March 2008
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Technology
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| A Designs HM2EQ Hammer Tube Equalizer |
The A Designs HM2EQ Hammer 3-band equalizer ($2,695) takes a different approach to equalization as compared to most other EQs....
BY MICHAEL COOPER |
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| Akai MPC Series |
A driving force in hip-hop production, Akai's MPC music production center/drum machine has been used in all types of recordings, having crossed over...
BY STONI |
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| Creation Audio Labs MW1 Studio Tool |
The MW1 Studio Tool ($995), inspired by engineer/producer Michael Wagener, is an all-analog, bidirectional interface/distribution system for connecting...
BY BARRY RUDOLPH |
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| KRK Exposé E8B Studio Monitors |
KRK, the brainchild of engineer Keith Klawitter, has been building studio monitors since 1986. The company's flagship product, the Exposé, has undergone...
BY BOBBY FRASIER |
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| Neumann KM D Digital Microphones |
Since the DAW became an audio standard, the idea of a purely digital signal path from mic capsule to storage medium has interested more than a few engineers....
BY KEVIN BECKA |
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| Steinberg Groove Agent 3 Software |
For producers, songwriters and musicans who need to create bed tracks for a variety of uses, Groove Agent 3 (GA3) has a lot to offer: a wide variety...
BY JIM AIKIN |
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| Tools of the Trade |
MOTU DIGITAL PERFORMER 6 Mark of the Unicorn's (MOTU, www.motu.com) flagship audio sequencer software...
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| Yamaha LS9-32 Digital Mixing Console |
Since releasing the PM1D digital console eight years ago, Yamaha's design engineers have become quite skilled at migrating advanced digital mixing technology...
BY STEVE LA CERRA |
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Sound for Picture
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| Assassin's Creed |
With sales of more than 2 million copies worldwide, Ubisoft's remarkable Assassin's Creed for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 formats (with a PC version...
By Blair Jackson |
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Live Mix
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| Blue Man Group |
You may have seen them at your local theater, but the men in blue are taking their production on the road with their How to Be a Megastar Tour 2.1. The...
By Sarah Benzuly |
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| Daly Survives With CONEQ |
For the final live telecast of Survivor: China, sound designer and lead mixing engineer Bill Daly relied on the Real Sound Lab CONEQ tuning process to...
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| FixIt |
Front-of-house engineer Brent Rawlings is relying on a Britannia Row-supplied Turbosound Aspect system during Kings of Leon's European tour. This is...
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| Installation Profile |
The Minnesota Orchestra (Minneapolis) has taken in a Cadac 24-channel S-Type compact live production console as part of a major sound system upgrade...
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| New Sound Reinforcement Products |
DBX DRIVERACK PX The first processor in the industry tailored for powered speakers, the DriveRack PX from dbx (www.dbxpro.com)...
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| News |
Longtime audio provider for the New Year's Eve Show in New York City's Times Square, Maryland Sound International, handled both performance stages —...
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| Now Playing |
The Mars Volta Sound Company: Rat Sound FOH Engineer/Board: Toby Francis/Digidesign Profile Monitor Engineer/Board: Daniel Bonneau/DiGiCo D5 P.A./Amps:...
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| ONE MAN BAND |
James Taylor's One Man Band tour isn't quite as solitary as the name implies. There are, after all, other players onstage: The talented Larry Goldings...
By Nick Russell |
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Recording Notes
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| P.O.D. |
While the masses were wandering around the floor of the 2007 NAMM show, looking for free T-shirts and drumsticks, producer/engineer Jay Baumgardner was...
By David John Farinella |
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| TOMMY JAMES & THE SHONDELLS' |
In early 1966, a dejected Tommy James arrived home in Niles, Mich., from what appeared to be the last road gig with his then-group The Koachmen, just...
By Matt Hurwitz |
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Coast to Coast
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| L.A. GRAPEVINE |
“Talking about gear in L.A. is like being at a muscle-car convention,” quips Thom Monahan. “A friend of mine once commented that there...
by Bud Scoppa |
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| NASHVILLE SKYLINE |
I get to listen while I write. Right now, I'm hearing Tom T. Hall singing “The Girl Who Read the Same Book All the Time.” In a few minutes,...
by Peter Cooper |
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| NEW YORK METRO |
Keep the horse you rode in on, or switch to a new steed? For New York-area audio facilities where a mainframe analog or digital desk remains the center...
by David Weiss |
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Project Studio
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| Rudy's Studio |
Let's get this out of the way: Rudy is a little dachshund, not an engineer. Mark Obermeyer, the owner of Rudy's Studio (and of the dachshund), is a musician/engineer/producer...
BY BARBARA SCHULTZ |
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Tech's Files
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| Hard Drive Tales for a Rainy Day |
Between my wife, my kids and myself, there are 10 computers in our house — three Macs, six desktop PCs and a lapdog. My wife, Polly, and I both...
BY EDDIE CILETTI |
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From the Editor
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| The Music Life |
The ongoing state of confusion and borderline despair in the music industry — and, by association, the recording industry — is not really...
Tom Kenny Group Editorial Director |
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Feedback
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| Letters to Mix |
STUDIO RECORDING: A DYING ART? I had to chuckle when I saw the cover of your January 2008 issue: “Live Sound Issue.” What Mix issue is not...
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Current/Industry News
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Go beyond the printed page and log on to www.mixonline.com to get extra photos, text and sounds...
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| BIGGER SLICE OF CAKE |
Cakewalk has expanded its strategic relationship with Roland; in 1995, Roland began distributing Cakewalk products in Japan. In 2003, Roland invested...
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| CAS TECH NOMINEES |
The nominees for the Cinema Audio Society's 4th Annual Award for Technical Achievement are: PRODUCTION Aaton Cantar X2Schoeps CMIT 5UFostex PD606Sonosax...
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| FERNANDEZ MIKES ADAMS |
Scoring mixer Bob Fernandez recently completed recording Joseph Vitarelli's score for the HBO miniseries John Adams, which is based on David McCullough's...
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| GIBSON GUITAR, TC GROUP MERGE |
Gibson Guitar chairman/CEO Henry Juszkiewicz (pictured at right) and TC Group CEO Anders Fauerskov held a press conference at Winter NAMM, where they...
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| INDUSTRY NEWS |
Dr. Charles Chen joined Lauten Audio (Santa Clara, CA) as chief engineer. The company has also sparked a distribution agreement with Analog Audio GmbH...
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| JOE DESMOND, 1953-2008 |
Joe Desmond, a well-known industry figure with more than a quarter-century in pro audio and M.I. sales, passed away on January 16, 2008, after being...
George Petersen |
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| METALLIANCE GOES PRO |
At Winter NAMM, the METAlliance (metalliance.com) announced the first group of Pro Partner manufacturers...
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| MIX L.A. OPEN UPDATE |
The 13th Annual Mix L.A. Open, set for Monday, May 12, 2008, at the Malibu Country Club, promises to be bigger and better than ever! Hosted by honorary...
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| ON THE MOVE |
Who: Harry Chalmiers, president of McNally Smith College Main Responsibilities: I am leading an inclusive planning process called 20/20 VISION. We are...
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| THE AWARD GOES TO… |
The night before Winter NAMM 2008, EM and Remix held a joint awards show celebrating the best in audio technology for 2007. Pictured from left are Remix...
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| TIME MACHINE |
Back in 1988, the Korg M1 music workstation was one of the first products that combined a keyboard with realistic sounds (using PCM-sampled wave ROM),...
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On the Cover
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| Red Bull Studios |
Does it really surprise anyone in 2008 that Red Bull would build a world-class recording studio in the heart of Santa Monica, Calif., a few miles down...
By Tom Kenny |
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General
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| BROKEN RADIO |
Matt Boudreau's Broken Radio Studios (San Francisco) recently took delivery of a new pair of Klein & Hummel 0300 monitors. Boudreau, who took over the...
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| COOL SPINS |
Shelby Lynne Just A Little Lovin' (Lost Highway) Musical interpretation is a difficult art; you're always walking the delicate line between reverent...
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| Dynamics Processing Plug-Ins |
While most audio pros will state up front that there's nothing like hardware compressor/limiters, they can generally talk a lot longer about why there's...
By David Weiss |
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| Foo Fighters |
Touring nonstop to promote their latest album, Echoes, Silence, Patience and Grace, knock-out rock band Foo Fighters are taking the concept of stage...
by Steve Jennings |
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| HIGH FIDELITY MASTERING OPENS |
Engineer Andy Rogulich's new studio, High Fidelity Mastering (Albuquerque, N.M.), went online near the end of 2007. High Fidelity is a 7.1 surround facility,...
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| Horne Audio |
In the highly competitive local sound reinforcement field — where the market is relatively small and saturated — at the end of the day, what...
BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| JAZZ AT AVATAR |
Jazz trombonist Clifton Anderson is self-producing an upcoming album, which will feature performances by numerous jazz greats. Anderson and friends were...
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| JONAS BROTHERS |
Forget all those screaming girls, crying and pulling their hair out over Kevin, Joe and Nick. With the exception of their parents, teen sensations the...
By Elianne Halbersberg |
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| Let's Play Peek-a-Boo |
It wasn't too long ago that videogames represented an interest of less than 10 percent of the nation's population. That meant if you sold 1 million copies...
BY ALEXANDER BRANDON |
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| Midi Mafia |
For the average producer, landing a career-making hit can take years of trial and error, mid-level chart positions and what feels like a lifetime of...
BY ELIANNE HALBERSBERG |
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| NIGHTSKY OFFERS INTERNSHIP |
Nightsky Studios (Waldorf, Md.), in association with the College of Southern Maryland, has begun offering a paid audio internship. The place has been...
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| READEEZ STUDIO PUTS AUDIO FIRST |
The home studio that John Storyk designed for Michael Rachap is built into a loft in an 80-year-old building in Atlanta's Midtown neighborhood. The studio...
Barbara Schultz |
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| STREAMLINING HIP-HOP PRODUCTION |
Hip-hop production is usually a collaborative affair, where numerous contributors work together in various studios across the country. This can also...
BY JANICE BROWN |
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| The Pro/M.I. Connection |
Looking for the place where pro meets M.I.? NAMM is it. With an exhibitor list featuring names like API, Universal Audio, Focusrite, Crest, QSC, Studer,...
BY THE MIX STAFF |
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| TRACK SHEET |
NORTHEAST Emily Lazar, chief engineer of The Lodge (NYC), is celebrating 10 years in the mastering business with several Grammy-nominated clients, including...
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| U2 3D |
For the past 30 years, only audiences at U2 concerts have known what it was like to experience one of the band's live shows. But with the recent release...
By Matt Hurwitz |
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| UPWARD MOBILITY in the CLUB WORLD |
Maybe it's because high-end audio technology is finally reaching lower price points or simply because generations of outdated, ratty P.A. systems are...
BY STEVE LA CERRA |
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