November 2005
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Technology
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| Apex 460 Tube Microphone |
In a sea of inexpensive mics, there is a new contender for your dollars: the Apex 460. Squarely aimed at the engineer on a tight budget, it offers features...
BY KEVIN BECKA |
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| Earthworks DK25/R DrumKit |
Getting a great drum sound is an art that lies somewhere between science and black magic, with myriad variables complicating the process. Techniques...
BY STEVE LA CERRA |
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| Helios 1r Twin Type 69 Mic Pre/EQ |
The Rolling Stones had a silver one in their mobile truck, The Beatles had two green ones at Apple Studios and 10cc had a red one at their Strawberry...
BY BARRY RUDOLPH |
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| InnerTUBE Audio Dual Atomic Squeeze Box |
We've all been here before: You slam a snare drum track with a compressor to put a point on it and then suffer the tedium of gating the resulting pumping...
BY MICHAEL COOPER |
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| PreSonus ADL 600 High-Voltage Tube Preamp |
The PreSonus ADL 600 is proof that marriage is a beautiful thing. The dual-channel, all-tube preamp was designed by Anthony DeMaria of boutique tube...
BY MICHAEL COOPER |
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| Propellerhead Reason 3 |
Although it's now at Version 3, Propellerhead's Reason is as easy to use as ever. However, there are a number of cool things you can do with it that...
BY LAURA PALLANCK |
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| Tools of the Trade |
ANTARES AVOX VOCAL PROCESSOR This slick-looking vocal toolkit from Antares (www.antarestech.com)...
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Sound for Picture
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| Walk the Line |
With the triumph of Jamie Foxx's uncanny portrayal of Ray Charles still fresh in our minds, buzz in the movie industry has now turned to the lead performances...
By Blair Jackson |
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Live Mix
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| BOOM THERAPY |
A five-day August heat wave has just broken, but temperatures are rising at the Tweeter Center Pavilion in Philadelphia. Earlier in the day, Lil John...
BY BILL MURPHY |
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| Less Than Jake |
Getting some “fresh air” before hitting the studio for their next album, Less Than Jake is out on the road with front-of-house engineer Brett...
by Dave Vann |
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| Lincoln Theater Upgrades |
Home to the Napa Valley Symphony, the Lincoln Theater (Yountville, Calif., www.lincolntheater.org)...
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| New Board Brings Smiles to CBGB |
Infamous New York club CBGB has been issued an eviction notice by its landlord, the Bowery Resident's Committee (BRC), after 32 years of business. A...
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| News |
The Amarillo Opera (Amarillo, TX) is now miking its opera singers with Lectrosonics Venue, a wireless system that helps search and reassign for available...
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| Now Playing |
Jesse McCartney Sound Company: Masque Sound FOH Engineer/Console: Lorne Grabe/Cadac R-Type Monitor Engineer/Console: James Good/Yamaha DM2000 P.A./Amps:...
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| On the Road |
Oasis Currently out supporting their Don't Believe the Truth release, Oasis is playing to packed amphitheaters in the U.S. and abroad. Sound is supplied...
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Recording Notes
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| JON BRION |
Friday nights here in L.A., producer Jon Brion hosts a (humorous) musical variety show at Cafe Largo. Improvisation, new tunes, oldies done with a devilish...
By Mr. Bonzai |
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| LUTHER VANDROSS' “HERE AND NOW” |
When Luther Vandross succumbed several months ago to the effects of a stroke that he suffered in 2003, the world lost a great singer and a top-tier tunesmith....
By Gary Eskow |
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| PRODUCER/ENGINEER MARK LINETT |
Call it the George Martin Syndrome: The famed producer enjoyed a glorious career spanning five decades and dozens of acts ranging from classical to comedy...
By Blair Jackson |
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Coast to Coast
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| L.A. GRAPEVINE |
I dropped in at The Cave, Billy Bob Thornton's Beverly Hills studio, to chat about Hobo, his latest release, only to find him working away on a whole...
by Maureen Droney |
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| NASHVILLE SKYLINE |
New Orleans may be a long day's drive from Nashville, but the double whammy of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita (and the influx of so many displaced musicians,...
by Rick Clark |
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| NEW YORK METRO |
To those who sniff at the recording scene in the state of New Jersey, that dreary-looking land Tony Soprano drives through on the way home, we say, “Ever...
by David Weiss |
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Insider Audio
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| Attack of the Pod People |
Okay, pop quiz: Podcasting is a) the next big thing; b) the current big thing; c) no big thing; or d) How the heck should I know? The correct answer...
BY PAUL D. LEHRMAN |
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Producer's Desk
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| John Shanks' Midas Touch |
John Shanks is one of the hottest pop producers around. For four years in Studio C at Los Angeles — based Henson Studios, the guitarist, songwriter...
BY BRYAN REESMAN |
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Tech's Files
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| Career Tips for Real-World Employment |
Beyond the traditional recording industry jobs, there are new opportunities each day, from newly emerging distribution channels to the explosion of digital...
By Scott Legere |
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| To School or Not to School |
For years, the November Mix has focused on audio education, and in the past, I've written on the subject as an outsider. However, after a year of part-time...
BY EDDIE CILETTI |
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From the Editor
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| We Say Goodbye…You Say Hello |
We don't often talk about our own here at Mix. In many ways, we consider our journalistic intent to be much the same as the producers and engineers we...
Tom Kenny Editor |
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Feedback
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| Letters to Mix |
WORKING WITH HISTORY Your article in the September Mix, “The 2005 TECnology Hall of Fame” was right on! Especially the piece on Western Electric/Bell...
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Current/Industry News
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| AN EXCESS OF GEAR FOR INXS |
Mark Burnett Productions' (Survivor, The Apprentice, Contender) RockStar:INXS, which searched for the next INXS lead singer (the winner, J.D. Fortune,...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| CALE VISITS OCEAN WAY |
John Cale (Velvet Underground producer/co-founder) completed his new album, blackAcetate, in Ocean Way Recording's (Hollywood) Studio B. Tracking took...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| CREATIVE COMMAND |
L.A. FACILITY TAKES IN A D-COMMAND Creative Domain (www.creativedomain.com) is the first...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| INDUSTRY NEWS |
JBL (Northridge, CA) appointed David Scheirman as VP of tour sound and Ted Leamy to VP of installed sound…William Antonace, Steve Horn and Roxanne...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| MARK YOUR CALENDARS! |
On Saturday, November 19, 2005, the AES L.A. section will host a technical workshop entitled “Here Come the Hits! Building a Project Studio”...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| ON THE MOVE |
Who: D. Dino Virella, principal of VirellaPro Sales & Marketing Main Responsibilities: sales and marketing of pro audio and MI product lines to resellers....
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| SCHEINER, MASSENBURG ‘TEACH’ BERKLEE STUDENTS |
In an environment where students are just as likely to memorize an album's production credits as its lyrics, the arrival of engineer/producer Elliot...
Marimikel Charier |
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| SOUND ON SOUND AND RIGHT TRACK MERGE |
Observers of the rapidly transforming New York City recording scene were probably intrigued — although not surprised — to discover that in...
David Weiss |
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| STUDENTS GET A DIGITAL UPGRADE |
In addition to a working studio, Boston's WERS-FM (www.wers.org) plays host to broadcasting students...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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On the Cover
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| Berklee College of Music |
The Berklee College of Music turned 60 years old this year, and there still isn't any school in the world quite like it. With more than 4,000 students,...
By Tom Kenny |
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General
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| A LION OF TRUTH |
Atlanta artist Tim Brantley recorded his second collection of piano-driven rock, The Lion of Truth, with producer/engineer Russ-T Cobb at Ruby Red Productions...
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| AES 2005 Big, Bigger, Best! |
The pre-show buzz? This AES was gonna be big. And despite constant rains and a (somewhat dubious) terrorist subway attack scare, the show delivered —...
BY THE MIX STAFF |
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| BARBER SHOP CUTS |
Ottawa, Ontario — based rock band Cherry Suede recently teamed with co-producer Rick Slater to record their debut disc, tentatively scheduled for...
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| Correction: |
In the Jessica Simpson caption in September's “Sessions and Studio News,” the console in The Village's Studio F is a Digidesign ICON and...
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| JOAN BAEZ ROCKS OUT |
Renowned folk singer Joan Baez spent the afternoon at Pyramind (www.pyramind.com), a San Francisco...
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| Kung Fu Bakery |
On a cozy commercial strip in Portland, Ore.'s southeast quadrant lies a nondescript brick building that houses two storefronts. Walk around the corner,...
BY RICH WELLS |
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| MODESTO SOUND STUDIO |
I don't know which would be more nerve-wracking for a high school student: auditioning in front of a group of stern music instructors or performing your...
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| SNOW IN BURBANK! |
Pioneering alt-country producer Pete Anderson (right) — known for his Grammy-winning work for Dwight Yoakam and records by Roy Orbison, k.d. lang,...
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| Speech and Song |
We all know that voice is king. Of the six instrument categories we've explored in our “Recording the Band” series, the voice is arguably...
BY KEVIN BECKA |
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| TEC AWARDS 2005 |
The Broadway Ballroom at the Marriott Marquis was sold out Saturday night, October 8, as the Mix Foundation presented the 21st annual Technical Excellence...
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| The Bravery |
New York City — based The Bravery is touring in support of their first album (self-recorded and produced), bringing the same post-punk sensibilities...
by Steve Jennings |
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| The Vocal Channel Processor |
In the pre-DAW world of music recording, a “channel strip” meant one thing to most engineers: one of the many narrow, vertical tactile interfaces...
BY STROTHER BULLINS |
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| Top 10 Live Sound Picks from AES |
With a renewed focus on live sound that included workshops on all aspects of production, AES returned to the Javits Center for its best showing yet....
BY MARK FRINK |
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| TRACK SHEET |
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA At Sunset Sound (Hollywood), Rick Rubin produced a new Dixie Chicks album with engineer Jim Scott and then oversaw Audioslave overdubs...
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