June 1, 2008

Features

The Class of 2008

Jun 1, 2008 12:00 PM

On the Cover, Inner Machine Inner Machine (Buffalo, N.Y.) is enjoying a second life thanks to a couple of former studio gofers, Robby Tacak and John Rzeznik…

The Other Class of 2008

Jun 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Sarah Benzuly

There’s just no slowing down the demand for high-quality venues in which to take in your favorite band, watch your favorite sports team, catch up with…

Room Tuning In the Box

Jun 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Bob Hodas

More and more, the recording studio environment is becoming one of plug-ins replacing outboard gear. I know several engineers who are mixing inside the…

Intelligent Studio Monitors

Jun 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Michael Cooper

Every listening space whether a state-of-the-art control room or a simple basement/bedroom studio setup has a problem: the laws of physics. As soon as…

Technology

Tools of the Trade, June 2008

Jun 1, 2008 12:00 PM

PRESONUS STUDIOLIVE This 162 digital performance and recording mixer from PreSonus (www.presonus.com) features FireWire recording with JetPLL synchronization…

Field Test: Native Instruments Kore 2 Plug-In Host

Jun 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Jim Aikin

The first incarnation of Native Instruments Kore was an insightful step forward in hardware/software integration, but it suffered from some design problems….

Field Test: iZotope RX Advanced Restoration Software

Jun 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Jason Scott Alexander

Manufacturer iZotope is known for developing innovative, high-quality plug-ins, yet the company’s recent release of RX has generated more industry buzz…

Field Test: Overloud Breverb Plug-In

Jun 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Barry Rudolph

Italian software developer Overloud is offering Breverb, a synthesized reverb plug-in that’s modeled on high-end hardware reverbs costing many times its…

Field Test: Burgin McDaniel Komit Compressor

Jun 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Kevin Becka

In audio circles, Austin, Texas, is known for Austin City Limits, SXSW, Robert Rodriguez, Rupert Neve Designs and now Burgin McDaniel, a new startup with…

dbx DriveRack PA

Jun 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Steve La Cerra

The DriveRack has become one of dbx’s most popular processors, leading to a series of rackmount processors. The DriveRack PA is a complete system processor…

Sound for Picture

Crack That Whip!

Jun 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Blair Jackson

When film directors and actors revisit cherished characters and many years, or even decades, after their initial successes, they do so at their own peril….

Live Mix

Presidents of the United States of America

Jun 1, 2008 12:00 PM, Photos and Text by Steve Jennings

After a long break from touring, the Presidents of the United States of America (Chris Ballew, vocals/guitar; Andrew McKeag, bass/vocals; and Jason Finn,…

FixIt: Jayme Braun

Jun 1, 2008 12:00 PM

FOH engineer Jayme Braun recently finished up the third leg of the Adore 2007 tour. You can also find Braun mixing house for JoJo, Switchfood, Bryan White,…

News

Jun 1, 2008 12:00 PM

Front-of-house engineer Neston Eton is using the H15 capsule from Sabine with the Audix head and receiver’s Mic Super Modeling set on the SM58 for John…

On the Road: Ani DiFranco

Jun 1, 2008 12:00 PM

Front-of-house engineer John Lee Hardee was recently spotted at the Langerado Festival mixing for Ani DiFranco. Here’s what he says about mixing up his…

Now Playing: Silverstein, Celine Dion

Jun 1, 2008 12:00 PM

Silverstein Sound Company: Rat Sound (Oxnard, Calif.) FOH Engineer/Board: Sean M. Palmer (also tour manager)/Yamaha M7CL Monitor Engineer/Board: monitors…

MicroWedge Makes Stage Debut

Jun 1, 2008 12:00 PM

The Orpheum Theater (Los Angeles) was filled with music-loving concertgoers to check out a performance by Don Was and the Was (Not Was) band, featuring…

All Access: Linkin Park

Jun 1, 2008 12:00 PM, Photos and Text by Steve Jennings

Linkin Park’s Midnight to Midnight tour hit cities across the U.S. in support of their latest album of the same name. Fans attending the concert can purchase…

Tour Profile: Celtic Woman

Jun 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Gaby Alter

Against a twinkling backdrop of stars, a woman appears, holding a fiddle, dancing lithely in a long dress and playing a Celtic melody. She passes between…

New Sound Reinforcement Products

Jun 1, 2008 12:00 PM

CROWN MACRO-TECH I SERIES The Macro-Tech i Series from Crown (www.crownaudio.com) features Class-I circuitry delivering greater power while reducing weight…

Recording Notes

George Strait

Jun 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Elianne Halbersberg

Strait Facts: George Strait has more Number One hit singles than any other recording artist. I Saw God Today, the first single from his new (and 37th)…

Joe Satriani

Jun 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Heather Johnson

After more than two decades and a dozen studio albums, it’s a challenge for any artist to continue to break new musical ground. But when you only have…

Classic Tracks: Brownsville Station’s “Smokin’ in the Boys Room”

Jun 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Dan Daley

When it came out in late 1973, Smokin’ in the Boys Room immediately became the rallying anthem for what was for many high school students their first…

Coast to Coast

L.A. Grapevine, June 2008

Jun 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Bud Scoppa

The people I admire most had the guts to do this kind of record, says Jakob Dylan with quiet intensity. As he talks about his first solo album the stark,…

Nashville Skyline, June 2008

Jun 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Peter Cooper

There are manuals, for sure. And aspiring producers can follow directions in learning to tune vocals, set compression ratios and manage signal chains….

New York Metro, June 2008

Jun 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By David Weiss

Many of the world’s great studios are meticulously designed with the latest that acoustical science and architecture has to offer and sometimes studios…