2015
What Kind of User Are You?
Last month I wrote about new subscription/membership models that are now being offered by Avid, Slate Digital, Cakewalk and Audionamix.
2015
2015
$100,000 Ante in the Analog Game
There seems to be a trend for creating music that is akin to building with Legos. Sounds are chosen from vast libraries, divided in...
2015
Classic Tracks: Smokey Robinson’s “Being With You”
“It was probably around 4 o’clock in the afternoon on a Friday when George talked Smokey into recording the song.”
2015
Focusrite Saffire PRO 24, 26 and 40
Early on, Focusrite earned the respect of audio pros with the release of serious, professional mic preamps, consoles and rackmounted channel strips. Some pros...
2015
Kitty, Daisy & Lewis, ‘The Third’
For their latest album, The Third, Durham siblings Kitty, Daisy & Lewis moved their home studio from the two tiny back rooms of their...
2015
Cool Spin: Noel Gallagher, ‘Chasing Yesterday’
On his second solo album, Chasing Yesterday (Sour Mash Records), one time Oasis main man Noel Gallagher has progressed more than he did over...
2015
A Place to Bury Strangers, ‘Transfixiation’
You would be well advised to bring your most effective earplugs to a A Place to Bury Strangers show. The New York-based nu-gazer trio,...
2015
Tuxedo’s Debut
A few years prior to Mayer Hawthorne breaking hearts and taking names with his debut, he and hip-hop producer Jake One were trading mixtapes....
2015
Meyer Sound Partners with Crestron
To strengthen its support for system integrators, Meyer Sound has joined the Crestron Integrated Partner Program. Crestron is a leading provider of control and...
2015
Two Gallants Plus One
The Two Gallants are heading out on tour this spring in support of their latest album, We Are Undone. It’s the duo’s ninth year...
2015
The Regent Theater in Los Angeles
In November 2014, music promoter Mitchell Frank, the owner of Spaceland Productions, reopened the historic Regent Theater as a premier venue in L.A.’s reemerging...
2015
Never Settle for Good Enough
Toto could have easily phoned this one in and nobody would have blamed them, or even criticized them.
2015
Subscriptions Anyone?
It’s nothing new. You’re likely reading Mix because you have a subscription. It’s based on a mutual agreement.
2015
Redemption and the Personal Studio
The semester was nearing its end when one of my students showed up after missing class for most of the term.
2015
Mix Regional Florida: Trevor Fletcher, Hit Factory Criteria
It’s always good, when talking about south Florida, to check in with Hit Factory Criteria VP and general manager Trevor Fletcher. After 30 years,...
2015
Kate Pierson Visits Werewolf
Fabulous B-52 Kate Pierson releases her first solo album, Guitars and Microphones, this month. The legendary vocal powerhouse recorded in Werewolf Heart, the personal...
2015
Amen Dunes Have ‘Cowboy Worship’
The Cowboy Worship EP from psychedelic-ambient-folk project Amen Dunes—led by Damon McMahon—is being released as a sort of “companion” piece to the Amen Dunes...
2015
Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors’ ‘Medicine’
“I feel like an old soul,” Drew Holcomb sings in “Tightrope,” off his latest album, Medicine. The song suggests a degree of world-weariness, but...
2015
The Industry and the Engineer
There is a long tradition of artist-industry collaboration in professional audio, and it comes in many, many forms
2015
When Do You Trash Your Preferences?
At the risk of sounding like a VO in a movie trailer (“In a world, where everything is everywhere...), when you have unlimited tracks,...
2015
Classic Tracks: Tom Waits’ “I Don’t Wanna Grow Up”
“That’s a song that you can sing in the car. Those are the best ones. They come fast."
2015
Beethoven’s Ninth in 5.1
Leslie Ann Jones, Wolfgang Fraissinet, Mike Pappas and a Lot of Digital Mics
2015
Sound for Film: For Your Consideration
It was a banner year for film sound in 2014, as one of the biggest technology jumps in decades made its way into the...
2015
Cool Spin: Pink Floyd, ‘The Endless River’ (Columbia)
This first CD of “new” Pink Floyd music in 20 years (still without Roger Waters) was largely put together by David Gilmour, co-producer Phil...
2015
Happy Fangs, ‘Capricorn’
Happy Fangs is an apt name for this energetic punk trio from San Francisco. They’ve got a major edge, but a joyful sound, too,...
2015
Lee Ann Womack, ‘The Way I’m Livin’’
This lovely country album—recorded almost three years ago with producer Frank Liddell (Womack’s husband), producer/musician Glenn Worf and producer/engineer Chuck Ainlay—finally found a label...