March 2005
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Technology
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| CEDAR Audio Cambridge Restoration System |
My first introduction to the miracles wrought by CEDAR equipment happened more than a decade ago at a Nashville AES meeting. It was the golden age of...
BY K. K. PROFFITT |
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| Holophone H2 Pro Surround Microphone |
What will Canadian ingenuity and eight Danish transducers get you? One great-sounding surround recording system. The Holophone H2 Pro is the second incarnation...
BY KEVIN BECKA |
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| Mackie HDR24/96 and MDR24/96 |
It's hard to believe, but Mackie's HDR24/96 hard disk recorder/editor has been with us for more than four years; the bargain-priced MDR24/96 (same guts...
BY MIKE RIVERS |
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| Manifold Labs Plugzilla Plug-In Player |
Manifold Labs' Plugzilla offers a compact solution for engineers taking plug-ins on the road for live performances or for DAW operators who need more...
BY MICHAEL COOPER |
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| MBHO MBP 604 N Microphone |
MBHO may not yet be a household name in the audio industry, but the company has been building capsules and complete microphones for other manufacturers...
BY STEVE LA CERRA |
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| NTI AL1 Acoustilyzer |
NTI's Acoustilyzer is a remarkably powerful acoustic measurement tool in the company's handheld “Lyzer” package. Not only is it a stand-alone...
BY EDDIE CILETTI |
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| SPL GainStation 1 Mic Preamp |
To call the SPL GainStation 1 a preamp may be a bit misleading, as this compact, single-channel unit includes two preamps — one solid-state and...
BY MICHAEL COOPER |
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| Tascam US-2400 Controller |
Using a console is almost like playing an instrument, and it takes a healthy number of faders to bring that feeling to a DAW. Tascam equipped its flagship...
BY NICK BATZDORF |
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| Tools of the Trade |
MERCURY M72S PREAMP Based on the classic, modified Telefunken/Siemens V72s modules used in the legendary REDD.37 recording desk at Abbey Road Studios...
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| Universal Audio LA-610 Channel Strip |
If I were to list my five favorite analog processors of all time, the Universal Audio LA-2A leveling amplifier and 2-610 tube preamp would easily make...
BY MICHAEL COOPER |
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| Upgrades and Updates |
Roland (www.rolandus.com) is shipping the new CM-30 Cube Monitor, offering 30 watts of power through...
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Sound for Picture
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| Duma |
Times change, tastes change. Today's movie-going children seem to want slam-bang action, computer-generated wizardry and plenty of crude humor, preferably...
By Blair Jackson |
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| Joel Goodman |
Great catastrophes often produce profound change. They can also create subtle curves. Joel Goodman, a native New Yorker who experienced 9/11 up close...
By Gary Eskow |
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Live Mix
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| 25th Annual NSCA Expo |
Some 10,000 industry pros are expected to visit Orlando's Orange County Convention Center for this month's Systems Integration Expo, put on by the National...
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| Gomez |
Gomez treated a San Francisco audience to three nights at the Fillmore Auditorium, where Mix spoke with engineer Graham Pattison about his front-of-house...
by Steve Jennings |
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| Guy Clark, Joe Ely, John Hiatt, and Lyle Lovett |
It may be just four guys with guitars. But these four guys have written thousands of songs, and each one is a distinctive storyteller with a unique voice....
By Jeff Forlenza |
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| New Sound Reinforcement Products |
E-V RE410 HANDHELD CONDENSER MIC New from Electro-Voice (www.electrovoice.com) is the RE410,...
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| News |
Hummingbird Nest Ranch (Ventura, CA) recently installed BSS Soundweb's CobraNet™-equipped BLU-80 units. One unit is located...
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| Now Playing |
Jimmy Eat World Sound Company: Rat Sound Systems FOH Engineer/Console: Steve Taylor/venue-provided Monitor Engineer/Console: Mike Souder/Yamaha PM5D...
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| On the Road |
Particle — an instrumental quartet comprising bassist Eric Gould, guitarist Charlie Hitchcock, keyboardist Steve Molitz and drummer Darren Pujalet...
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| Unmasking Masque's New Facility |
Masque Sound (www.masquesound.com) unveiled its 70,000-square-foot facility in East Rutherford,...
David Weiss |
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Recording Notes
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| COOL SPINS |
BOURBON PRINCESS Dark of Days(Accurate/Hi-N-Dry) The unfortunate band name, Bourbon Princess, brings to mind some boozy rock ‘n’ roll chick,...
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| Jolie Holland: Young Talent, Old Soul |
That you can't gauge the limits of Jolie Holland's talent or the perimeters of her personality is part of her charm. She has more than a few stories...
By Breean Lingle |
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| Stroke 9: Reclaiming Their D.I.Y. Spirit |
Two years ago, it really looked like the San Francisco band Stroke 9 was going to take off. Their long road began, incredibly enough, in a Rock Band...
By Blair Jackson |
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| The Gourds Dare to be Weird |
It's difficult to describe the music of Austin-based indie heroes The Gourds. “Alt-country” doesn't quite do it justice. On the group's Website...
By Blair Jackson |
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| WALL OF VOODOO'S “MEXICAN RADIO” |
You have to love a band that comes up with an image like this one: “I wish I was in Tijuana/Eating barbecued iguana.” That was just one of...
By Blair Jackson |
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Coast to Coast
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| L.A. GRAPEVINE |
'Twas the week before Christmas and everybody was winding down — except for The 88, that is, who were hard at work in The Village's Studio D. The...
by Maureen Droney |
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| NASHVILLE SKYLINE |
I was at a crazy East Nashville art gallery party last Halloween, taking in the collective nuttiness when a buddy of mine (and fine singer/songwriter),...
by Rick Clark |
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| NEW YORK METRO |
Keeping track of New York City's quality live rooms is easier than it used to be. Not because of the amazing search power of the Internet, but because...
by David Weiss |
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| TRACK SHEET |
NORTHWEST Lloyd Maines visited Studio 880 (Oakland) to produce tracks for S.F. band The Waybacks with engineer Bruce Kaphan. Blackalicious buried themselves...
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Insider Audio
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| A Talk With John Chowning |
In last month's “Insider Audio,” I began a discussion with legendary composer and music technologist John Chowning, which sprang from a conversation...
BY PAUL LEHRMAN |
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Mix Interview
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| The Many Faces of Moby |
Atrue musical chameleon, Moby has made a career out of defying categorizations and expectations. Is he techno? Punk? A rock 'n' roller? A glorified DJ?...
BY BLAIR JACKSON |
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Project Studio
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| Brent Maher |
Brent Maher's business was growing, but expansion meant being in two different locations at once. His Berry Hill neighbor John McBride's Blackbird Studio...
BY BREEAN LINGLE |
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Bitstream
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| Pedant In a Big Box, Part Eight |
TCP (Transport Control Protocol): TCP, along with IP, is half of the modular TCP/IP protocol that has made Ethernet such a success. TCP is responsible...
BY OLIVER MASCIAROTTE |
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Tech's Files
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| Recording the Band — A Geek's Take |
Last fall, I began teaching audio at a local technical college. Unlike typical sessions — where time is money — we have more opportunities...
BY EDDIE CILETTI |
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From the Editor
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| Planet Indie |
Once upon a time, record labels were run by musicians and producers — rather than lawyers and accountants. In those near-bygone days, labels had...
George Petersen Editorial Director |
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Feedback
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| Letters to Mix |
INNER CONFLICT Great article with Rodney Jerkins (December 2004). But, man, next time tell him not to smile so much! Nobody could miss how happy that...
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Current/Industry News
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| BOOKSHELF |
The Complete Guide to Remixing: Producing Professional Dance Floor Hits on Your Home Computer (Berklee Press, $29.95), authored by musician, producer...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| CORRECTIONS |
In the January 2005 “Field Test” on the Vintech Model 473 (page 112), the sentence, “I got great results using the 473 to record snare...
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| ELEPHANT STUDIOS NOW OPEN |
Producer Chet Thompson, former guitarist for Alice in Thunderland and Hellion, has opened up Elephant Symphony (North Hollywood,
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| GEAR UP FOR MUSICIAN'S HOTEL, SXSW |
Straight from the live music capital, attendees at Austin's SXSW show (March 16-25, 2005) will also get a taste of music technology. The Musician's Hotel...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| HIT FACTORY NYC CLOSES |
It's a rare occurrence that the pro audio industry makes headline news across the nation. Reports spanning from Reuters/Billboard to the Seattle Post-Intelliger...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| INDUSTRY NEWS |
Coordinating the entire process of product development, Jim Shaw is Loud Technologies' (Woodinville, WA) director of operations…Stompbox Music...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| JAMES KOGEN, 1927-2004 |
James Kogen, who rose from a position as Shure's chief engineer in 1962 to president in 1981, passed away in December. “As the second president...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| LAST CALL FOR TAPE? INDUSTRY RALLIES TO GET PRODUCT BACK IN STUDIOS |
Global supplier of pro audio/video/data magnetic tape products Quantegy ceased operations at its manufacturing headquarters (Opelika, Ala.) on December...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON |
Singer/composer/guitarist Raúl Midón finished recording his debut CD, State of Mind, with producing family team Arif and Joe Mardin behind...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| META ANNOUNCED AT CES |
META is a new group of well-known audio industry pros whose declared mission is “to ensure the implementation of optimum standards and practices...
Mel Lambert |
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| NASHVILLE HIGH SCHOOLERS GET JUMP-START IN THE STUDIO |
Most might expect a city such as Nashville to have a high school that actually teaches recording. Unfortunately, most public school vocational programs...
Hal Nichols, senior |
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| NOTES FROM THE NET |
Warner Music Group, Sanctuary, Tommy Boy and Mediaport Entertainment are now offering consumers music from the labels through Mediaport's retail kiosks,...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| ON THE MOVE |
Who: Mitch Rabin, VP of Opus 1 Music Library Main Responsibilities: day-to-day operations, managing sales staff and marketing the company Previous Lives:...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| TEC AWARDS 2005 SITE ANNOUNCED |
The Mix Foundation for Excellence in Audio announced that the 21st Annual Technical Excellence & Creativity Awards will be held Saturday, October 8,...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| TOP SCORING COMPOSER COMPLETES OWN COMPLEX |
Scoring composer Harry Gregson-Williams (Shrek and Shrek 2, Team America: World Police, Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason) has completed his new five-room,...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| TORONTO STUDIO GETS A CHERRY SOUND |
Cherry Beach Sound, a Toronto-based, 30,000-square-foot audio recording and post facility, recently completed a $1 million renovation that included a...
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General
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| Artist Development 2005 |
Way back — from the 1950s through the '70s — it was common for record labels to operate their own recording facilities. Detroit's Motown,...
BY MAUREEN DRONEY |
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| BO JONES |
Houston-based rock trio Bo Jones (www.bojones.net) shacked up at that city's SugarHill Recording...
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| DELTA RECORDING SERVICE |
They say that Delta blues was born in Clarksdale, Miss., a town where “all of the original conditions that created the blues still exist, unmovable,”...
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| Guitar Greatness |
The guitar has defined generations of music since its rise in popularity in the mid-'50s. Trailblazing players such as Chuck Berry, Jimi Hendrix, Jeff...
By Kevin Becka |
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| IT'S MIDNIGHT ELEVEN |
East Coast blues-rock combo Midnight Eleven stopped by Will Schillinger's Pilot Recording in New York City to record their D.I.Y. debut, produced by...
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| JOHNNY TECH GETS |
Johnny Tech, who has produced and/or engineered albums for Ice-T, Macy Gray and Nelly, among others, has launched a new production company with partner/friend...
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| Music & Magic |
It was magic all over again in the Magic Kingdom. This year — as in years past — California's torrential rains stopped and the sun shined...
BY THE MIX STAFF |
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| NEW Studio Microphones IN 2004 |
When your business is recording, the phrase “You can never have too many mics” has always been true. Every style and model of mic has a distinctive...
BY ROGER MAYCOCK |
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| PIPES BROTHERS |
UK producer Damien Mendis (Gorillaz, Electric Six, Atomic Kitten) traveled to Dallas to work with artist-turned-producers Todd and Toby Pipes (Deep Blue...
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| Sonny Landreth: Captured Live At Last |
Performing live, Sonny Landreth is a bolt of Louisiana lightning, feeding off the crowd's energy and radiating high-octane bon temps blues. Landreth...
By Jeff Forlenza |
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| SPOTLIGHT |
Austin Clubs With more live venues per capita than most musical hotbeds, Austin has become a go-to stop for many national traveling acts, while nurturing...
By Sarah Benzuly |
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| The Nick Luca Trio: A Little Night Music |
Little Town, the remarkably moody and evocative first album by the Tucson-based Nick Luca Trio, evolved over a period of months during which Luca was...
By Blair Jackson |
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| The Other Side of austin music |
In Austin, aka Live Music Central, bands crank out power chords and acoustic ballads at all hours on nearly every street corner. But in addition to the...
BY HEATHER JOHNSON |
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