September 2007
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Technology
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| Apple Logic Pro 7 |
With legions of dedicated professional and pro-sumer users, Apple's Logic Pro 7 is arguably one of the most popular DAWs on the market. Many users have...
BY ROBERT HANSON |
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| Audiokinetic Wwise 2007.1 Videogame Software |
Audiokinetic first introduced the Wwise 2006.1 audio authoring tool for videogames at the Game Developers Conference in March 2006. (See “Technology...
BY MICHEL HENEIN |
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| Digidesign RM2 Two-Way Powered Monitors |
Digidesign is a noted market leader in DAW technology and has established itself in the live sound market, but the workstation powerhouse is new to the...
BY BOBBY FRASIER |
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| IK Multimedia AmpliTube Jimi Hendrix Software |
The late great Jimi Hendrix is revered nearly as much for his love of technology and experimenting with new sounds and effects as he is for his guitar...
BY RICK SPENCE |
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| MOTU 8pre FireWire Interface |
With native-based DAWs coming into their own as they ride atop multi-core mega-machines, today's audio enthusiasts are turning their attention —...
BY TONY NUNES |
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| Radial Studio Guitar Interface |
Combo guitar amps are great for live gigs, but not necessarily for studio recording. This is because the player has to reside in the same high-SPL space...
BY KEVIN BECKA |
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| Solid State Logic Duality Analog Console |
Duality, SSL's newest large-frame analog console, not only melds Legacy E, G and K analog components with key components of the C Series and AWS consoles,...
BY BARRY RUDOLPH |
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| Tools of the Trade |
RYCOTE S-SERIES WINDSHIELD SYSTEM Field recordists will love this lightweight suspension and windshield system from Rycote (dist. by Redding Audio,
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Sound for Picture
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| Hans Zimmer's Scoring Collective |
Film composer Hans Zimmer looks up from his computer monitor and keyboard to deal with an interruption. Although he's busy at work on a score, there...
By Matt Hurwitz |
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| Horror Audio |
Effects mixer Gregg Rudloff wants to make you feel uneasy. Granted, that's not usually the assignment for the two-time Oscar winner (for Glory and The...
By David John Farinella |
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| Still Crafty After All These Years |
This story I'm about to tell begs to be adapted as the screenplay for a buddy movie. The plotline goes back four decades to the leafy quadrangles of...
By Bud Scoppa |
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| Walking on Dead Fish |
A new documentary by first-time director Franklin Martin follows the East Saint John high school football team of LaPlace, La., through its extraordinary...
By Janice Brown |
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Live Mix
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| Chris Cornell |
Chris Cornell played San Francisco's Warfield Theater at the beginning of a tour in support of his new solo release, Carry On. After concentrating on...
by Steve Jennings |
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| FixIt |
Rick Reith is currently tour managing and mixing front of house for Eric Johnson and Fuel. Here's a technique to fatten up your front-of-house mix when...
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| Gabriel Sound Heard Through Sonnox Plugs |
Peter Gabriel recently wrapped up his European tour with longtime engineer Dickie Chappell manning a Digidesign Profile desk stocked with Sonnox Oxford...
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| New Sound Reinforcement Products |
AUDIO-TECHNICA SPECTRAPULSE WIRELESS The SpectraPulse™ Ultra-Wideband (UWB) wireless mic system from Audio-Technica (
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| News |
On-Stage Rentals has taken delivery of a D.A.S. Audio loudspeaker system comprising products from the company's Aero and Compact lines…P.A. hire...
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| Now Playing |
Buckcherry Sound Company: LD Systems (Austin) FOH Engineer/Board: Stephen Shaw/Digidesign VENUE Monitor Engineer/Board: Mark Graham/Yamaha PM5D P.A./Amps:...
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| On the Road |
Amy Winehouse Currently touring throughout Europe, UK darling Amy Winehouse flaunted her brazen attitude with which critics and fans alike continue to...
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| Smashing Pumkins |
Refitting the Fillmore for Comeback Dates In support of their latest release, Zeitgeist, the Smashing Pumpkins' much-anticipated U.S. tour is drawing...
By David John Farinella |
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Recording Notes
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| BÉLA FLECK AND CHICK COREA |
On paper it looks like an unusual marriage of virtuosos, yet the wonderful recent duet album by Béla Fleck and Chick Corea, The Enchantment, sounds...
By Chris Walker |
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| CROWDED HOUSE |
When Crowded House co-founder Neil Finn started working on a new album, he thought he was recording his next solo project, a follow-up to his own 7 Worlds...
By Heather Johnson |
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| THE TURTLES' “HAPPY TOGETHER” |
If Disneyland is the happiest place on Earth, then “Happy Together” is the happiest song on Earth. It isn't enough that the lyrics start...
By Robyn Flans |
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Coast to Coast
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| L.A. GRAPEVINE |
The joint is jumpin' when I descend a flight of stairs that leads to The Cave, a bona fide tracking room situated in the basement of Billy Bob Thornton's...
by Bud Scoppa |
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| NASHVILLE SKYLINE |
The demise of Masterfonics and the inevitable closing of Emerald (the building is up for sale as of press time) has left a noticeable void in the Music...
by Rick Clark |
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| NEW YORK METRO |
On an afternoon early this summer, it became official: Sony Music Studios (SMS), one of New York City's largest audio (and video) production facilities...
by David Weiss |
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| SWEDIEN VISITS PHAT PLANET |
Bruce Swedien recorded and mixed Lane Thaw's debut CD, Tokyo Belle. Several studios were used, including Phat Planet (Orlando, FL), where the above photo...
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| TRACK SHEET |
SOUTHEAST Blackbird Studio (Nashville) news: John McBride has acquired a second API Legacy Plus console, reported to be the largest board of its kind,...
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Project Studio
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| Frigo Recording |
In 2000, engineer Marc Frigo and his wife, engineer Amy Frigo, moved from Nashville to the chilly Northeast, ultimately settling in Boalsburg, Penn.,...
BY HEATHER JOHNSON |
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Tech's Files
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| Learning From a Classic |
Inspiration comes from all kinds of funny places. Last year at this time, I was one of the judges for a local AES student recording competition. Ten...
BY EDDIE CILETTI |
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From the Editor
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| Audio Retrospectivizing |
Lately, we've been doing a lot of retrospectivizing around here. You see, next month marks Mix's 30th anniversary (we've got some cool surprises planned...
George Petersen Executive Editor |
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Feedback
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| Letters to Mix |
NATIVE PROCESSING, HERE I COME! Thank you for a fine article (“Pushing the Limits of Native Processing,” by Tony Nunes, July 2007), educating...
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Current/Industry News
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| AL KOOPER TO RECIEVE LES PAUL AWARD |
Musician, producer and composer Al Kooper will be honored with the prestigious Les Paul Award at the 23rd Annual Technical Excellence & Creativity Awards,...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| BREAKING NEWS: CHEROKEE STUDIOS CLOSES |
Cherokee Studios (Los Angeles) closed its doors on August 31, 2007. The three-studio facility on Fairfax Avenue will be demolished to make way for a...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| DIGICO BUYOUT |
In addition to numerous weddings and other festivities held on July 7, 2007, this date marks the completion of DiGiCo's management buyout. The new management...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| GOOD VIBRATIONS, THE SEQUEL |
Hollywood's hallowed Western Studios, most recently known as Cello, will be the scene of a grand re-opening in January, following an ambitious 22-week...
Bud Scoppa |
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| HENRY EDWARDS, 1952-2007 |
Industry veteran Henry Edwards passed away on July 11 with his family around him. His decades-long pro audio career began at age 20, when he joined RG...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| INDUSTRY NEWS |
Non-Stop Music (Salt Lake City) appointed Alice Kinnier to director of music for the New York office…StarCity Recording Studios (Bethlehem, PA)...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| N.Y. NARAS EVENT |
The New York audio engineering community came together again in June at the behest of the Recording Academy's New York Chapter and Producers & Engineer's...
David Weiss |
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| ORAM LAUNCHES |
Inventor/designer John Oram (below, right) and fellow industry veteran and multi-Platinum-selling record producer Ted Carfrae (left) have created Oram...
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...
COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY |
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On the Cover
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| Record Plant Los Angeles |
It's always been about the vibe. From the moment maverick owners Gary Kellgren and Chris Stone opened Record Plant L.A. in 1968, ushering in an entirely...
By Tom Kenny |
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General
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| 2007 TECnology Hall of Fame |
Edison's first cylinder recorder was born 130 years ago, and while other technologies — from automobiles to aerospace — emerged in that era,...
BY GEORGE PETERSEN |
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| A Day at Obsidian Entertainment |
I have built three audio studio/departments during my decade-long stint in interactive/game sound. The latest is a temporary setup for Los Angeles-based...
BY ALEXANDER BRANDON |
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| COOL SPINS |
Jennifer Warnes Famous Blue Raincoat: The Songs of Leonard Cohen (Shout Factory) With the great Leonard Cohen suddenly being all the rage these days...
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| CORRECTION |
In the June 2007 “Class of” feature, the photo for Great Divide Studios should have been credited to David O. Marlow. ...
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| DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS |
The Drive-By Truckers have collaborated with some legendary talent lately, including soul singer Bettye Lavette (The DBTs serve as the backing band on...
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| FOSTER'S FOLLOW-UP |
Artist/producer/songwriter Jen Foster recorded an independent follow-up to her critically acclaimed 2006 release, The Underdogs, at East Iris Recording...
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| Intellasound |
It never fails: The summer months prove to be an adventure in phone-tag when trying to speak with the owner of a local SR company for this column. The...
BY SARAH BENZULY |
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| KEN BURNS' The War |
During World War II, while the rest of the world followed the conflict through theatrical black-and-white newsreels with patriotic music and narration,...
By Matt Hurwitz |
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| Mix Power |
Just when we'd thought we'd seen it all, new digital consoles and mix controllers keep coming. The good news is that your “new” console could...
By George Petersen |
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| Mixing Strings |
Elton John's “Philadelphia freedom.” Diana Ross & the Supremes' “Someday We'll Be Together.” Train's “Drops Of Jupiter.”...
BY KEVIN BECKA |
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| OZ NOY'S FUZZY |
Since relocating to New York City from his native Israel, guitarist Oz Noy (www.oznoy.com) has supported...
Matt Gallagher |
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| THE FRAY |
It's the story you don't hear that much anymore: Denver-based quartet The Fray started gigging at local venues, garnering a strong fan base and support...
by Steve Jennings |
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