March 2007
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Technology
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| Blue Sky SAT 12, Sub 15 2.1 Monitoring System |
You don't often associate the word “muscular” with audio systems, but it's an appropriate term for Blue Sky's latest: a 2,000-watt, 300-plus-pound...
BY JOE HANNIGAN |
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| PreSonus DigiMax FS |
It's been six years since PreSonus launched its popular DigiMax line, and nearly four years since the DigiMax last received a facelift in the DigiMax...
BY JASON SCOTT ALEXANDER |
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| SPL Passeq Passive Equalizer |
Passive EQs are generally known for their natural and transparent sound. When SPL's design engineers set out to create the Passeq, one of their goals...
BY MICHAEL COOPER |
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| Steinberg WaveLab 6 |
For years, I've been using WaveLab to edit half-hour radio shows and assorted podcasts, as well as for CD mastering. My own decision to upgrade to Version...
BY STEVE CUNNINGHAM |
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| Tools of the Trade |
A DESIGNS EM-PEQ This new unit from A-Designs Audio (www.adesignsaudio.com, $1,500) is meant...
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| Trinnov SRP Surround Recording Platform |
Ever try to explain a completely new idea? Like a car that's also a tanning booth and a washing machine? Although not as crazy, that's my dilemma in...
BY KEVIN BECKA |
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Live Mix
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| “MTV Live” Brings in CSP Expertise |
CSP Mobile's (www.cspmobile.com) digital audio/video trucks, Unit 6 and Unit 3, were on hand for...
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| FixIt |
Ben Grossman has been wowing audiences with his electroacoustics vielle a roué, or hurdy-gurdy as it is also called. He's currently out on the road...
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| News |
Cakewalk and Roland Systems Group's REAC (Roland Ethernet Audio Communication) for SONAR enables the recording of 40 channels of 24-bit/96kHz audio from...
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| Now Playing |
Trans-Siberian Orchestra Sound Company: db Sound (Chicago) FOH Engineer/Board: Dave Whitman (East Coast, Kurdt Vanderhoof (West Coast)/Midas Heritage...
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| On the Road |
Justin Timberlake This *NSYNC'er-turned solo artist is currently touring the U.S. with a full band after a stint in Europe. Mix caught up with monitor...
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| Talib Kweli |
Talib Kweli's sold-out performance at San Francisco's Fillmore Auditorium had the crowd thumpin' to the music from the rapper's latest, Ear Drum. For...
by Steve Jennings |
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Recording Notes
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| CHUBBY CHECKER'S “THE TWIST” |
As a certified dinosaur, I wish I could claim that my first hit of rock 'n' roll was seeing Elvis on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1956. But I was only 3 then...
By Blair Jackson |
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| DANIEL HO |
Though Daniel Ho has become very well-known in traditional Hawaiian music circles thanks to his co-production work and playing on last year's Grammy-winning...
By Blair Jackson |
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| STEPHEN MARLEY |
Stephen Marley has been around music his entire life. As the third child of Bob and Rita Marley, born in 1972 (David/“Ziggy” and Cedella...
By Blair Jackson |
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Coast to Coast
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| L.A. GRAPEVINE |
I'm sitting behind the just-installed SSL 9080 J console in the Record Plant's (www.recordplant.com)...
by Bud Scoppa |
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| NASHVILLE SKYLINE |
Hillsboro Village is one of the most desirable commercial and residential areas in central Nashville. It's got great shops, restaurants and hotels only...
by Rick Clark |
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| NEW YORK METRO |
In the 1982 sci-fi movie classic Tron, a tech-head is sucked into a computer and must battle to return to the real world. Sound familiar? In a way, there's...
by David Weiss |
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| TRACK SHEET |
SOUTHEAST For those who haven't heard, Cypress Moon Studios (Muscle Shoals, AL) is the new name of the facility formerly known as Muscle Shoals Sound....
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Insider Audio
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| The Noise in the Box |
In last month's discussion about game audio, I focused on the challenges of making soundtracks for PC-based games. But PCs, of course, are only part...
BY PAUL D. LEHRMAN |
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From the Editor
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| You Gotta Keep 'Em Separated |
At some point, the comparisons between films and games are inevitable. I remember my first exposure. It was a Variety ad for the James Bond film Tomorrow...
Tom Kenny Editorial Director |
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Feedback
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| Letters to Mix |
LESS STUDIO, MORE FAMILY TIME I just read Rick Clark's “Nashville Skyline” in the December 2006 issue. I am one of those who are blessed...
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Current/Industry News
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| FAIRLIGHT RAISES $100K FOR WITNESS |
After two years of searching, finding and signing, a Fairlight CMI keyboard, autographed by 44 artists, received a winning bid of $100,000 at the WITNESS...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| INDUSTRY NEWS |
Working for Disc Makers (Pennsauken, NJ) for the past 20 years, Tony Van Veen is the company's new president…Phil French has been promoted to president/COO...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| L.A OPEN MOVES TO MAY |
Scheduled a month earlier than last year, the 12th Annual Mix L.A. Open is set for Monday, May 14, 2007, at the Malibu Country Club. Proceeds will benefit...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| LEARNING HERE FOR ALL |
Bringing Web-based music instruction to underserved youth, Berklee College of Music's City Music Network (
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| MIX WEB EXTRAS |
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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| ON THE MOVE |
Who: Matt Grippo, Manhattan Producers Alliance general director/CEO Main Responsibility: ensuring our members are getting the most out of the organization...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| STUDIO SOUND IN YOUR CAR |
The worlds of pro audio and consumer electronics were bridged at Avatar Studios (New York City) in December, when Bongiovi Acoustics unveiled the Digital...
David Weiss |
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On the Cover
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| Sony Computer Entertainment America |
It's as if the garage band suddenly stepped out and played the House of Blues. Or the art-house videographer submitted a high-def buddy film to Sundance...
By Tom Kenny |
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General
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| Audio Middleware |
When I first played games such as Pac Man and Asteroids in the early '80s, I was fascinated. While others saw a cute, beeping box, I saw something to...
BY ALEXANDER BRANDON |
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| Banner Year for Game Biz |
Recently released 2006 U.S. retail sales figures show record numbers for the game industry, and the stats just keep rising. Last year's sales for games...
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| By the Numbers |
40.23 million: Units sold of Super Mario Bros. for Nintendo, best-selling videogame of all time 29 million: Units sold of The Eagles: Their Greatest...
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| CAPTURING TAIKO DRUMS FOR UBISOFT'S RED STEEL |
Ubisoft's Red Steel was one of the first videogames released for Nintendo's Wii platform. Action surrounds the violent struggle between fictional Japanese...
Barbara Schultz |
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| CORRECTIONS |
The Solid State Logic Delta-Link MADI HD (January 2007 “Tools of the Trade”) is priced at $3,595, not $4,995. In “Joan Osborne Explores...
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| Drummer Boy Sound |
Founded just three-and-a-half years ago, Miami's Drummer Boy Sound Productions Inc. (www.drummerboysound.com)...
BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| Game Audio Resources |
Gamasutra.com, Game Developer magazine's Web component, provides technical features, profiles, product...
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| Game Developers Conference Hits S.F. |
Want a piece of the $13 billion game industry? Network with the talent behind today's hottest titles and technology at The Game Developers Conference...
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| GOOD NEWS FROM NOLA |
James Andrews, lead singer and trumpeter of the New Birth Brass Band, did some tracking for his new album at The Truckfarm studio in New Orleans. The...
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| Got a Pocket Full of Quarters… And a Lighter |
In 1983, Bally/Midway developed an arcade game to coincide with the release of a new album by a hot rock band. In the game, bandmembers had to retrieve...
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| Lindsey Buckingham |
Lindsey Buckingham recently wrapped up the second leg of his first U.S. solo tour in nearly 14 years. Mix caught up with Buckingham and his three-piece...
by Steve Jennings |
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| Locked and Loaded |
It's no secret that the gaming world has changed by leaps and bounds over the past decade. We've all heard the comparison: With today's high-def consoles,...
By Robert Hanson |
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| LURSSEN'S LAB |
After 15 years, a Grammy and a number of Oscar nominations, Gavin Lurssen has left Doug Sax's Mastering Lab to open his own mastering facility, Lurssen...
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| Mixing Vocals |
A well-mixed and -sung lyric is the emotional centerpiece of any song. But because of the complexity of pitch, tone, nuance and lyrics, vocals need the...
BY KEVIN BECKA |
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| Need for Speed |
When it comes to favorite game genres, fast-paced action games are the most popular, followed by sports and racing. Surprisingly, fighting games fall...
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| One-Upmanship |
The battle for living room supremacy is on: No longer a fringe element in the consumer electronics universe, videogame consoles are fast becoming all-in-one...
By Robert Hanson |
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| Soundelux's Scott Gershin |
Scott Gershin is in a unique position on the audio end of the videogame industry. As executive creative director and sound supervisor/designer at Soundelux...
BY BLAIR JACKSON |
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| The Next Revolution Will Be Played |
A revolution is taking place in the game world: increased budgets, more hardware resources on target platforms and more high-level software integration...
By Michael Henein |
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| Unraveling the Sound for “Zodiac” |
The Zodiac murders were a series of brutal, seemingly random killings in Northern California that baffled police and terrified residents in the late...
By Blair Jackson |
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| Video Games Live |
Imagine a concert featuring some of the hottest videogame music ever: from retro-classics like Super Mario Brothers, Frogger and Donkey Kong, to modern...
By Michel Henein |
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| What “Inside the Box”Really Means |
At a recent Grammy Sound Table event in Anaheim, Calif., coinciding with the NAMM convention, the four producer panelists were asked what seemed like...
BY DAVID WEISS |
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| Who's Playing? |
When most people think of gamers, the image of idle teenage boys often comes to mind, but the actual demographics may surprise you. Check out these stats...
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| Winter NAMM 2007 |
Solid State Logic was at NAMM for the second straight year, this time releasing five new products. Apple's booth just keeps growing, though its main...
By the Mix Staff |
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