September 2004
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Technology
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| AKG C414B-XLS and C414B-XL II Microphones |
Since 1971, the original C 414 Comb's birth date, AKG has upgraded, optimized and improved this studio standard's specs and feature set when better electronic...
BY BARRY RUDOLPH |
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| Audio Products for Film/Video |
HOLOPHONE H2-PRO UPGRADE The Holophone (www.holophone.com) H2-PRO multichannel surround microphone...
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| Bag End INFRASUB-12 Pro Powered Subwoofer |
Bag End has been making speakers and subwoofers for nearly three decades, creating its first sub in 1986 that went down to 30 Hz and then building an...
BY JOE HANNIGAN |
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| Chandler Ltd./Abbey Road Passive TG Channel |
The Chandler and Abbey Road crews have created another collectable classic, the Passive TG Channel. The single-rackspace unit contains a mic preamp and...
BY BARRY RUDOLPH |
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| M-Audio Octane Mic Preamp, A/D Converter |
The world is full of sound cards and other digital Lightpipe-capable devices waiting to be unlocked to the analog realm. M-Audio has answered that need...
BY NICK BATZDORF |
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| Royer Labs SF-24 Stereo Ribbon Mic |
What's better than a stereo ribbon microphone? In the case of the new Royer SF-24, the answer is a stereo ribbon microphone with plenty of output gain...
BY KEVIN BECKA |
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| Tools of the Trade |
NEW APPLE G5S The latest and fastest G5s are now available from Apple (www.apple.com), with every...
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| Upgrades and Updates |
Yamaha (www.yamaha.com/proaudio) offers V. 2 software for the 01V96 digital console as a...
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| Yamaha PM1D Digital Console |
The Yamaha PM1D is the most flexible, powerful and reliable large-format digital console for live production available today. Having said that, I'm sure...
BY JACK HAYBACK |
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Sound for Picture
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| Four Channels of Audio, One Piece of Film |
Currently, 35mm release prints delivered for exhibition typically contain four soundtracks: Analog stereo, usually recorded with Dolby SR that can be...
Maureen Droney |
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| Music by Many |
Music supervisor Vicki Hiatt previously worked with director Michael Mann on Heat and Ali. “Michael brings a lot of people into the mix,”...
Maureen Droney |
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| Quality Screening, Four at a Time |
The hottest place in Los Angeles to see and hear a movie isn't open to the public. It's NT Audio's patent-pending state-of-the-art theater. That's where...
By Maureen Droney |
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| Shark Tale: A Different Kind of Fish Story |
Okay, let's get the comparisons out of the way right up front. DreamWorks' new Shark Tale doesn't have much in common with Finding Nemo except that it...
By Blair Jackson |
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| Sounds of L.A. Propel Collateral |
Collateral, directed by three-time Academy Award nominee Michael Mann and starring Tom Cruise and Jamie Foxx, is a dark thriller with a psychological...
By Maureen Droney |
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Live Mix
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| Diana Krall |
Combining a seductive voice with superlative piano skills, Diana Krall has risen to the top of the jazz world. Krall, together with Norah Jones, accounts...
By Candace Horgan |
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| FixIt |
Kevin SanfordKevin Sanford is owner and founder of wireless equipment rental company Wireless First. Sanford and his team have successfully executed...
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| Music@Menlo Live |
Mix spoke with Grammy Award® — winning producer Da-Hong Seetoo, who is returning to record the Music@Menlo festival...
by Steve Jennings |
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| Narrowing Down on ‘Zumanity’ |
Opened at the New York-New York Hotel & Casino's 1,259-seat Zumanity Theatre with sound design created by Jonathan Deans, Cirque du Soleil's Zumanity...
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| New Sound Reinforcement Products |
A-T AT898 CARDIOID LAVALIER Intended for high-quality, low-profile operation, Audio-Technica's (www.audiotechnica.com)...
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| News |
Digidesign (Daly City, CA) supported the recent Bonnaroo Festival (Manchester, TN), providing mobile units from recording production company Third Wave...
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| Now Playing |
Drowning Pool Sound Company: Gemini Sound (Dallas) FOH Engineer/Console: Stephen Shaw/Midas Venice 32 Monitor Engineer/Console: House-provided P.A./Amps:...
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| On the Road |
Ryan Cecil Aimee Mann's monitor engineer Ryan Cecil is no stranger to intimate singer/songwriters — his resume includes Norah Jones, Rufus Wainwright...
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Recording Notes
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| BEN HARPER & THE BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA |
Ben Harper is standing in front of the vintage Neve 8068 console at Capitol Studios' Studio B feeding lyrics to Blind Boy of Alabama Clarence Fountain....
By David John Farinella |
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| Cool Spins |
Eric Ambel: Knucklehead (Lakeside Lounge) Besides being a top-notch producer (Bottle Rockets, Nils Lofgren, Mary's Corvette), engineer and one of the...
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| LOGGINS & MESSINA'S “VAHEVALA” |
Even though Loggins & Messina scored only three Top 40 hits — hard to believe for those who grew up listening to them — the duo made an awful...
By Robyn Flans |
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| SINGER/SONGWRITER NELLIE McKAY |
“I like Doris Day, she's a good person,” says Nellie McKay (pronounced “Mc-KIGH”) of one of her vocal icons. “I'm a member...
By Matt Hurwitz |
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Insider Audio
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| Out of the Garden |
The other day at a party for a soprano friend (she's a singer, that is, and not a member of a certain family), I found myself performing with several...
BY PAUL D. LEHRMAN |
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Producer's Desk
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| Richard Marx |
Richard Marx recently copped a Song of the Year Grammy for “Dance With My Father,” a song he co-wrote with Luther Vandross. But if, in your...
BY GARY ESKOW |
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Mix Masters
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| Alan Meyerson |
It took a while to catch up with top music scoring mixer Alan Meyerson. This year was less than half over and already he'd been behind the board for...
BY MAUREEN DRONEY |
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Project Studio
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| Inon Zur |
Music composers live deep in the heart of game development, working with the finest gear and a host of talented programmers and producers. Although original...
BY BREEAN LINGLE |
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Bitstream
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| Pedant In a Big Box: Part Five |
“Bitstream” columnist Oliver Masciarotte once again scours his audio data dictionary to come up with another round of today's top IT terms...
BY OLIVER MASCIAROTTE |
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Tech's Files
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| More Than Just a Chip Swap |
As I discussed in the last issue, the topic of IC op amp upgrades generates many questions. But those in search of answers may find what they seek by...
BY EDDIE CILETTI |
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From the Editor
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| The Singer and the Song (and the Engineer and the Psychologist) |
The May 2004 Mix focused on “The New Means of Production.” To counterbalance all of the technology in that issue, the closing page featured...
George Petersen Editorial Director |
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Feedback
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| Letters to Mix |
THE DOPPLER EFFECT During the years, I have looked to Mix for factual and up-to-date articles on the recording business and I would say in general that...
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Current/Industry News
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| 615 MUSIC TURNS 20 |
615 Music celebrated its 20th anniversary in New York City at the 2004 PROMAX & BDA Conference (June 23-25, 2004). Commenting on the company's achievement,...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| DAVID BAKER, 1946-2004 |
Grammy Award — winning engineer/producer David Baker died in his sleep on July 14, 2004. Baker had recorded for ECM, Enja, Blue Note, Atlantic,...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| FORT WORTH: WHERE THE WILD WEST MEETS CREATURE COMFORTS |
Digital Post & Production (www.digipostpro.com) spent the past three years constructing its...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| FROM ALASKA WITH A/V SAN |
With nationwide clients and satellite locations in Orange County, Calif., and Washington, D.C., Mirror Studios (Anchorage, Alaska,
Breean Lingle |
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| HIDING OUT AT HYDE STREET |
Hyde Street Studios (San Francisco) had a six-week lockout with San Francisco Bay Area-based Brigitte DeMeyer and musicians Darryl Jones (bass); guitarists...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| INDUSTRY NEWS |
NRG Recording (Los Angeles) named Ashley Arrison as studio manager…Announced at Summer NAMM, Bert Tunks was promoted to president of independent...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| JERRY GOLDSMITH, 1929-2004 |
Academy Award — winning composer Jerry Goldsmith died on July 21 in his Beverly Hills, Calif., home after a long battle with cancer. Goldsmith,...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| MALEKPOUR FORMS DISTRIBUTION FIRM |
Audio Exchange International (AXI, Rockland, Mass.) has been formed by Dave Malekpour of Professional Audio Design to distribute high-end U.S.- and European-based...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| NOTES FROM THE NET |
RIAA TO CERTIFY MUSIC DOWNLOADS The RIAA announced that it will award Gold, Platinum and multi-Platinum certificates to digital downloads from legit...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| ON THE MOVE |
Who: Stuart DeMarais, Fairlight worldwide sales and marketing director Main responsibilities: manage day-to-day commercial activities of the company....
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| POST FACILITIES SHOW STRONG GROWTH WITH AUDIO UPGRADES |
BSKYB, LONDON BskyB's audio post department has purchased seven Fairlight Satellite workstations; the sale, systems integration and support were supplied...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| YOU'VE GOT MAIL, STUDIO CENTER! |
Customizing the audio greetings for AOL 9.0 Optimized SE was the largest single project in the 38-year history of Studio Center Worldwide Audio (Norfolk,...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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On the Cover
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| RavensWork |
As a business entity, RavensWork, one of the industry's leading post-production facilities, stands out among the art galleries, boutiques and cosmopolitan-casual...
By Heather Johnson |
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General
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| 2004 Voter's Guide |
This is your chance to vote for the best audio products and projects of the past year. Beginning on page 66 are five pages of nominee descriptions. Please...
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| Alter Bridge |
Alter Bridge, an Orlando, Fla. — based newly signed rock act on Wind-Up Records, faces the universal challenge encountered by bands releasing a...
BY STROTHER BULLINS |
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| Care and Feeding Of Ribbon Mics |
We recording engineers often swap stories about tough lessons we've learned: We remember when we didn't record a rehearsal that was the best performance....
By Wes Dooley |
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| L.A. Open |
It was another gorgeous day at the Malibu Country Club, as an almost sold-out field gathered to play a round of golf at the Ninth Annual Mix L.A. Open,...
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| Recording Vocals |
“Finding the right mic is like finding the right lover,” says New York-based producer/engineer/studio owner Steve Rosenthal. “Because...
BY BLAIR JACKSON |
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| Ribbon Mics in Action |
Using ribbon mics in the initial recording of percussion tracks can definitely make life easier when it comes to mastering a recording. Here's how it...
By Bruce Swedien |
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| Ribbon Renaissance |
Everything old is new again. When ribbon mics emerged in the 1930s, their “natural” sound, directional characteristics and noise-reduction...
BY SARAH JONES |
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| Sarah McLachlah |
Since appearing on the music scene in 1988, singer/songwriter Sarah McLachlan has won the hearts of legions of devoted fans. This time around, McLachlan...
by Steve Jennings |
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| Summer NAMM 2004 |
From July 23-25, 2004, some 20,000 music and sound pros dropped by Music City for the final appearance of the Nashville Summer NAMM. After a successful...
By George Petersen and Kevin Becka |
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| Weird Ribbon Mic Tricks |
A ribbon mic in front of a kick drum is a recipe for disaster, as the drum's enormous air pressure can instantly distort/destroy the mic's sensitive...
George Petersen |
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