July 2008
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Technology
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| AEA A440 Active Studio Ribbon Mic |
Audio Engineering Associates' Wes Dooley has released another remarkable ribbon transducer in the A440 ($5,800). This “long ribbon” figure-8-patterned...
BY KEVIN BECKA |
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| Muse Research Receptor |
Because I'm primarily a session musician, I hadn't done much live playing in years. So when a few interesting touring opportunities came up, I was happy...
BY JAMIE MUHOBERAC |
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| Roland Systems Group V-Mixer Live Console |
Two years ago, Roland first entered into the live sound market with the RSS Digital Snake. Since then, the company has been quietly developing a small-format...
BY KEVIN BECKA |
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| Snapshot Product Reviews |
APOGEE DUET Desktop I/O for Apple Logic The Apogee Duet is a $495 FireWire bus-powered, stereo I/O audio interface with dual mic preamps. Capable of...
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| Solid State Logic X-Comp Compressor Plug-In |
Solid State Logic's X-Comp is the latest plug-in for Duende, the company's external DSP unit. Duende comes in three models: the original single-rackspace...
BY BARRY RUDOLPH |
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| Tools of the Trade |
UNIVERSAL AUDIO 710 TWIN-FINITY Dual-path, single-channel, tube/solid-state preamps are nothing new, but the ability to continuously vary the amount...
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| Tube-Tech CL1 B Compressor/Limiter Plug-In |
Introduced in the mid-'80s, the three-rackspace, single-channel Tube-Tech CL1 B compressor/limiter became a coveted and trusted dynamics processor noted...
BY BARRY RUDOLPH |
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Sound for Picture
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| Batman Rides Again |
This may be the Summer of the Hero, from Iron Man to Indy to The Incredible Hulk, yet it's hard to shake the impression that something very strange is...
By Blair Jackson |
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Live Mix
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| Concert Turns It Down |
More than 250 concert-goers attended the Evergreen Speech & Hearing Clinic's third annual EAR-responsibility concert in Kirkland, Wash. at the Kirkland...
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| FixIt |
Raymond Gubbay's production of Tosca features a sound design by Bobby Aitken. Tosca is one of the recent operas performed in the round at London's Royal...
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| Juanes |
Mixing elements of rock, soul, funk, blues and Latin music, Columbian musician Juanes has risen to the top of the Latin music scene. His electrifying...
By Candace Horgan |
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| New Sound Reinforcement Products |
POWERSOFT K3 DIGITAL POWER AMP Powersoft (www.powersoft-audio.com) expands its flagship...
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| News |
Stevie Wonder returned to the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival as a headliner this year. William Barnett and Dwayne Jones mixed on dual DiGiCo...
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| Now Playing |
R.E.M. Sound Company: Rat Sound (Oxnard, Calif.) FOH Engineer/Board: Brett Eliason/Midas XL8 Monitor Engineer/Board: George Squiers/Midas XL8 P.A./Amps:...
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| Opening Its Doors |
New company Rational Acoustics LLC (Putnam, Conn.; www.rational acoustics.com) —...
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| Paramore |
Four-piece rock outfit Paramore (the Farro brothers — Jeremy, bass; Joshua, guitar; and Zachary, drums — and lead vocalist Hayley Williams)...
by Steve Jennings |
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Recording Notes
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| CANNON RE-LOADED |
As a trumpeter and bandleader, Miles Davis was highly regarded for being incredibly innovative and creative. Yet he was equally extraordinary as a talent...
By Chris J. Walker |
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| MY MORNING JACKET |
Producer Joe Chiccarelli knew all about My Morning Jacket when the band walked into Avatar Studios in New York City this past November. He'd listened...
By David John Farinella |
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| STEPPENWOLF'S “BORN TO BE WILD” |
The road to becoming a rock 'n' roll icon is stranger for some than others. Take John Kay — the voice and face of the L.A. band Steppenwolf —...
By Gary Eskow |
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Coast to Coast
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| HIT FACTORY CRITERIA AT 50 |
Hit Factory Criteria Studios (Miami) is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, and recent upgrades show how the studio continues to thrive in this...
Barbara Schultz |
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| L.A. GRAPEVINE |
During the 1970s and '80s, I made frequent visits to the Sunset Marquis, a high-end but unpretentious hotel tucked away on Alta Loma, a side street a...
by Bud Scoppa |
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| NASHVILLE SKYLINE |
Charged with producing vocals on the King of Broken Hearts himself, Buddy Cannon figured it was best to be smiling and positive. After all, George Jones...
by Peter Cooper |
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| NEW YORK METRO |
His and hers studios? We've heard of such a distinction for bathrobes, luggage and even Corvettes, but not audio facilities — not until we met...
by David Weiss |
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| TRACK SHEET |
SOUTHEAST Jeff Powell mixed a new release for Susan Marshall and Paul Mark in Studio A at Ardent Studios (Memphis)…At Catalyst Recording (Charlotte,...
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Project Studio
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| S.S.R. Recording |
Bob Fowler has persevered in the music industry for 40 years while wearing a number of hats — as a veteran gigging bassist in the Atlantic City,...
BY MATT GALLAGHER |
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Tech's Files
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| Eureka Moments |
In geekville, there are those pesky pieces of gear that don't want to be fixed, and then, “Eureka!” — the mystery is solved. A year...
BY EDDIE CILETTI |
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From the Editor
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| On the Road Again |
As I write this, more than 80,000 fans are packed into 700 acres of hot Tennessee farmland to hear Metallica, Pearl Jam, Kanye West and more than 100...
Sarah Jones Editor |
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Feedback
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| Letters to Mix |
TALKBACK: YOUR NASHVILLE STORIES In recent “Feedback” sections and MixLine e-newsletters, we asked readers to tell us about their most memorable...
Eddie Ciletti |
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Current/Industry News
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| BIZ AS USUAL |
The headline attached to our June news item about Mastering Lab's Hollywood facility closing was somewhat misleading; the Ojai crew are still as busy...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| BLU-RAY FIRST: A DEBATE |
Norwegian record label 2L reports it has released the first album (sans a video component except for a menu guide) in the Blu-ray format: Divertimenti...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| CDS HOLD STRONG |
A recent study by the PEW Internet & American Life Project shows that the Internet helps music buyers connect with artists and learn more about music,...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| LARRY LEVINE, 1928-2008 |
Recording engineer Larry Levine passed away May 8, 2008, at his home in Southern California. Levine was a staff engineer at Hollywood's Gold Star Recording...
George Petersen |
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| MIX L.A. OPEN STAYS ON PAR |
The weather may have been cold, but a sold-out crowd of more than 140 golfers braved the chill at the 13th Annual Mix L.A. Open, sponsored by Guitar...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| MIX NASHVILLE DEBUTS |
Mix dropped in on Music City from May 19-21 to host Mix Nashville, the first-of-its-kind, two-day event focusing on studio and live production/distribution....
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| ON THE MOVE |
Who: Chris Foreman, Community VP/COO Main Responsibilities: get the job done — plain and simple. Previous Lives: Community Electronic...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| RAZZLE DAZZLE |
Bette Midler's longtime stint (until the end of this year) in The Showgirl Must Go On, at Las Vegas' The Colosseum at Caesars Palace (previously home...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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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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| SEE AND HEARD |
“I'm looking forward to joining forces with Odds On and making the desert bloom with music.”— James “Bonzai”...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| Special Thanks to Our Sponsors |
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COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| TEACHING THE NEXT-GENERATION PRODUCER/ENGINEER |
Young aspiring jazz producers and engineers can take heart: There's a summer program designed especially for them in Litchfield, Conn. The Litchfield...
David Weiss |
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| WELCOME HOME |
The latest entry onto the New York City top-tier studio scene has arrived in the form of Germano Studios (www.germano...
David Weiss |
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General
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| Budapest Calling |
With such striking and imaginative films as the Oscar-winning Pan's Labyrinth, Hellboy and Blade II under his belt, Mexican director Guillermo Del Toro...
By Blair Jackson |
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| COOL SPINS |
Various Artists Get the Led Out! Led Zeppelin Salute(BHP Music) Since I'd never heard of any of the artists on this disc of instrumental covers of Led...
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| CORRECTIONS |
The Mix editors wanted to play hide-and-seek with our readers: We inadvertently left off the “Sound for Picture” feature on Indiana Jones...
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| MARY J. BLIGE, JAY-Z |
Deemed to be one of the biggest R&B/hip-hop shows on the touring spring lineup (its only true competition in this genre is the Kanye West/Rihanna double-header),...
BY HEATHER JOHNSON |
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| MATCHBOX TWENTY |
It's been almost five years since Matchbox Twenty released a studio album of new material, and in the interim, frontman Rob Thomas has built a successful...
by Steve Jennings |
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| Networked Amplifiers |
In its most basic form, an amplifier network comprises a power amp with a computer interface, a system controller (generally a PC) and connecting cables....
BY STEVE LA CERRA |
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| NOT JUST A FANTASY |
In the San Francisco Bay Area studio scene and beyond, Fantasy Studios (www.fantasystudios.com)...
By Barbara Schultz |
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| PLUG-INS GO LIVE |
Once upon a time, live sound technology lagged behind new developments in studio gear. Part of this was simply budget-related. Another factor? Road life...
BY GEORGE PETERSEN |
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| Studio 116 |
The owner and engineers at Studio 116 (Hollywood, www.studio116.net) are, first and foremost,...
BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| The 24th Annual Technical Excellence & Creativity Award Nominations |
Listed below are the nominees for the 24th Annual TEC Awards — to be held Friday, October 3, in San Francisco — as selected by the members...
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