October 2007
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Technology
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| Adobe Audition 3 |
Adobe Audition has an impressive lineage, going back to its 1995 roots as Syntrillium Software's Cool Edit program. A shareware version of the full-on...
BY GEORGE PETERSEN |
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| AES New Product Preview |
FAIRLIGHT XYNERGI The groundbreaking Xynergi media production center from Fairlight (www.fairlightau.com)...
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| Apple Logic Studio |
If Moore's Law could be extrapolated into software, it would never hold truer than with the release of Apple's Logic Studio. The new bundle includes...
BY DEVON SPRINGFIELD |
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| Blue Woodpecker Active Ribbon Mic |
You've got to hand it to Blue Microphones. Hands down, this company has changed the face of audio's front end with mic designs that use plenty of color,...
BY KEVIN BECKA |
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| Dangerous Music D-Box DAW Interface |
The Dangerous Music D-Box is a “greatest-hits” compilation that distills the company's existing product line into a single-rackspace unit....
BY BARRY RUDOLPH |
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| Holophone H3-D Surround Microphone |
Since debuting the H2-PRO 7.1 microphone in 2004, Holophone has released two other surround mics, both 5.1 with embedded LFE transducers: the H4 SuperMINI...
BY KEVIN BECKA |
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| Inward Connections VacRac TSL-3 Limiter |
In 1995, Steve Firlotte and Steve Barker designed the Inward Connections all-tube VacRac, a modular system that integrated the company's TMP mic preamp,...
BY MICHAEL COOPER |
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| Products You Won't See at AES |
Every year, the AES show spotlights the latest gear and cutting-edge technologies. However, several significant new products didn't get space on the...
BY GEORGE PETERSEN |
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| Roland RSS V-Mixing System |
These days in live sound, making the jump to a 48-channel digital mixing system has been well outside the financial reach of many regional sound companies,...
BY SARAH JONES |
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| Solid State Logic XLogic Alpha Channel |
In the past couple of years, manufacturers such as Solid State Logic (SSL) and Neve have recognized the pent-up demand in mid-level markets for the sound...
BY MICHAEL COOPER |
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| Steinberg Nuendo 4 |
In the three years since its release, Steinberg's Nuendo 3 workstation has become renowned for its flexibility, intuitiveness and high-quality audio...
BY TONY NUNES |
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| Studio Network Solutions Postmap |
The ability to house and reliably share audio on a wide variety of storage formats has been a boon for audio pros working in post, game production, mastering...
BY KEVIN BECKA |
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Live Mix
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| FixIt |
Sound designer Richard Brooker on finding a balance between high-energy pop numbers and dialog for new musical Never Forget: The songs are well-known,...
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| Martina McBride |
Life on the road as a touring artist or an in-demand engineer can wreak havoc on one's personal life — if that person gets to have one at all —...
By Heather Johnson |
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| Meyer Sound Reinforces KOOZA |
Meyer Sound has been chosen as the Official Sound Equipment Supplier for the new Cirque du Soleil show, KOOZA, which debuted in April in Montréal....
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| News |
Diana Krall just wrapped up a U.S. tour with longtime front-of-house engineer Dave Lawler, whose Docktrdave Audio Inc. purchased a Soundcraft Vi6 digital...
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| Now Playing |
The Cribs FOH Engineer/Board: Michael Parker/house-provided (spec Midas H3000/XL4) P.A./Amps: house-provided Outboard Gear: dbx 160A, Drawmer 201, Lexicon...
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| On the Road |
Aerosmith Perennial rockers Aerosmith have just finished up a tour of South America and Europe with front-of-house engineer Jim Ebdon. Crew and band...
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| Rush |
Rush (vocalist/bassist Geddy Lee, guitarist Alex Lifeson, drummer Neal Peart) is out on a large-scale U.S. tour with gear provided by Clair Bros., including...
by Steve Jennings |
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Recording Notes
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| BOW WOW WOW'S “I WANT CANDY” |
One of the catchiest and most unconventional pop hits in the early 1980s was “I Want Candy,” the British band Bow Wow Wow's spunky, percussion-heavy...
By Bryan Reesman |
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| COOL SPINS |
Bettye Lavette The Scene of the Crime(Anti) We last heard from Bettye Lavette in '05 when she released her Anti debut, I've Got My Own Hell to Raise....
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| PAUL MCCARTNEY |
Few producers get a second round recording Paul McCartney; other than George Martin, that distinction belongs to David Kahne (Sugar Ray, Sublime, Kelly...
By Matt Hurwitz |
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| PERRY FARRELL |
Perry Farrell thinks big. The former front man for the ground-breaking and highly influential Jane's Addiction and, later, Porno for Pyros always thinks...
By Chris J. Walker |
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| THE WHITE STRIPES |
Working with two musicians and 16 analog tracks sounded like heaven to engineer/producer Joe Chiccarelli when he first got the call to work on the White...
By David John Farinella |
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Coast to Coast
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| l.a. grapevine |
The year 1977 was, shall we say, a “transitional period” around the L.A. music scene. On the plus side, the most popular studios were booked...
by Bud Scoppa |
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| nashville skyline |
Nashville 1977: Stalwarts like George Jones, Mel Tillis, Loretta Lynn, Conway Twitty and Charley Pride were still cranking out Number One hits, as were...
by Rick Clark |
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| new york metro |
You'd be kidding yourself if you said the recording industry didn't look a lot different in 2007 from the way it did in 1977. The music output from the...
by David Weiss |
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Insider Audio
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| The Secrets of NIME |
There's an old adage in chemistry: Once you find the “perfect solvent” — a substance that can dissolve anything — what do you...
BY PAUL D. LEHRMAN |
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Mix Interview
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| Quincy Jones |
The storied, six-decade career of Quincy Jones has been so expansive it defies description: He is a true modern renaissance man who has seemingly done...
BY BLAIR JACKSON |
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From the Editor
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| AES — A Gathering of Idea-Driven Minds |
I'm writing this on the sixth anniversary of the tragedy we now refer to as 9/11, with its repercussions that changed the nation and the world. Recalling...
George Petersen |
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Feedback
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| Letters to Mix |
DON'T FORGET YOUR IN-EARS! I just read “Pushing the Limits of Native Processing” (July 2007), which says, “I couldn't daisy-chain two...
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Current/Industry News
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| 2007 TEC AWARDS TO FEATURE ALL-STAR CAST |
The 23rd Annual Technical Excellence & Creativity Awards, presented by the Mix Foundation for Excellence in Audio, will be held Saturday, October 6,...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| BETA STUDIO GETS OUT OF BETA |
Los Angeles welcomed another studio: BETA Studio within the BETA Records' (www.betarecords.com)...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| BOOKSHELF |
Mix “Insider Audio” columnist Paul Lehrman's The Insider Audio Bathroom Reader features a compilation of Lehrman's favorite columns. Lehrman...
George Petersen |
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| CALREC BOUGHT |
D&M Holdings has acquired Calrec Audio Limited, placing D&M more prominently in the broadcast market. D&M Holdings has also targeted expansion in other...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| DANIEL LANOIS TURNS FILMMAKER |
“The mystery of the recording studio is what keeps me coming back. Many rewards have come to me through this laboratory. It is my temple, my domain,...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| DON'T MIND THE CONSTRUCTION |
Entertainment industry leaders joined by Texas State Representative Dawnna Dukes, Texas State Senator Robert Deuell, M.D. and Director of the Texas Film...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| INDUSTRY NEWS |
Trew Audio (Nashville) named Richard Rosing executive VP/CFO…Filling the newly created position of VP, technology and business development at Stanton...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| INTERNATIONAL STUDIO UPDATE |
3:3:2 STUDIO Located in the Puerto Madero neighborhood in Buenos Aires, Argentina, 3:3:2 Studio was designed and built by the Walters-Storyk Design Group;...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| JOHN STEPHENS, 1930-2007 |
Recording innovator John Stephens, founder of Stephens Electronics, passed away at age 76. As the first 3M 8-tracks came to market, Stephens developed...
George Petersen |
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| NOTES FROM THE NET |
ESESSION ENHANCES SITE New additions to the Web-based collaborative music recording/mixing/project management eSessions include 128-bit SSL-encryption...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| NOTES FROM THE P&E WING |
In 2003, in an effort to simplify life for those who record and mix music, the Producers & Engineers Wing developed the “Pro Tools Session Guidelines...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| ON THE MOVE |
Who: Scott Schumer, BLUE Microphones VP, global sales Main responsibilities: bringing the same creative spark to the business of selling and partnering...
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 on these select articles — plus much more online:...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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On the Cover
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| Roc the Mic Studios |
Bearing the trademark prefix of hip hop impresario Jay-Z's Roc-a-Fella Records, the brand-new Roc the Mic Studios in New York City caters to the label's...
By Janice Brown |
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General
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| 10 Technology Movements |
Audio pros have never been afraid to embrace the future, and the past three decades marked an era of enormous technological upheaval. 1977 was a significant...
By George Petersen |
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| 1977-2007 30 People |
Murray Allen Big Band to Game Audio, The Consummate Pro Murray Allen was a musician first. A child prodigy. Played all the reeds in a bunch of Big Bands....
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| Capturing the Stage Soundscape |
At first glance, a deranged elderly woman and her equally afflicted middle-aged daughter might not seem the likeliest central characters in a musical,...
BY GARY ESKOW |
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| fleetwood mac at the record plant |
Initial sessions for Fleetwood Mac's smash Rumours album took place in Studio B of The Record Plant in Sausalito, Calif., in '76 and '77. Richard Dashut...
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| joe tarsia's sigma sound |
In 1977, Joe Tarsia's Sigma Sound were going strong in Philadelphia and New York City. The photo of Tarsia (left) was taken in the Philadelphia Studio...
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| MEMORIES FROM THE ROAD |
STRANGER IN THE ROOM While working as a sound designer on the Las Vegas production of LOVE, I was sitting in Abbey Road Studios listening with Sir George...
Compiled by Sarah Benzuly |
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| New York '77 |
Yankee Stadium, October 18, 1977. “Reg-gie! Reg-gie! Reg-gie!” The chant builds louder and louder in the cavernous stadium as Yankee slugger...
BY BLAIR JACKSON |
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| THE BEASTIE BOYS |
Mike “Mike D” Diamond, Adam “MCA” Yauch and Adam “Ad-Rock” Horovitz — otherwise known as the Beastie Boys —...
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| the birth (and death) of ultrasonic studios |
Life is full of coincidences. It just so happens that 1977 was also the year that Jay Gallagher and George Hallowell founded Ultrasonic Studios in New...
BY BARBARA SCHULTZ |
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| The Maestro & The Masterpiece |
Excitement rippled through the world of classical music as news spread of the discovery of the long-lost 1735 Hart Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesù violin....
BY NICK PAGANO |
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| Time Keeps on Slippin', Slippin', Slippin'… |
Pass the bubbly, it's our birthday! Which sounds older — 30 years or three decades? Either way, it's an impressive number, and we're proud to have...
Blair Jackson |
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