September 2006
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Technology
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| AMS Neve 8816 16×2 Summing Mixer |
Newest in AMS Neve's 88 Series outboard line is the long-awaited 8816 16×2 summing mixer. But “summing mixer” is a misnomer because...
BY BARRY RUDOLPH |
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| Cakewalk SONAR 5 Producer Edition |
It was just two years ago when Cakewalk released SONAR 4 to rave reviews. SONAR 4 concentrated heavily on surround, boasted a 32-bit audio engine and...
BY TONY NUNES |
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| Grace Design m802 Remote-Controlled Preamp |
When I first opened the box containing a review unit from Grace Design, I thought that it would be difficult for the company to improve upon its original...
BY JOE HANNIGAN |
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| Native Instruments Kore Plug-In Host |
A music system that integrates hardware and software can be a beautiful thing. The components in Kore are not a radical innovation, but Native Instruments...
BY JIM AIKIN |
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| Solid State Logic X-Rack Dynamics Module |
Most mortals can't afford a Solid State Logic XL 9000 K Series console (a 48-channel frame is in the high six figures), but the same SuperAnalogue processing...
BY MICHAEL COOPER |
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| Symbolic Sound Kyma System |
Symbolic Sound's Kyma System has been called “the most powerful sound design workstation on the planet,” but getting the most from it can...
BY DENNIS MILLER |
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| Tools of the Trade |
AMS-NEVE8801/8802 PRODUCER PACK Based on the channel strip design of AMS-Neve's 88RS (www.ams-neve.com),...
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| Upgrades and Updates |
Kjaerhus Audio (www.kjaerhusaudio.com) has released an update of Spectra, the synthesizer...
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Sound for Picture
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| Beau Hunks and The Little Rascals |
“Good Old Days,” “Dash and Dot,” “On to the Show,” “Bells.” Nearly every person on the planet knows these...
By Matt Hurwitz |
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| Composer Alex Wurman |
During his 15 years in Los Angeles, the versatile composer Alex Wurman, who deftly and seamlessly integrates traditional orchestrations, electronic elements...
By Bud Scoppa |
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| Shawn Clement |
During the past four decades, some talented guitar players have passed through Mr. C's Music Store, including Jeff “Skunk” Baxter and the...
By Gary Eskow |
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Live Mix
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| FixIt |
Rat Sound Systems' Dave Rat is working a 32-channel Midas Verona out on the Red Hot Chili Peppers' European TV and radio promotion tour. For his mixing...
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| Foo Fighters |
The Foo Fighters played a two-night run at the Berkeley Community Theatre (Berkeley, Calif.; mid-July 2006) for their acoustic tour. Rat Sound is providing...
by Steve Jennings |
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| Martin Audio Brings Old Blue Eyes to Life |
Designed by Autograph Sound's Nick Lidster, the “Virtual Sinatra” live show at the London Palladium has been made possible by the discovery...
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| News |
DiGiCo is incorporating DiGiCo LLC into DiGiCo UK Limited as a wholly owned subsidiary; the U.S. team of Alan Nichols and Taidus Vallandi remain…The...
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| Now Playing |
Toni Braxton Sound Company: Rat Sound (Oxnard, Calif.) FOH Engineer/Console: to be named/DiGiCo D5 Monitor Engineer/Console: Mike Jones/DiGiCo D5 P.A./Amps:...
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| On the Road |
Pearl Jam Flying high on the success of their long-overdue self-titled album, Pearl Jam is on the road, hitting stadiums along the U.S. Mix caught up...
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Recording Notes
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| DJ LOGIC'S TURNTABLE ZEN |
DJ Logic has taken his axe down avenues few would have imagined. Redefining the role of the turntablist, Logic performs with guitarist Vernon Reid in...
By Robin Tolleson |
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| RAY PARKER JR.'S “GHOSTBUSTERS” |
By the time Ray Parker Jr. hit the top of the charts in 1984 with that instantly infectious slice of R&B/pop fluff called “Ghostbusters”...
By Blair Jackson |
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| THE YELOWJACKETS AT 25 |
Back in 1981, The Police were in full flush, the recently murdered John Lennon was still being mourned and on the charts with a pair of hits, and Kool...
By Gary Eskow |
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Coast to Coast
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| L.A. GRAPEVINE |
Over the years, veteran bands fall into certain patterns in their collective creative processes. What often starts out as an idiosyncratic approach born...
by Bud Scoppa |
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| NASHVILLE SKYLINE |
I've always been a hardcore geek for revved-up Anglo pop/rock. I'm probably one of the only Cheap Trick fans to like their noisy, Jack Douglas —...
by Rick Clark |
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| NEW YORK METRO |
Poking around for New York City audio pros who understand sound-for-picture? Actually, in Manhattan and the surrounding boroughs, it's much easier these...
by David Weiss |
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Insider Audio
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| The Surround Game |
A few years ago, the chief engineer at one of the busiest audio post houses in Boston, a multiroom facility that does mostly TV commercials and hosts...
BY PAUL D. LEHRMAN |
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Producer's Desk
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| Scott Billington |
Since its beginning in 1970, Rounder Records has been one of the country's preeminent labels for regional and roots music. It is home for the hugely...
BY RICK CLARK |
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Mix Interview
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| David Hewitt |
David Hewitt is proof positive that sometimes nice guys finish first. This year's TEC Hall of Fame recipient — an eight-time TEC Award winner previously...
BY BLAIR JACKSON |
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| Inside the Polar Express |
“If you're going to build an all-digital truck, smaller doesn't make it lesser,” says Sam Berkow, lead designer of the new Remote Recording...
David Weiss |
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| Trina Shoemaker |
[Eds. note: We will never forget how, in 2005, Hurricane Katrina brought destruction all over the Gulf Coast. Thousands...
BY KREGG BARENTINE |
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Project Studio
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| Re-Starting From Scratch |
“Imagine coming home from work to a house that looks like someone stuck it on rinse. All of your furniture's in a big pile; the pictures of your...
BY HEATHER JOHNSON |
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From the Editor
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| Life Goes On |
A year after one of the nation's worst natural disasters struck the Gulf Coast and flooded New Orleans, the city is showing signs of hope. Despite some...
George Petersen Editorial Director |
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Current/Industry News
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| INDUSTRY EVENT: SONY DEMO |
A standing room — only group of New York City — area audio pros, ranging from studio owner Walter Sear to indie producer Will Robertson,...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| INDUSTRY NEWS |
Twenty-year vet of Korg USA (Melville, NY), Joseph B. Castronovo assumes the company's presidency…New general manager at Professional Wireless...
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...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| NASHVILLE STUDIO REBORN |
Nashville-based producer/engineer Jonell Polansky has expanded her production company, DaCapo Music (www.dacapomusic.com),...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| NEW POST HOUSE OPENS |
Music production executive Jeff Rosner, who co-founded music company Sacred Noise and served as its executive producer, has teamed with sound engineers...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| NOTES FROM THE NET |
ROCK WITH THE BEST Yamaha and Roland are sponsoring Dream Musician's (www.dreammusician.com)...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| RON ESTES, 1940-2006 |
After an audio career that began at KOGO Radio and TV in San Diego, Calif., Ron Estes, the audio engineer for NBC's The Tonight Show from 1980 to 1991,...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| SPARS SOUNDBITES |
High-definition television is taking hold after years of fits and starts and format skirmishes. Channels are continually being added, and television...
BY MICHAEL DAVIS |
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| ST.LOUIS STUDIO GROWS |
Jupiter Studios (St. Louis, Mo., www.jupiterstudios.net) has relocated to a newly renovated...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| TEC AWARDS TICKETS ON SALE |
Tickets are now on sale for the 22nd Annual Technical Excellence & Creativity Awards, to be held Saturday, October 7, 2006, at the Hilton San Francisco....
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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General
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| 2006 TECnology Hall of Fame |
The history of pro audio is a short 125 years — barely a ripple in geologic time. But a lot has happened in that century and a quarter. Three years...
BY GEORGE PETERSEN |
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| AND THEY CALL IT TECHIE LOVE |
Forget everything you think you know about 1970s teen sensation Donny Osmond. While he was busy co-hosting the hottest variety show on the air, behind...
BY AVI HERSH |
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| DIGITAL CONSOLES |
Digital consoles have become more feature-laden and smarter — although not necessarily larger. Today's boards seemingly have the ability to pack...
BY GEORGE PETERSEN |
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| DIRTY DOZEN: WHAT'S GOING ON? |
It takes nerve to remake a masterwork like Marvin Gaye's What's Going On?, an album revered for its complex, groundbreaking arrangements; deep social...
Barbara Schultz |
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| Gulf Coast Sound |
Sometimes, upgrading a piece of gear can mean the difference between garnering a few more clients and becoming a top-rated sound reinforcement provider....
BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| NEVILLE IN NASHVILLE |
Nashville has become a haven for New Orleans musicians displaced by Hurricane Katrina. Grammy-winner Aaron Neville relocated to Music City last fall...
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| NOT JUST KID STUFF |
Veteran jazz singer/pianist (and writer/director of ABC-TV's Schoolhouse Rock cartoons) Bob Dorough re-recorded his song “Blue X-Mas” at...
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| Taking Back Sunday |
Coming off the success of their debut album, Where You Want to Be, Taking Back Sunday's latest endeavor, Louder Now, exudes the melodic, hardcore sensibility...
by Steve Jennings |
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| TRACK SHEET |
SOUTHEAST Niko Marzouca mixed “Dance Dance” for Stephen Marley's upcoming album at Lion's Den Studio (Miami)…Willy Porter's upcoming...
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| YOUR WAY, RIGHT AWAY |
Two years ago, online delivery was the name of the game. Then last year, makers of production music libraries saw advantages in putting their deliverables...
BY SARAH BENZULY |
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