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Jan 1, 2012 9:00 AM, Photos and Text By Steve Jennings
When you assemble Sammy Hagar (vocals, guitar), Joe Satriani (guitars), Michael Anthony (bass, vocals) and drummer Kenny Aronoff (filling in for Chad Smith), you get supergroup Chickenfoot, who bring classic rock ’n’ roll to each venue. Mix caught up with the group and crew at San Francisco’s Warfield Theater.
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Jan 1, 2012 9:00 AM, By Gregory DeTogne
With sales of more than 40 million albums posted over a lengthy career dating back to 1968, when he signed with Apple Records, James Taylor remains at the top of his game. Lionized by fans, respected by his peers and solidly committed to the art of his craft, the singer/songwriter calls his life his music. Despite all the Gold, Platinum and multi-Platinum accolades, all the Grammys and all the fame, he still finds comfort and purpose on the road, where he continues to set records for ticket sales and simultaneously cultivates an uncanny knack for connecting with his audiences on an intimate level, even in large venues.
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Jan 1, 2012 9:00 AM, By Candace Horgan
Although they have shared the stage together numerous times during the course of their 10-year marriage, last year marked the first time that guitar wizards Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi recorded an album together, Revelator. They assembled the 11-piece Tedeschi Trucks Band for the project and hit the road in the spring; in October, over the course of 21 days and 14 shows, they recorded material for their first live album.
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Jan 1, 2012 9:00 AM, By Sarah Benzuly
You’d be hard-pressed to not find a digital console on tour. Whether it’s employing snapshots, bringing in plug-ins to re-create an album’s sound, leaving behind racks of outboard or any other number of reasons, many touring engineers prefer to mix digitally. And each engineer has his/her techniques for creating a great-sounding mix. With this in mind, Mix asked some top live sound engineers to give us their tips on working with digital boards.
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Jan 1, 2012 9:00 AM
Having the option of four compressors on each channel [of the Midas PRO9] that retain your settings as you scroll through is invaluable. The adaptive compressor is amazing on drums and percussion, and I’m using two multiband compressors, a pitch and a delay for vocals, with two plate reverbs for drums. The ability to sidechain either the compressor or gate from any channel is now a must-have for my mixing setup. Another great feature is the KVM switch that allows me to have my Mac Mini on the right-hand screen....
Jan 1, 2012 9:00 AM, By Sarah Benzuly
What began as a small audio production company, Audio Logic Systems (Bloomington, Minn.) now boasts full-service production and installation services, including the recently upgraded Bethel University’s (St. Paul, Minn.) Great Hall performance venue (pictured). According to director of operations John Simshauser, “The acoustical challenges of this highly reverberant space were minimized by the application of a d&b audiotechnik Q1 line array and a flown cardioid Q-sub array. The Q1 speakers are flown in a left/right main system with a center array covering the long throw to the balcony seats. The design maximized the visual impact of the system while maximizing the coherence of the audio system.”
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Jan 1, 2012 9:00 AM
Featuring the same components as the company's D6 ceiling model, the DP6 pendant loudspeaker is a true coaxial loudspeaker with an HF compression driver, Community's patented Carbon Ring Cone Technology™ and Tru-Phase™ high-frequency waveguide for consistent, wide dispersion up to 16 kHz. Uniform voicing allows the entire range of Distributed Design ceiling, surface and pendant-mount loudspeakers to be combined in a single installation.
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Jan 1, 2012 9:00 AM, Compiled by Sarah Benzuly
Console manufacturer Innovason’s products and trademarks are now owned by Lawo AG following the company’s acquisition of Innovason’s majority shareholding in April 2008. According to Marcel Babazadeh, Innovason international sales director, “Our focus for the future is on the continued development of the Eclipse platform. The difference is that we will be able to pursue this development with more resources available to us than before.” Following this move, Hervé de Caro is now product manager for Eclipse; Nicolas Gozdowski will continue in his role as service engineer; and Benoit Quiniou in R&D.
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Jan 1, 2012 9:00 AM
Mix magazine January 2012 tools of the trade article features new pro audio products in January 2012 Mix magazine pro audio product section
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