June 2007
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Technology
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| Apogee Symphony Native Recording System |
Considering the recent advent of affordable, fast and powerful multi-processor computers hitting the market, and DAW applications with drivers that can...
BY KEVIN BECKA |
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| Bag End E-Trap Electronic Bass Trap |
With more than 1,000 room tunings under my belt, I've developed a wish list of tools to help me do a better job. For years, a tunable bass trap has been...
BY BOB HODAS |
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| Buzz Audio essence Opto Compressor |
Buzz Audio's essence is a single-channel opto compressor module with many custom features usually found on larger, rackmounted compressors. One essence...
BY BARRY RUDOLPH |
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| Korby KAT RED, KAT BLUE Tube Mics |
Korby Audio Technologies is a Nahville-based boutique mic shop whose practice of doing all the work in-house and by hand sets the company above the crowd....
BY KEVIN BECKA |
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| Studio Projects T3 Microphone |
Since PMI Audio Group acquired Studio Projects, they have worked at improving upon the low-cost condenser lines being made by 797 Audio in Beijing from...
BY JASON SCOTT ALEXANDER |
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| Tannoy Precision 6 iDP Monitors, TS112 Sub |
With studios, broadcasters and post houses hungry for “intelligent” speaker designs that can help tame an angry acoustical space and provide...
BY BOBBY FRASIER |
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| Tools of the Trade |
STUDER 42-FADER VISTA 5 Studer (www.studer.ch) has released a larger version of its Vista 5 console...
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| Universal Audio UAD Series |
No matter how much heavy lifting the latest dual- and quad-core processors can handle, users of native DAW systems will always look for a way to add...
BY ROBERT HANSON |
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Live Mix
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| Fixit |
Grammy Award?winning engineer Tom Young is currently working with Tony Bennett; he was also the longtime live mixer for Frank Sinatra. One of the most...
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| Iggy Pop & The Stooges |
It's been more than 30 years, but they're back: Iggy Pop & The Stooges played two sold-out shows at San Francisco's Warfield Theater in mid-April. Audiences...
by Steve Jennings |
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| New Sound Reinforcement Products |
AKG IVM 4 IEM SYSTEM Using the same expansion components as its WMS 400/WMS 4000 products, the IVM 4 system from AKG (www.akg.com)...
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| News |
Aerial Enterprises' (Whitmore Lake, MI) Jim Lillie and Jeff Jones spec'd an Electro-Voice P.A. for recent concerts (Lincoln Jazz Center Orchestra with...
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| Now Playing |
Mercy Me Sound Company: Pro Audio Group Inc. (Ooltewah, Tenn.) FOH Engineer/Board: Ryan Rettler/Digidesign VENUE Monitor Engineer/Board: Bobby George...
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| On the Road |
The Smithereens Currently out promoting their latest album, Meet the Smithereens — a nod to The Beatles' first album — The Smithereens are...
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| Rehearsal Space Gets New Board |
Sunderland, UK-based High Fidelity Studios' (www.hifistudios.net) new, fully equipped pre-touring...
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Recording Notes
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| BRYAN FERRY |
Cover albums are a dime a dozen these days, often providing an artist an excuse to fulfill an album contract or a break between studio albums when he...
By Bryan Reesman |
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| COOL SPINS |
Patti Smith twelve(Columbia) Ever since she fearlessly deconstructed “Gloria” on the opening track of her 1975 debut album, Patti Smith has...
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| JOURNEY'S “DON'T STOP BELIEVIN'” |
In 1981, Journey was coming into its own. Although the Northern California unit had been together since 1973, it wasn't until a couple of years after...
By Robyn Flans |
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| KINGS OF LEON |
“We're willing to take risks — playing it safe hasn't done anything for us,” says Kings of Leon frontman/rhythm guitarist/lyricist...
By Bud Scoppa |
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Coast to Coast
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| L.A. GRAPEVINE |
Since taking over this column 14 months ago, I've been from Tucson to Tucumcari, Tehachapi to Tonopah. Okay, I'm quoting a Lowell George lyric, but I've...
by Bud Scoppa |
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| NASHVILLE SKYLINE |
I was in Santa Monica, Calif., awhile back, visiting with producer/manager Jim Phelan — someone I consider to be one of the good guys in the industry,...
by Rick Clark |
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| NEW YORK METRO |
New York City presents…A Tale of Two Albums. The setting is Stratosphere Sound, a low-key studio in West Chelsea where two of this year's future-classic...
by David Weiss |
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| TRACK SHEET |
SOUTHEAST Producer Phil Ramone brought five-sister group The Hastings to Saint Claire Recording Company (Lexington, KY). The session was engineered by...
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Insider Audio
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| What Makes a Great Space? |
“When Symphony Hall in Boston opened in 1900,” says Tony Hoover, an acoustician and principal with the firm Cavanaugh Tocci, “it got...
BY PAUL D. LEHRMAN |
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Project Studio
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| A Home for Mavericks |
In the heart of New York City's Chinatown you'll find a comfortable and well-appointed studio called Mavericks (
BY RICH WELLS |
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Tech's Files
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| Vintage Mic Repair Never Really Ends |
I wasn't planning to write three articles about vintage AKG mics before summer kicked in, but what's on the bench trickles down. This month, the problems...
BY EDDIE CILETTI |
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From the Editor
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| Designers Are Your Friends |
David Schwartz, co-founder of Mix and the original author of this space, used to say, “If you want to know where the industry is headed, talk to...
Thomas A. D. Kenny Editorial Director |
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Feedback
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| Letters to Mix |
BACK IN THE DAY I appreciated Gary Eskow's nice piece on Booker T and The MG's' “Time Is Tight” (“Classic Track,” April 2007)....
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Current/Industry News
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| FOX HOSTS BASH |
On March 29, Neve and Audio Agent threw a party at the Newman Scoring Stage on the 20th Century Fox lot in Century City, Calif., celebrating the installation...
Bud Scoppa |
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| HELLO, CLEVELAND |
The Cleveland Institute of Music cut the tape on its new state-of-the-art control room (a recital hall is still in the works), designed by Dr. Peter...
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| INDUSTRY NEWS |
Jon Tropea Jr. joined Ear Goo Inc. (NYC) as creative director, where he will compose, sound design and mix, as well as oversee the creative and production...
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| MUSIC ON THE DELTA |
Jimbo Mathus, producer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, has reopened his Delta Recording Service (
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| NOTES FROM THE NET |
JAM WITH STRANGERS eJamming AUDiiO beta, a real-time Internet collaboration technology and service for musicians, and eJamming AUDiiO portal —...
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| NOTES FROM THE P&E WING |
While The Recording Academy® is best known for presenting the Grammy® Awards (the industry's only...
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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...
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| SOUL CELEBRATED |
The city of Memphis has launched a national campaign to help celebrate 50 years of soul music. The events (www.MemphisSoul50.com)...
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| WSDG EN ESPAÑOL |
The Walters-Storyk Design Group has opened a full-service office in Mexico City. Developed under the guidance of Sergio Molho (CEO), longtime head of...
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General
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| ‘HELLO’ SESSIONS |
Indie rockers Via recorded their latest EP, Hello Operator, at Catalyst Recording (Charlotte, N.C.). Studio owner Rob Tavaglione, who engineered the...
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| Artists Take Center Stage |
The sprawling layout of CenterStaging, Burbank, Calif.'s largest rehearsal facility, boasting 11 rehearsal studios, a massive equipment warehouse and...
By Bud Scoppa |
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| Bauder Audio Systems |
To maintain a competitive edge against larger touring companies, local sound providers must often look beyond just audio — spec'ing backline, lighting,...
BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| BBC/Discovery Channel's Planet Earth Series |
Planet Earth is a production that can surely be called “majestic”: Five years in the making, it was shot on more than 200 locations worldwide...
By Mark R. Smith |
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| BRUBECK GOES SOLO |
Jazz piano legend Dave Brubeck was in Avatar Studios (New York City) recording a new solo piano album for Telarc. The sessions took place in Studio A...
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| DOWN TO EARTH |
Just after putting together our “Class of 2007” design feature, we learned of more refurbished studios such as musician/engineer Drew Youngs'...
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| END OF AUTUMN |
Josh Payne and Paul Gasparro designed new studio End of Autumn (Marietta, Ga.) to cater to local and indie artists such as Lil Flip, Big Moe, East Side...
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| MUSE |
With a recent nomination for Best Rock Group at the Brit Awards (the UK's version of the Grammys) and a sold-out international tour for their latest...
BY STEVE JENNINGS |
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| NAB REPORT |
HDTV is surely the longest-running overnight sensation in the history of broadcasting. Cries of “HD's here!” have been echoing through NAB's...
By the Mix Staff |
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| PRISM PRODUCTIONS |
In our annual design issue, Mix focuses a lot of attention on big-budget, big-name studio installations, but we'd be remiss if we didn't acknowledge...
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| Technicolor Interactive |
There are many great houses of game audio production that deserve attention, and in due course I'll cover all of them. The first of these has the gusto...
BY ALEXANDER BRANDON |
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| THE OTHER CLASS OF 2007 |
While it may seem our industry's main source of revenue is being jam-packed into a three- or four-month touring season, more venues are opening, attracting...
By Sarah Benzuly |
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| THE TAMING OF THE ROOM |
In an ideal world, all audio would be produced in purpose-built studios that would allow for perfect isolation and accurate monitoring across the entire...
By Robert Hanson |
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| THIS YEAR'S HOTTEST NEW ROOMS |
Great Divide Studios Jamie Rosenberg's Great Divide Studios in Aspen, Colo., is the fourth facility to bear the Great Divide name, and it's a huge upgrade...
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| THREE-QUEL SPRING |
Ch-ching! The bean-counters will doubtless be happy with the box-office returns from the third installments of these four franchises: Spider-Man 3, Ocean's...
By Blair Jackson |
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