May 2006
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Technology
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| BIAS Peak Pro XT 5 Bundle |
BIAS Peak has established itself as a top stereo audio editing and mastering application on the Mac for many years. Five generations in, a host of new...
BY JASON SCOTT ALEXANDER |
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| Digidesign Pro Tools HD 7 Software |
Pro Tools HD 7 (Mac OS X and Windows XP) is an elegant and refined workstation upgrade that combines greatly enhanced processing capabilities with tighter...
BY BARRY RUDOLPH |
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| Focusrite Saffire FireWire Audio Interface |
Focusrite has extended its reach into the DAW I/O market with a 4×10, 24-bit/192kHz interface featuring dual-classic Focusrite preamp paths, hardware-side...
BY JASON SCOTT ALEXANDER |
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| JazzMutant Lemur Control Surface |
Whether you're mixing or performing, a hardware control surface is a wonderful thing. But hardware is not flexible. Hardware that could magically morph...
BY JIM AIKIN |
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| Tools of the Trade |
WUNDER AUDIO PAFOUR Just when we thought good things came in threes, Wunder Audio (www.wunderaudio.com)...
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Live Mix
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| Come for the Concert, Stay for the CD |
Audio production company Floating Earth has hopped onto the “record the show, sell the CD that night” bandwagon. The company used its new...
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| FixIt |
Coheed & Cambria's front-of-house engineer Pete Robertson recently made the switch to putting the majority of the band on in-ears, as well as finding...
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| James Blunt Sounds “Beautiful” in Chicago |
It was a typical waiting-for-spring Chicago evening in mid-March outside the Riviera Theatre in the Windy City's old Uptown neighborhood. (Performance...
By Craig Dalton |
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| Kem |
For signer/songwriter Kem's recent tour, front-of-house engineer Jim Gibbons (who has mixed the artist for the past eight years) is relying on gear from...
by Steve Jennings |
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| News |
Representing the next step in development of the Robert and Margrit Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts at the University of California, Davis, are...
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| Now Playing |
Taking Back Sunday FOH Engineer: Eddie “Muscles” Mapp Monitor Engineer/Console: Dustin Deluna/Yamaha PM5D Monitors: Ultimate Ears UE10, UE7;...
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| On the Road |
Jon Burton Prodigy's front-of-house engineer Jon Burton has also mixed for Beth Gibbons (Portishead) and Bjork at Live8 in Japan. Burton has also done...
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Recording Notes
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| HANK WILLIAMS III |
Shelton Hank Williams III has been bucking the Nashville way of doing business since he signed his first record deal with Curb in the late '90s. Like...
By David John Farinella |
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| STEVE MILLER'S “SWINGTOWN” |
By the time Steve Miller's career exploded into mega-stardom in 1976 with his (still amazing) Fly Like an Eagle album, he'd been making records for 10...
By Blair Jackson |
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| THE DITTY BOPS |
The dreaded sophomore slump. So many bands go through it; not all of them survive. Los Angeles — based group the Ditty Bops — an acoustic...
By Heather Johnson |
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Coast to Coast
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| L.A. GRAPEVINE |
It's daunting to take over this column and attempt to fill the shoes of its longtime proprietor, Maureen Droney, who has now taken her vast knowledge...
by Bud Scoppa |
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| NASHVILLE SKYLINE |
Last month, I paid an overdue visit to MTSU and the Murfreesboro scene. Originally, I went down for what I thought was going to be a rather quick day...
by Rick Clark |
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| NEW YORK METRO |
Everybody knows what Frankie said about making it in New York City; is it possible he was crooning to the audio engineer who captured those legendary...
by David Weiss |
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| TRACK SHEET |
SOUTHEAST Almost Blue continues tracking at G&G Studios (Atlanta) with Noel Goff engineering…Silent Sound (Atlanta) welcomed songwriter/producer...
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Insider Audio
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| Can You Hear Me Now? |
Wireless technology has been very, very good to the audio industry. There are something like 400,000 wireless microphones in use in the United States...
BY PAUL D. LEHRMAN |
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Project Studio
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| Nathan East |
Nathan East gazes out the window of his personal studio on the 22nd floor of the Universal Tower, a slate-gray monolith that dominates the landscape...
BY BUD SCOPPA |
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Tech's Files
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| It Came In a Box With a Hole |
Shop life might be predictable in the service department of an equipment manufacturer or major retailer. But in my reality, what may arrive at any given...
BY EDDIE CILETTI |
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From the Editor
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| M-O-N-E-Y |
The past year, there's been a lot of talk about the closing of several major facilities in Los Angeles and New York. It usually goes with the lament...
Tom Kenny Editor |
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Feedback
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| Letters to Mix |
OPERATING SYSTEMS GO VROOM I wanted to comment on “The NASCAR Studio” [“From the Editor,” March 2006]. I mean no disrespect to...
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Current/Industry News
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| ALAN PARSONS REGALES WEBSTER U |
Engineer/producer/artist Alan Parsons stopped by Webster University as part of the school's AES guest speaker/clinician list. Parsons began his visit...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| AVATAR STUDIOS: “ANALOG IS BACK!” |
Avatar Studios (New York City) boasted as many as six Studer A800 machines running simultaneously on different sessions on the same day, as well as multiple...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| BOOKSHELF |
They do the math so you don't have to. The just-published fifth edition of Music, Money and Success (Omnibus Press/Schirmer Trade Books) explains —...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| ELEPHANT SYMPHONY STUDIOS |
After opening just two short years ago, owner Chet Thompson and studio manager Donny Baker have moved Elephant Symphony Studios (
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| INDUSTRY NEWS |
Christine Schyvinck has accepted the position of executive VP of global marketing and sales for Shure (Niles, IL). Schyvinck replaces Michael McGinn,...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| MANHATTAN CENTER STUDIOS |
New York City — based Manhattan Center Studios (www.mcp-studios.com) offers two newly...
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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| NOTES FROM THE NET |
MAKE IT SNAPPY Snaptune (www.snaptune.com) has released Snaptune One, a new software product that...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| ON THE MOVE |
Who: Alexander “Thorny” Yuill-Thornton II, Meyer Sound Main responsibilities: assist in developing long-term directions for the use of digital...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| RECORDING STUDIOS BEEF UP OFFERINGS |
In this issue, where Mix posits “Where's the money?” many solutions — creative and otherwise — are offered in numerous aspects...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| RETURN OF THE KING…GUITARIST, THAT IS |
Elvis Presley's former guitarist and Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame inductee James Burton returned to SugarHill Recording Studios (Houston) 30 years later...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| SPARS SOUNDBITES: MOVEMENT |
[Editor's Note: This month, we begin the first of our monthly updates from the Society of Professional Audio Recording...
Karen Brinton |
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| STEPHEN ARNOLD MUSIC |
With views of the Sangre de Christo Mountains on one side and Jemez Mountains on the other, Stephen Arnold Music's (
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| TEC UPDATEMIX L.A. OPEN |
The 11th Annual Mix L.A. Open — Monday, June 12, 2006, at the Malibu Country Club — is being strongly supported by the audio industry. Confirmed...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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General
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| All Media, All the Time |
As album sales continue their decline and music consumers lean more toward downloading singles via iTunes, MP3 blogs and podcasts, building a loyal fan...
BY HEATHER JOHNSON |
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| Credit Where Credit's Due |
For producers, engineers, musicians and songwriters, proper crediting is the lifeblood of a creative career. It's how the world knows what you've done,...
BY MAUREEN DRONEY |
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| Gina Fant-Saez |
Gina Fant-Saez has taught me much about the wonders of Pro Tools, so I know first-hand that imagination is what drives her throughout her career. I first...
BY MICHAEL BARBIERO |
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| HELLO? |
Soul icon Lionel Ritchie camped out at Silent Sound in Atlanta to work on his forthcoming album with mega-hit songwriter/producer Sean Garrett (Jamie...
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| HOOBASTANK IN L.A. |
What's the reason for Hoobastank's recent visit to Bernie Grundman Mastering? To reunite with Brian “Big Bass” Gardner to master their new...
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| IT'S A MADHAT WORLD |
Spearfish, S.D., band The MadHats recorded their latest album, Songs for the Common MANiac, at Aberdeen Recording Studios in Aberdeen, S.D. Studio owner/engineer...
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| José “Chilitos” Valenzuela |
“People ask me, ‘So what do you do?’” says José “Chilitos” Valenzuela. “I say, ‘How much time do...
BY SARAH JONES |
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| Live Sound Assets |
First, the good news: Worldwide ticket sales for concerts and special events reached $3.1 billion in 2005, an increase of about 11 percent from 2004...
BY KEITH CLARK |
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| Long-Distance Session Work |
Calling in a session player can add a lot to a track, especially in these days of self-made artist/engineer/producer/composer projects. Besides bringing...
BY GEORGE PETERSEN |
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| Musikmesse/Pro Light+Sound |
A lot of trade shows are large, but in the field of pro audio/M.I. events, Frankfurt, Germany's Musikmesse/Pro Light+Sound (March 29 to April 1, 2006)...
BY GEORGE PETERSEN |
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| New World Audio |
Sonny Maupin's dream of making it as a rock 'n' roll star in the late 1980s was about to come true: Having toured with major acts and gigging around...
BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| Queen AND PAUL RODGERS |
Arena rock is back in full swing as we enter into summer touring. Playing to a packed and jubilant crowd, Queen (who hasn't toured in nearly 26 years)...
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| Real, Live Audio Solutions |
Compared to behemoths like Musikmesse, NAB and NAMM, NSCA (March 16 to 18, 2006) is the biggest “little show” in the industry. Although smaller,...
By George Petersen |
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| RHAPSODY STREET'S “MASTERPIECE” |
Rhapsody Street Studios (www.rhapsodystreet.com), a San Antonio — based tracking and...
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| SPIDER SESSIONS |
YG Entertainment artist Spider recorded tracks for a new album at Castle Oaks Recording (Calabasas, Calif.). Ace bassist Nathan East produced and arranged;...
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| Studio Survival |
There's been a lot of anxiety lately over major studios closing. New York, Los Angeles, Nashville — each have their stories, from rental prices...
BY DAVID WEISS |
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| The Versatile Engineer |
Today's lean-and-mean studio economy is a scary world for freelance audio engineers — even for established mixers who in the past had little trouble...
BY KEVIN BECKA |
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| Tools of Engagement |
Audio hardware and software manufacturers do not exist in a vacuum. They are as much a part of the industry as the talented artists who tweak, abuse,...
BY MEL LAMBERT |
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| Where Does the Music Go? |
While the theme of this month's issue is “Where's the Money?” and the emphasis is on the production community, it behooves all audio professionals...
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| where's the MONEY? |
What's that sound? Is that flap-flap-flap you're hearing the sound of money flying out your window on little white wings? Is that VROOM outside in the...
BY BLAIR JACKSON |
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