musikvergnuegen: That's German for “enjoyment of music,” according to composer Walter Werzowa, who, along with his company of that name (
by Maureen Droney |
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| NASHVILLE SKYLINE |
During the past couple of years, I've covered Music Row, Cool Springs, Franklin, Leiper's Fork and other places, but I've never addressed a state of...
by Rick Clark |
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| NEW YORK METRO |
In the heat of a project — in between songwriting and the final mix — artists and producers put the delivery system for their work on the...
by David Weiss |
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| SESSIONS & STUDIO NEWS |
NORTHEAST To the delight of The Darkness' Philadelphia fans, Indre Studios (Philadelphia) brought in the Brit group for a sold-out show. The group covered...
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Insider Audio
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| Alone Again, Virtually |
Just as millions of Americans have come to believe that “You can have it all,” in our industry the new mantra is, “You can do it all.”...
BY PAUL D. LEHRMAN |
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Mix Masters
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| Tom Laune |
People unfamiliar with the Christian music industry are often surprised to discover not only its diversity, but just how big it is. Christian music sales...
BY MAUREEN DRONEY |
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Project Studio
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| Renaissance Recording |
Somewhere between the Lost Highway and the Highway to Hell lies Renaissance Recording, where heavy metal becomes bluegrass, Appalachian standards morph...
BY HEATHER JOHNSON |
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Bitstream
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| Pedant In a Big Box: Part 3 |
In March 2004, Mix introduced its IT glossary for pro audio folks. The data dictionary continues this month. Italicized words were defined in past glossaries,...
BY OLIVER MASCIAROTTE |
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Tech's Files
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| Vox Around the Clock |
Troubleshooting and mixing have the potential to be long, arduous journeys, but I've learned to accept them for their educational value. Mixing taught...
BY EDDIE CILETTI |
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From the Editor
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| Who Owns Your Live Recording? |
There's nothing that compares to seeing your favorite artist or band perform live. Yet with the advent of multitracking and editing systems, live recordings...
George Petersen Editorial Director |
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Feedback
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| Letters to Mix |
WE STAND CORRECTED I would like the readers of Mix to know that I was surprised and disappointed when I saw my “Homeward Bound” article published...
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Current/Industry News
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| ABBEY ROAD, CHANDLER LIMITED |
Abbey Road Studios (www.abbeyroad.com) and Chandler Limited (
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| AMD64 MASTERS GROUP LAUNCHED |
At a packed press conference in Las Vegas, AMD announced the formation of the AMD64 Masters Group, comprised of top digital production masters from the...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| ANTIGONE RISING |
Antigone Rising's new album features numerous producers including David Bendeth, who will also mix part of the album at Mirror Image Recorders (New York...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| BRINGING IN STUDIO CASH |
Builder, owner and operator of numerous studios, including Tommy's Tunes Productions, Tom Volinchak brings his licensing/artist development/technical...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| CHACE AUDIO |
Los Angeles-based sound preservation/restoration specialists Chace Audio (www.chace.com) has remastered...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| FROM STADIUM TO STUDIO, EAST OR WEST |
Remote Recording, Skywalker Sound and The Hit Factory have embarked on a marketing alliance in which the mobile recording facility will use The Hit Factory...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| GLOVER LAYS DOWN |
Marvin Glover's new funk/groove/rock album Muse was produced by Larri “Bubba” Jones of Contact/Create Studios in Seattle. Jones has previously...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| HOW DID THEY GET THE CAR IN THERE? |
They say parking is hard to find in New York City, but this is ridiculous. Many visitors to Avatar Studios' Studio A on April 13, 2004, were probably...
David Weiss |
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| INDUSTRY NEWS |
Jason Cambra has been promoted from general manager to COO at Fishman Transducers (Wilmington, MA), while Barbara Sienczylo is the new procurement materials...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| JIMMY JAM/TERRY LEWIS, GEORGE LUCAS, ELLIOT SCHEINER |
Producers Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis will be awarded the prestigious Les Paul Award at the 20th Annual Technical Excellence & Creativity Awards, Saturday,...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| KLEPTO LABEL, STUDIOS |
On April 30, 2004, Klepto Records hit the San Francisco scene with the launch of its indie label and two recording studios, having purchased Different...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| NOTES FROM THE NET |
Loudeye Offers Indie Tracks Loudeye's IndieSource, an extension of its music label program, licenses hundreds of thousands of indie music tracks to companies...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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General
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| A Literal Feast for the Ears |
Springtime in Berlin has much to offer: sunshine in what is now being referred to as the new cultural center of the European Union. Inside Messe Berlin,...
BY MEL LAMBERT |
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| Beyond Specs |
Searching for the perfect remote-control preamp system goes beyond poring over Websites and comparing spec sheets to find the lowest THD, the best EIN...
George Petersen |
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| Correction: |
The review of the Alesis ProLinear 820 DSP speakers in the May 2004 issue was accompanied by a shot of early prototype versions of the speakers rather...
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| Dow in the Delta |
Memphis is a town of contradictions, a seemingly illogical place where nothing seems to happen and a lot of things are happening at once. More than a...
BY RICK CLARK |
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| ELTON JOHN |
“We've got the Yamaha PM5000 board here [the second one made] and I love it!” enthuses front-of-house engineer Clive Franks (pictured below...
by Steve Jennings |
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| Homeward Bound |
[During the past 25 years, acoustical consultant Bob Hodas has worked in studios all over the world, from Sony Music...
BY BOB HODAS |
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| MOVING RECORDS |
In our May 2004 issue, Mix spoke with front-of-house engineers and business entrepreneurs who were knee-deep in recording a live show, burning it to...
By Sarah Benzuly |
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| Remote Microphone Preamps |
Among the multitude of cringe-worthy phrases heard by those working in pro audio is the venerable war-horse, “Make it sound good.” We've...
By Strother Bullins |
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| THE 20TH ANNUAL TECHNICAL EXCELLENCE & CREATIVITY AWARDS |
The TEC AwardsSaturday, October 30, 2004, at the Marriott in San Francisco. For more information, contact Karen Dunn at 925/939-6149 or
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| THE BIG BEAT |
As the signature sound of world music groups to Latin acts like Gloria Estefan and contemporary pop legend Carlos Santana, percussion plays an essential,...
By Blair Jackson |
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