July 2005
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Technology
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| Eventide Anthology Plug-In Bundle |
To celebrate the creation of more than three decades of digital effects, Eventide has released Anthology, a gigantic software bundle with every plug-in...
BY BARRY RUDOLPH |
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| Pearl ELM-C Cardioid Condenser Microphone |
While the rest of the world is at play, it seems that the Swedes are spending their long, cold winters pushing microphone technology in new directions....
BY KEVIN BECKA |
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| Primera BravoPro CD/DVD Duplicator/Printer |
In the duper wars, speed and the set-and-forget factor rule. No one wants to baby-sit a robot as it churns through a burn run of 100 discs, especially...
BY RICK SPENCE |
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| Quested S7 Powered Reference Monitor |
British manufacturer Quested is no stranger to high-end studios. The company's reference monitors have been installed in such iconic music production...
BY MICHAEL COOPER |
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| Sony Acid Pro 5 Loop Editing Software |
Loop-based music production and Acid software have gone hand-in-hand since 1998, when Sonic Foundry first introduced the program. Since then, the range...
BY DAVID WEISS |
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| TC Electronic EQ Station |
When it comes to working in a live sound environment, an engineer often uses a different sound system each night. Up until now, the idea of carrying...
BY MARK FRINK |
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| Tools of the Trade |
EDIROL UA-101 USB 2 INTERFACE On-the-go PC-based recording engineers will want to check out this new feature-packed I/O box from Edirol (
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| Upgrades and Updates |
BIAS (www.bias-inc.com) announced that current versions of SoundSoap, SoundSoap Pro, Peak and Deck...
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| USB Ultra Focus Virtual Instrument |
Purists believe that virtual instruments that emulate classic synthesizers never sound quite as good as the real thing. The engineers at Ultimate Sound...
BY MICHAEL COOPER |
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| Waves IR1 Version 2 Reverb Plug-In |
Like a magician, the Waves IR1 Version 2 escapes traditional boundaries required for parameter control of convolution reverbs. In this month's “Power...
BY MICHAEL COOPER |
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Sound for Picture
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| Fantastic Score |
“I can play the trumpet, you know,” says the Human Torch. Actor Chris Evans, who plays the fiery member of Marvel's Fantastic Four (20th...
By Matt Hurwitz |
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| In the Field for War of the Worlds |
Sound supervisor Richard King describes Speilberg's War of the Worlds as “an action movie with heart, soul and great special effects.” When...
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| Location Sound Effects Recording for Film |
You can be forgiven if you don't know the names Eric Potter and John Fasal. But you've undoubtedly heard their work. They are location recording specialists,...
By Blair Jackson |
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Live Mix
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| Cream Takes Two Midas XL4s for Recent Reunion Performances |
British classic rock band Cream played four reunion shows at London's Royal Albert Hall in May 2005. The event, which brought singer/guitarist Eric Clapton,...
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| DEVILS AND DUST |
Opening his shows with an admonition to “Turn off your cell phones or I'll have to cut a swath through the audience with a chain saw!” Bruce...
By Maureen Droney |
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| GARBAGE |
During the four years between Garbage's 2001 release Beautifulgarbage and their new album, Bleed Like Me, vocalist Shirley Manson, drummer/producer Butch...
By Heather Johnson |
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| JONNY LANG |
Jonny Lang bends the strings of his guitar and the lighting on The Fillmore's (San Francisco) crystalline chandeliers mutes to purple. He soulfully croons...
By Jeff Forlenza |
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| NAB Show Stays Silent |
At the recent NAB show, Yamaha, Aviom and Shure demonstrated a silent stage in which the companies' products allowed a live band to perform without onstage...
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| New Sound Reinforcement Products |
AUSTRALIAN MONITOR MULTICHANNEL AMP Unveiled at NSCA, the AMIS480P multichannel power amp from Australian Monitor (
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| News |
The touring market's first Midas Siena has been sold to IPB Audio (Hampshire, UK) and has recently toured with Porcupine Tree and Marillion. Says company...
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| Now Playing |
Howie Day FOH Engineer/Console: Bryan "Froggy" Cross (also production manager)/Midas H3000 Monitor Engineer/Console: Tim Peffer (also stage manager)/Crest...
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| On the Road |
James Geddes LeAnn Rimes is serious about sound, having invested in all of the equipment that is carried on her tours. Returning to front of house for...
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| Peter Murphy |
Former Bauhaus lead vocalist Peter Murphy is enjoying life as a solo artist, cruising through clubs promoting his latest release, Unshattered. Comfortable...
by Steve Jennings |
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| Reba McEntire and Brad Paisley |
Other than being classified as country music artists, Reba McEntire and Brad Paisley don't have much in common. One's a deft guitar slinger, one's an...
by Strother Bullins |
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| The Fabulous Commodore Ballroom Turns 75 |
There's no mistaking the Commodore vibe. From the neon sign over the tiled entrance, up the winding staircase and into the second-story ballroom in Vancouver,...
By Tim Moshansky |
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Recording Notes
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| COLLECTIVE SOUL |
If it's true that the music business runs in cycles, then Georgia-based Collective Soul are proof. The band was formed 12 years ago by vocalist/keyboardist/guitarist/songwriter/producer...
By Elianne Halbersberg |
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| DAVID CROSBY'S “LAUGHING” |
At the dawn of the 1970s, David Crosby was on top of the rock world. Originally part of the Los Angeles folk scene in the early '60s, he first rose to...
By Blair Jackson |
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| JASON MILES |
Though still hardly a household name, Jason Miles keeps turning out records that gain praise from his peers and the public. This year, Miles received...
By Gary Eskow |
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| PAT METHENY GROUP |
It's not too likely that guitarist Pat Metheny and his group, who intelligently intermix elements of jazz, world music and pop/rock into many of their...
By Chris J. Walker |
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Coast to Coast
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| L.A. GRAPEVINE |
Disneyland turns 50 on July 17, 2005, and the anniversary is generating buckets of press and a flood of nostalgia. A surprise hit among the commemorative...
by Maureen Droney |
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| NASHVILLE SKYLINE |
Amidst all the record labels, publishers and studios that populate Nashville's Music Row, 615 Music is a highly successful anomaly that sets itself apart...
by Rick Clark |
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| NEW YORK METRO |
Love to shop? From Prada to preamps, New York City has always been a buyer's paradise. While engineering talent matters most in personal studios and...
by David Weiss |
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| TRACK SHEET |
MIDWEST Brian Deck mixed V2 artist Josh Ritter's latest at Engine Studios (Chicago) and finished guitar/vocal overdubs for The Safes. Colin Studybaker...
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Insider Audio
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| Spring Cleaning |
It may be July where you are, but magazine lead times being what they are, the tulips are just coming out as I write this. Thus, I am compelled to do...
BY PAUL D. LEHRMAN |
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Mix Interview
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| All You Need Is In-Ears |
Aquarter-century ago, Marty Garcia had a vision of a different way of stage monitoring, where artists would wear earpieces carrying a personal monitor...
BY GEORGE PETERSEN |
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Project Studio
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| Scott Sanders' Ear Candy Studios |
Sound design engineer Scott Sanders built his career in the film and music industry with as much artistry and care as the sound files he's developed...
BY BREEAN LINGLE |
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Tech's Files
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| It's My Party and I'll Rant If I Want To |
This month kicks off and wraps up with two birthday celebrations — both national and my own, the latter marking a half-century of heartbeats, breaths,...
BY EDDIE CILETTI |
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From the Editor
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| The New Demo |
There's an old saying in the recording biz that “everything's a demo until it's released.” Demos range from a quick sketchpad of a tune made...
George Petersen Editorial Director |
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Feedback
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| Letters to Mix |
SIX DEGREES OF (TECHNO-POLITICAL) SEPARATION You guys really ought to consider retiring [Paul Lehrman]. If his juvenile political rantings (the '60s...
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Current/Industry News
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| AES BARCELONA REPORT |
Just a year old, the Centre Convencions Internacional Barcelona (CCIB) is considered one of Spain's finest examples of modern architecture. Centered...
By Mel Lambert |
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| BREAKING NEWS |
Musician/technologist Peter Gabriel (pictured) and broadcast industry entrepreneur David Engelke are in the final stages of purchasing Solid State Logic;...
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| CRAS INTERNS, REMEMBERED |
Three Conservatory of Recording Arts & Sciences (Tempe, Ariz.) passed away on June 7 due to a fire in their Chicago apartment, which was located across...
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| EX'PRESSION GETS ACCREDITED |
Ex'pression College for Digital Arts (www.expression.edu) has been awarded National Accreditation...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| INDUSTRY EVENT |
The SPARS Board of Directors visited Full Sail Real World Education (Winter Park, Fla.) on April 22, 2005, for a tour and panel discussion with the school's...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| INDUSTRY NEWS |
Previously running his own strategic marketing consulting firm, Tim Self joins Propellerhead Software (Stockholm, Sweden) as director of U.S. markets…SLS...
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| MARDIN, BYRNE JOIN TEC'S ELITE WINNERS |
Acclaimed producer Arif Mardin will be inducted into the TEC Hall of Fame and musician/writer/composer David Byrne will be awarded the presitigious Les...
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| MIX TRIVIA WINNERS! |
Juan Reyes and Larry Gualano Jr. will both receive 10 CDs as co-winners of the Mix “Final Words on Quality” trivia quiz, which was offered...
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| NOTES FROM THE NET |
REMEMBER HOW TO SHARE? Scheduled to launch next month, www.digitalmusician.net is a host...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| ON THE MOVE |
Who: Joel Silverman, Millennia Music and Media Systems managing director Main responsibilities: accelerate new product development and increase the market...
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| PAD BEACHES AT BIG3 STUDIOS |
During the past four years, Big3 Studios (St. Petersburg, Fla., www.big3entertainment.com)...
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| SOUNDLAB NYC |
At New York City's Sound Lab (www.nycsoundlab.com), founder/CEO Sean Anderson (pictured) is...
David Weiss |
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| TRUTONE GROWS |
Engineer Joe Lambert has joined Trutone's new New York City mastering complex after a five-year stay at Classic Sound Studios, where he worked on projects...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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On the Cover
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| The Cathedral |
He's worked in some of L.A.'s finest studios during the course of his 12-plus-year recording career, but the ubiquitous Snoop Dogg — rapper, film...
By Heather Johnson |
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General
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| Bombastic Bass |
Spinal Tap's double entendre to the basement of the audio mix is one of the few pieces of music written and performed by three basses and drum kits....
BY KEVIN BECKA |
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| C&C STUDIOS UPDATE |
Fat Joe contributed his rap skills to R. Kelly's new release, TP.3: Reloaded, which features additional guests such as Snoop Dogg and Twista. Eamon Loftus...
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| Case Study |
Bassist Michael Manring recently recorded his CD Soliloquy (www.manthing.com) himself in his home...
BY JEFF FORLENZA |
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| CLEVELAND ROCKS HARDER |
Sharing the same downtown Cleveland neighborhood as the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame seems like a perfectly logical place to open a new studio, especially...
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| Compass Records/Sound Studio |
A focal point for the Outlaw country movement during the late 1960s through the 1970s, Hillbilly Central was “the home of all those records Nashville...
BY HEATHER JOHNSON |
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| COOL SPINS |
Ryan Adams & The Cardinals Cold Roses(Lost Highway) After last year's detour into Rock N Roll territory, ambitious chameleon Ryan Adams revisits alt-country...
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| KEANE |
In 1997, Keane (Tom Chaplin, vocals; Tim Rice-Oxley, keyboards/bass; and Richard Hughes, drums) began writing and recording original music. After several...
by Steve Jennings |
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| LEGEND IS UNHINGED |
Following his opening performance at the Chicago Theatre for Alicia Keys' Diary tour, Mr. “Ordinary People” — solo sensation John Legend...
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| Road-Ready Vocal Mics |
If there's one thing you'll find on just about every stage this summer, it's a handheld vocal microphone. Wired handhelds are the “grunts”...
BY STEVE LA CERRA |
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| Smooth Tubes |
Tubes, valves, bottles, thermionic emitters or elektronenröhren — no matter what you call them, these 19th-century inventions are venerated...
BY BARRY RUDOLPH |
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| THE 21ST ANNUAL Technical Excellence & Creativity Awards |
Listed below are the nominees chosen by the Nominating Panel of the 21st Annual TEC Awards. A special TEC Awards nominees supplement and voting ballot...
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| THEY'RE HOT |
Funk/rock heroes Red Hot Chili Peppers wrote 35 songs for their next Warner Bros. album and then hit a private studio in Laurel Canyon (L.A.) to record...
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| THIRD DAY FLIES SOUTH |
2005 Grammy/Dove Award winners Third Day worked on their eighth album in their native Atlanta, choosing to track at Southern Tracks Recording. For the...
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