May 2008
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Technology
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| IK Multimedia ARC System Plug-In |
IK Multimedia, in partnership with Audyssey Laboratories, has released ARC System (Advanced Room Correction), the first plug-in room-correction DAW software....
BY BARRY RUDOLPH |
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| JZ Microphones Black Hole |
Last fall, when I heard about the formation of JZ Microphones, a Latvian company spun off from Violet Microphones, I wasn't sure what to think. The principal...
BY GEORGE PETERSEN |
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| Lab.gruppen FP+ Series Power Amps |
Lab.gruppen has a well-deserved reputation for manufacturing some pretty impressive power amplifiers. Its FP+ Series touring amplifiers incorporate a...
BY STEVE LA CERRA |
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| Mu Technologies Mu Voice 1.1.1 |
Correcting intonation problems and performing wild harmonic effects are two processes that aren't often mentioned in the same sentence by most engineers....
BY JASON SCOTT ALEXANDER |
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| Peluso 22 47SE Tube Microphone |
The Peluso 22 47SE (Standard Edition, $1,967) tube mic is designed to look, feel and reproduce sound just like a brand-new, long-bodied Neumann U47....
BY BARRY RUDOLPH |
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| Sennheiser MKH 8040 Series Microphone |
Sennheiser's MKH 8000 line offers three models and a range of accessories that allow for many extension and placement options. The Nextel black finish...
BY KEVIN BECKA |
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| Tools of the Trade |
SOLID STATE LOGIC MATRIX Furthering SSL's (www.solid-state-logic.com) reach into the affordable...
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| Universal Audio 2-LA-2 Twin Leveling Amplifier |
When Universal Audio reissued the vintage LA-2A Leveling Amplifier eight years ago, I was one of the first people to open my wallet. The LA-2A featured...
BY MICHAEL COOPER |
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Recording Notes
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| EMMYLOU HARRIS AND BRIAN AHERN TOGETHER AGAIN |
Few artists in any genre have created a body of work as substantive and rich as Emmylou Harris. Over the years, Harris has mined great songs from folk,...
By Rick Clark |
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| LADY ANTEBELLUM ON THE FAST TRACK TO SUCCESS |
In this age of “Young Country” radio and 'round-the-clock videos on country television, it helps to be youthful and attractive. Even so,...
By Blair Jackson |
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| LORETTA LYNN'S “COAL MINER'S DAUGHTER” |
In her 1976 memoir, Coal Miner's Daughter (written with journalist George Vecsey), Loretta Lynn dispels the myth that all of her song lyrics come from...
By Barbara Schultz |
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Mix Interview
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| COWBOY JACK CLEMENT |
Anyone who would criticize Nashville for safeness or homogeneity has never spent any time around Jack Clement's Cowboy Arms & Recording Spa studio at...
By Peter Cooper |
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Project Studio
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| Guidotoons |
In 1998, composer/producer/engineer Joe “Guido” Welsh relocated to Nashville from Kansas City, Mo., in search of a larger talent pool for...
BY HEATHER JOHNSON |
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Tech's Files
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| The Sound of the Sound |
I first met Richard Dodd in August of 1999 in Kooster McAllister's Record Plant Remote truck. That night, he was recording Tom Petty playing the Target...
BY EDDIE CILETTI |
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From the Editor
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| The Strength of Nashville |
There's no place in the world quite like Nashville. A city so steeped in music that its very name calls up images of singer/songwriters, honky-tonks,...
Thomas A.D. Kenny Editorial Director |
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Feedback
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| Letters to Mix |
TALKBACK: YOUR NASHVILLE STORIES In the March and April 2008 “Feedback” columns and MixLine e-newsletters, we asked readers to tell us about...
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Current/Industry News
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| ALLAIRE MAY CLOSE |
Allaire Studios, the Shokan, N.Y., destination studio that was the home of two Neve-based rooms, appears to be closing. In March, all staffers were relieved...
David Weiss |
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| DID YOU KNOW? |
Nashville became known as “Music City” because WSM radio announcer David Cobb referred to the city with that nickname in 1950 on...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| ECKART WINTZEN, 1940-2008 |
Eckart Wintzen, the founder and chairman of Ex'pression College for Digital Arts (Emeryville, Calif.; www.expression.edu),...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| GADGET CORNER |
The new MEX-BT3600U in-car CD tuner from Sony Europe lets you listen to your music collection while running to the store for milk. Either plug in your...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| INDUSTRY NEWS |
The former founding partners of Mixopolis Audio Post-Production, mixer/sound designer James Twomey and sound designer/composer Mike Levesque, join post...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| MASTERING LAB CLOSES |
Shortly after celebrating its 40th anniversary, Doug Sax (above) announced that Mastering Lab Hollywood will close; its Ojai, Calif., facility remains...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| MORE GOLF SPONSORS! |
New companies are coming onboard to support and participate in the 13th Annual Mix L.A. Open, sponsored by Guitar Center Professional. Set for Monday,...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| MUSIKMESSE/PROLIGHT + SOUND 2008 |
The Euro rose to an all-time high against the dollar, yet manufacturers were out in force and buyers were undaunted as Frankfurt's Musikmesse/Prolight...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| ON THE MOVE |
Who: Craig “Hutch” Hutchison, Rupert Neve Designs' senior design engineer Main Responsibilities: work directly with Rupert creating new products....
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| PRO AUDIO CONSOLIDATION |
Within just a few days of each other, Prism Sound announced it had acquired SADiE (formerly owned by Studio Audio & Video Limited), D&M Holdings had...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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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...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| SEEN AND HEARD |
“Make sure that you all get your degree so you have a good education to fall back on, as you are not all going to make...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| WHERE YOU SHOULD BE |
Phil Ramone will give the keynote address at the Fourth International Art of Record Production Conference, to be held at the University of Massachusetts...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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On the Cover
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| BLACKBIRD STUDIO |
There's something about Blackbird Studio. Producers pop in and out (some of them have their own rooms), and talent comes and goes at all times of day,...
By Tom Kenny |
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General
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| A TOUR OF NASHVILLE VENUES |
The streets of Nashville are lined with intimate venues that host a wide range of artists wanting to be seen — and heard — as they showcase...
By Sarah Benzuly |
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| AUDIO FOR THE AGES |
No trip to Nashville would be complete without a visit to the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum (CMHOF), which in 2001 relocated to a gleaming, modern...
By George Petersen |
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| BEHIND THE GLASS |
HISTORY SESSION KEB' MO' IN DOCUMENTARY Keb' Mo' spent time at The Village (L.A.), where he spent a day filming and tracking for Recording: The History...
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| COOL SPINS |
The Raconteurs Consolers of the Lonely(Third Man/Warner Bros.) It's hard to know what to say about this bizarre, eclectic and often amazing album. Stylistically,...
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| DENNIS SCOTT PRODUCTIONS |
From Noel Coward to Mr. Rogers — that's the trajectory Dennis Scott's career has taken, and he couldn't be happier. Scott began his career as a...
By Barbara Schultz |
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| HISTORY LESSON |
Just out of the Navy in 1946, guitarist Harold Bradley was anxious to record some country music. So he headed to Chicago to meet up with Pee Wee King....
By Peter Cooper |
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| L.A. GRAPEVINE |
More and more L.A.-based rock producers, engineers and mixers are doing projects in Nashville studios these days, not only because Music City boasts...
by Bud Scoppa |
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| LABEL-STUDIO COMBO |
Not everyone can be Jimmy Bowen or Tony Brown, but not everyone needs to be. The record business offers more definitions of success than radio has music...
By Barbara Schultz |
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| LAYING DOWN “CROSSROADS” |
The Country Music Television (CMT) Series Crossroads, now in its seventh season, brings country artists together in concert with mainstream rock and...
By Janice Brown |
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| NASHVILLE LIVE! |
Any place where there's a lot of live music, there's sound reinforcement, and with all the activity originating from the Nashville Metro area, engineers...
By Steve La Cerra |
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| NASHVILLE NOW |
When I came to Mix as an editor/writer 25 years ago this fall, I remember a feature crossing my desk a few months into my tenure that was titled something...
By Blair Jackson |
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| NASHVILLE PERSPECTIVES |
PORTER WAGONER BREAKS THE MOLD “The sound of ‘Jolene’ was pretty unique for [1973], and part of it is what Larry Londin played. Everybody...
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| NASHVILLE SKYLINE |
The trap door is cool, even if Elvis Presley never got to go through it. “Oh, yeah, I had a set of stairs with an alarm, security and all that...
by Peter Cooper |
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| NEW YORK METRO |
In New York City, a lot of people in the business of building music need something called a “music building.” There are a few such full-on...
by David Weiss |
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| RECORDING BLUEGRASS INSTRUMENTS |
Tradition runs deep in the bluegrass music community. At the same time, no one expects albums today to be made the way they were when Bill Monroe, Flatt...
BY Blair Jackson |
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| SOUNDCHECK NASHVILLE |
Soundcheck Nashville does tour pre-production on a grand scale. Not only can clients book video and full-on production rehearsals, but they can also...
By Sarah Benzuly |
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| STATE OF THE CITY |
Asking some Nashville music pros about the state of the recording industry this spring is akin to asking New England Patriots fans what they thought...
By Peter Cooper |
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| TONY BROWN'S NASHVILLE |
The Platinum producer has strong opinions about country music's place in his city and what makes Nashville great. Here are a few of Brown's off-the-cuff...
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| TRACK SHEET |
SOUTHEAST Sugarland, aka Jennifer Nettles and Christian Bush, recorded their third album for Mercury Nashville at Southern Tracks (Atlanta). Byron Gallimore...
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