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Mixing In a Pro Tools World
As a writer who has spent much of the past 20 years interviewing producers and engineers about recording projects, I've been in the thick...
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Classic Tracks: Wendy Carlos’ “March From a Clockwork Orange”
When director Stanley Kubrick made his landmark film 2001: A Space Odyssey in 1968, he not only revolutionized the art of space special effects,...
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44th Grammy Awards
This year's Grammy Awards fete, held at the cavernous Staples Center in Los Angeles on February 27, proved to be a highly entertaining, if...
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Trapped in the Panic Room
A woman. Her preteen daughter. A giant old Manhattan brownstone. A rainy night. Three dangerous thugs want something valuable inside the house and will
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Amadeus: The Director’s Cut
If you haven't seen Milos Forman's Amadeus for a number of years, it's easy to forget what a great film it is. In a...
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BMW Films
In the past couple of years, we've gone from surging dotcoms to disappearing dotbombs, and there has never been more uncertainty and confusion about...
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In Your Ear
It's way too early to proclaim stage wedges an endangered species, but there's no question that the use of in-ear monitoring (IEM) systems is...
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
Few films in recent years have been as hotly anticipated as Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, the first movie to be made from...
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Destiny’s Child
As this issue of Mix hits the street, Destiny's Child has finished a touring year that has seen the popular R&B trio go from...
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GILLIAN WELCH
Gillian Welch has carved a very interesting niche for herself. Over the course of three superb albums, the L.A.-bred but Nashville-based singer/songwriter
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Surround Mixing for Band of Brothers
Sometimes it seems as though HBO can do no wrong. The network's ongoing original series, including The Sopranos, Sex and the City, Six Feet...
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Classic Tracks: The Staples’ “Respect Yourself”
“Respect Yourself” was released as a single in the fall of 1971, reaching #2 on the R&B charts and #12 on the pop charts.
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Mike Mangini
Last year it was inescapable: You couldn't go to a sporting event or a dance party without hearing that unmistakable, a cappella opening booming...
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SURROUND (R)EVOLUTION
Repeat after us: It isn't just a fad It isn't just a fad It isn't just a fad. Surround sound, that is. By now,...
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MARK MOTHERSBAUGH
Okay, one of the basic tenets of rock writing is that you give your subject the benefit of the doubt you let him or...
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MARIA MULDAUR
A few years ago, Maria Muldaur had an epiphany. She was in Memphis to attend the W.C. Handy Awards (for the finest blues recordings),...
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Recording Brass AND Woodwinds
This month, we turn our attention to different methods of recording brass and woodwinds. We spoke with five top engineers Michael Bishop, Al Schmitt,
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Sound Secrets of A.I.
One of the most highly anticipated films of the summer is Steven Spielberg's A.I., a project that has been shrouded in secrecy worthy of...
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Life Among the Cats and Dogs
What hath Babe wrought? Ever since that cute talking farm pig who thought he was a dog captured the imagination of moviegoers everywhere back...
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MUSIC IN HIGH PLACES
A NEW MUSIC SHOW BOLDLY GOES WHERE NO SHOW HAS GONE BEFORE Music in High Places is such a good idea, it's a wonder...
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LITTLE FEAT
The world is a better place for having Little Feat in it. Had they never played another note together after they disbanded in the...
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Classic Tracks: Dire Straits’ “Money for Nothing”
A stinging critique of the 1980s even as they happened, Dire Straits' "Money For Nothing" had a lengthy genesis, as related here by engineer...
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