October 2006
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Technology
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| Audiokinetic Wwise |
Those of us who create sound for videogames long for tools that make more efficient use of our time and resources. Videogames have been in existence...
BY MICHEL HENEIN |
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| Beyerdynamic Headzone |
Offering a solution for monitoring and mixing 5.1 surround audio using standard-technology headphones is beyerdynamic's (
BY GEORGE PETERSEN |
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| Dolby DP600 Program Optimizer |
The DP600 Program Optimizer from Dolby (www.dolby.com) is the world's first intelligent file-based...
BY GEORGE PETERSEN |
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| Fairlight Dream II |
In describing an ideal audio workstation, users want maximum power and speed from a system that's forward- and backward-compatible, versatile, expandable...
BY GEORGE PETERSEN |
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| Focusrite Liquid Mix EQ/Compressor |
The same patented Dynamic Convolution™ emulation technology developed by Sintefex Ltd. for Focusrite's popular Liquid Channel...
BY BARRY RUDOLPH |
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| JBL LSR4328P Self-Powered Monitors |
While speaker systems continue to provide more accurate reproduction as technology evolves, one element remains the same: physics. A great speaker in...
BY BOBBY FRASIER |
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| Korby Kat 4 Tube Microphone System |
In the auto world, a convertible means the ability to pop the top and have some fun, and it's no different in the mic world. Boutique microphone company...
BY KEVIN BECKA |
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| RND Dynam-izer Compression Plug-In |
Dynam-izer is one of six new plug-ins from Roger Nichols Digital (RND), which now acts as the exclusive distributor and licensee of Elemental Audio products,...
BY BARRY RUDOLPH |
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| Solid State Logic Duality |
Traditionally associated with high-end consoles, Solid State Logic (www.solid-state-logic.com;...
BY GEORGE PETERSEN |
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| Tascam DM-3200 Digital Mixing Console |
With the DM-3200, Tascam clearly demonstrates how far digital audio has come in the past few years. The DM-3200 incorporates a 48-channel audio mixer...
BY STEVE LA CERRA |
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Sound for Picture
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| A Scanner Darkly |
Drug-induced paranoia: If you want to know what it looks like, ask A Scanner Darkly director Richard Linklater and his team of rotoscoping animators....
By Matt Hurwitz |
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| Good Night, and Good Luck |
For their critically acclaimed film, Good Night, and Good Luck, co-producers George Clooney and Grant Heslov wanted the activity on the CBS Radford Stage...
By Heather Johnson |
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Live Mix
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| FixIt |
For Shakira's current tour, FOH engineer Brad Madix (Def Leppard, Queensryche, Psychedelic Furs, Marilyn Manson, Rush) is using a Digidesign VENUE in...
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| Heil Sound Gets Inducted |
Cleveland's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum (www.rockhall.com) has added new artifacts from...
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| Joan Jett |
With its two main stages and several smaller ones, the Vans Warped Tour 2006 makes for non-stop music. Among the many artists on the tour (Anti-Flag,...
by Steve Jennings |
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| News |
A new sound reinforcement system at the Stadium Theatre in Woonsocket, RI, features a Mackie Onyx 4880 house mixing console and EAW AX396 mains, AX122...
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| Now Playing |
Lamb of God Sound Company: Eighth Day Sound (Highland Heights, Ohio) FOH Engineer/Console: Bozz Porter/Yamaha PM5DRH Monitor Engineer/Console: Dennis...
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| On the Road |
Todd Harris The godfather of soul, James Brown, was out touring the majority of the summer, playing to mid-sized venues; his tour wrapped up in late...
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Recording Notes
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| COOL SPINS |
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys Legends of Country Music(Columbia/Legacy) I've gone through Bob Wills periods before — about once every decade...
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| EN VOGUE'S “MY LOVIN' (YOU'RE NEVER GONNA GET IT)” |
When producers Denzil Foster and Tommy McElroy turned in Funky Divas, En Vogue's triple-Platinum sophomore album, to their record label, executives didn't...
By Heather Johnson |
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| JOHN MAYER |
About 45 minutes into the first date of the John Mayer Trio tour at The Fillmore in San Francisco last fall, the singer/guitar player stepped up to the...
By David John Farinella |
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| MADELEINE PEYROUX |
It took eight years for soulful jazz artist Madeleine Peyroux to follow her acclaimed Atlantic debut, Dreamland, an insightful piece that had critics...
By Heather Johnson |
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Coast to Coast
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| L.A. GRAPEVINE |
At Radio Recorders, located on the corner of Santa Monica Boulevard and Orange Avenue, an ongoing effort is underway to restore the oldest studio in...
by Bud Scoppa |
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| NASHVILLE SKYLINE |
Whenever I bop over to East Nashville, I invariably end up at the local coffee shop hang called Bongo Java. It is probably the best place to meet some...
by Rick Clark |
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| NEW YORK METRO |
The technical importance of having a great console in a control room has arguably shifted in the past several years, but the emotional significance has...
by David Weiss |
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Insider Audio
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| Surrounding the Audience |
In last month's column, I looked at some of the issues involved in putting together surround mixes for live sports events through the eyes of Phil Adler,...
BY PAUL D. LEHRMAN |
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Producer's Desk
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| Jeff Glixman |
Before producer Jeff Glixman had even set foot on the other side of the glass, it seemed his fate was sealed. During Glixman's performing days —...
BY DAVID JOHN FARINELLA |
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Project Studio
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| Singer Studio V7 |
Twenty-three years ago, Scott Singer was a recent graduate of San Francisco State University — a composer/musician/recordist who was drawn to the...
BY BARBARA SCHULTZ |
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Tech's Files
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| Installation Basics |
In any installation, the fundamentals are the same: Wiring may be the most obvious factor, but it's just one consideration. First and foremost, when...
BY EDDIE CILETTI |
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From the Editor
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| Welcome to AES SF — Just Don't Call it “Frisco” |
If you're one of the fortunate members of the pro audio community attending this month's AES show, welcome to San Francisco. If you want to blend in...
George Petersen Editorial Director |
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Feedback
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| Letters to Mix |
ODE TO A FRIEND I was sorry to read of the passing of Stephen St.Croix in the June issue of Mix. Stephen had already begun writing his column for Mix...
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Current/Industry News
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| BOOKSHELF |
Mix contributing editor Heather Johnson has released If These Halls Could Talk: A Historical Tour Through San Francisco Recording Studios, in which leading...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| INDUSTRY NEWS |
Aviom (West Chester, PA) co-founder Tom Costello has been appointed COO; Tom Knesel was promoted to national field sales manager. The company also announced...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| JANES GETS NARAS NOD |
Producer/engineer/guitarist Roland Janes (pictured at right with Jon Hornyak, senior executive director of the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences,...
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...
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| NEW SERVICES |
Nashville-based Runway Network (www.runwaynetwork.com/mastering) now offers mastering...
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| NOTES FROM THE PRODUCERS & ENGINEERS WING OF THE RECORDING ACADEMY |
Often, when you ask an audio engineer what his or her most important piece of equipment is, the reply will be, “My ears!” It's a good answer;...
BY MAUREEN DRONEY |
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| ON THE MOVE |
Who: Paul Hugo, PreSonus executive VP Main responsibilities: manage product development process, refine customer interface elements, build our brand...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| PETIT PRODUCES MCCLAIN |
George Walker Petit recently produced a debut CD by multi-Emmy Award — winning daytime TV actress Cady McClain (All My Children, As the World Turns)....
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| TEC AWARDS UPDATE |
Will Lee will host the 22nd Annual Technical Excellence & Creativity Awards, to be held Saturday, October 7, 2006, at the Hilton San Francisco. Lee,...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| THE BEAUTY WITHIN |
Surrounded by magnificent views of rolling hills, sunsets and wildlife, Banquet Studios' (Sebastopol, Calif.;
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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On the Cover
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| Talking House Productions |
Records are now tracked at a home in Malibu and mixed in a cottage in upstate New York. Scores are prepped on a laptop in Miami, brought to a Czech stage...
By Tom Kenny |
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General
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| 11th Annual Mix L.A. Open |
It was another beautiful day at Malibu Country Club as the audio industry came to play at the 11th Annual Mix L.A. Open last June and support the causes...
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| Bay Area Legends |
MONSTERS OF RAWK METALLICA Photo credit: Anton Corbin While the majority of metal heads in the early '80s looked toward the burgeoning rock scene in...
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| BLUE SEVEN AUDIO |
Christopher Scott Cooper has spent 10 years engineering at The Annex, but he also runs his own project room in the East Bay. Blue Seven Audio (Fremont,...
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| BROKEN RADIO |
Engineer/producer/mixer Matt Boudreau's Broken Radio studio (Emeryville, Calif.; www.brokenradio.com)...
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| CORRECTION |
In the David Hewitt “Mix Interview” (September 2006), SIA Acoustics was incorrectly identified as SIA Software. Also, Remote Recording is...
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| From Scarface To Simlish |
The San Francisco Bay Area was the birthplace of the personal computer revolution and also a primary starting point for the computer videogame industry....
By Blair Jackson |
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| McCune Sound |
For many local crews, the events and installs are their calling cards. This also holds true for McCune Sound (San Francisco,
BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| new products guide |
Welcome to AES! The product information in this guide was supplied by the manufacturers. Specs, prices and availability may change, so readers should...
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| Pink Martini |
Bringing together the musical sensibilities of Cuban jazz, classical chamber music and film scores, 12-piece Pink Martini is playing mid-sized halls...
by Steve Jennings (except where noted) |
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| RECOMBINANT MEDIA LABS |
“We're cultivating methodologies for an A/V institute of experiential engineering,” says Recombinant Media Labs (
Sarah Jones |
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| Red Hot Chili Peppers |
After 16 years of mixing sound for the Red Hot Chili Peppers, you'd think Dave Rat would be a little tired of the band. But nothing could be further...
By Keith Clark |
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| SF SOUNDWORKS |
High-end, three-room facility SF Soundworks (San Francisco, www.sfsoundworks.com) is making...
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| Steve Miller |
The history of Steve Miller and the Steve Miller Band is not just his story, but also the story of rock 'n' roll and the technology that has driven both...
BY CRAIG DALTON |
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| THE ANNEX |
American-born jazz keyboardist Rhoda Scott has lived in France for 30 years, but her recent tour took her through Northern California, and included time...
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| The New Face of Audio |
Welcome to new monthly column “AudioNext,” which is devoted to making sense of the ever-so-burgeoning categories of digitally distributed...
BY ALEXANDER BRANDON |
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| The Outer Limits Of Portability |
Back in February of 2004, Mix put the Apple G5 to the test, including the playback of DSP-intensive instruments while recording a live band, support...
By Kevin Becka |
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| TINY TELEPHONE |
Recent sessions at John Vanderslice's Neve 5316 — centered indie Mecca, Tiny Telephone (San Francisco, www.tinytelephone.com),...
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