Michael Cooper has logged over 60,000 hours at the console working with music acts in the West and multimedia production houses on the East Coast and in Asia. A Contributing Editor for Mix since 1996, he has written more than 500 pro-audio hardware and software reviews, as well as how-to articles on recording engineering, mixing, mastering, and post-production. His journalism has also appeared in Wired, Electronic Musician (for which he also served as a Contributing Editor for nine years), Keyboard and other pro-audio magazines. Michael has composed music for feature-length film and worked with Ashley Cleveland, the late Academy Award-winning actor William Hurt and former weekend anchor of ABC World News Barry Serafin (the latter for PBS). A wilderness adventurer, mountaineer and expert navigator, Michael has backpacked, climbed, hiked, skied and rafted 8,000 miles of wild country, much of it far from the nearest trail. He recently finished writing his memoir, chronicling his close calls during wilderness expeditions; go to https://michaelcooperadventurer.com/ for more info and a sampling of documentary photos.
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Field Test: A Designs Audio MP-2r Microphone Preamplifier
ALL-TUBE STEREO UNIT DELIVERS CREAMY CONCOCTIONS
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Royer R-122, July 2002
Until now, fans of ribbon mics have had to put up with the historic drawbacks of such transducer designs, including low-output level (usually requiring...
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Shure KSM44, February 2001
The KSM44 multipattern condenser mic is the second offering in Shure's KSM microphone line. It follows on the heels of the cardioid-only KSM32
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Field Test: Thermionic Culture The Phoenix Compressor
Variable-Mu Unit Delivers Classic Tube Sound
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Field Test: Apogee Electronics Rosetta 800
The Rosetta 800 ($2,995), Apogee's newest 24-bit multichannel converter, offers eight channels of A/D and D/A conversion, flexible sync capabilities and Apogee's proprietary UV22HR...
Microphones
Field Test: Brauner Phantom C Condenser Microphone
Brauner has a reputation for building ultratransparent tube mics with very low self-noise and high sensitivity.
Microphones
Field Test: Lawson L251 Tube Condenser Microphone
The Lawson L251 is a side-address, dual-diaphragm tube condenser mic that offers many extras, including an infinitely variable polar pattern, two bass-frequency contour settings...
2004
Field Test: Millennia TD-1 Twin-Direct Recording Channel
The Millennia TD-1 combines an instrument/amplifier/DI input with mic and line recording paths and preamp outputs.
2004
Field Test: Oram GMS Al Schmitt Pro-Channel
When British pro audio manufacturer Oram set out to build the GMS (Grand Master Series) Al Schmitt Pro-Channel compressor/EQ/preamps, mass-market appeal was not at...
2003
Field Test: Apogee Electronics Big Ben Master Clock
Apogee Electronics' Big Ben is a revolutionary master digital clock that does much more than preclude clicks and pops from tainting your audio tracks.
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PSPaudioware VintageWarmer
PSPaudioware's VintageWarmer plug-in delivers creamy-sounding dynamics processing in two flavors: via its wideband compression (with shelving pre-equalization) and multiband compression modes (the latter followed...
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Get Trigger-Happy With Digital Performer
Mark of the Unicorn’s Digital Performer audio software can be used to trigger drums. Tips for audio professionals using Digital Performer with drum triggers.
Monitors
Earthworks Sigma 6.2 Monitors
Highly regarded as a manufacturer of precision microphones and mic preamps, Earthworks now turns its attention to the opposite end of the signal chain:
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Recording Vocals From A to D
Move beyond the tired arguments as to whether analog recordings sound better than digital, and you'll find few engineers who will contest the tremendous
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Soundelux E47 Tube Condenser Mic
When Soundelux Microphone's co-founder David Bock designed the company's new E47 tube condenser mic, his goal was to incorporate the most essential elements
New Products
Brauner VM1 KHE (Klaus Heyne Edition)
The Brauner VM1 tube condenser microphone garnered a lot of praise when it was introduced in 1994 because of its deft marriage of subtle...
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Yamaha DM2000
Yamaha is a leading pioneer in low-cost/pro digital mixers, having introduced the industry-standard 02R seven years ago. Now, with the launch of the DM2000
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The Big Bang
Drum-recording techniques have undergone dramatic changes over the years, in part because of the options afforded by virtually unlimited track counts
2002
Alesis ADAT HD24
It's been almost two years since the first modular, 24-bit/24-track hard disk recorders were introduced to the pro audio world. The Alesis ADAT HD24...
Microphones
Royer R-122
Until now, fans of ribbon mics have had to put up with the historic drawbacks of such transducer designs, including low-output level (usually requiring
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Antares Auto-Tune 3
Available in both software and hardware versions, Auto-Tune corrects the intonation of vocals and instruments, resulting in sweeter-sounding tracks and
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Universal Audio Model 2-610
Bill and James Putnam brought smiles to a lot of studio engineers in 1999, when they announced the relaunch of Universal Audio, which had...
Facilities
The Human Element
For the music listener, lead vocals are the human element. The voice is like no other instrument in its ability to convey emotion, and...
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Pendulum Audio MDP-1 & ES-8
Rather than try to re-create vintage tube gear, Pendulum Audio designs tube processors that incorporate modern, extended-bandwidth, Class-A circuit designs.
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Neo-Retro Analog Signal Processors
To many engineers, brand names such as Teletronix, Fairchild, Neve and Pultec represent the pinnacle of audio quality. The most heralded equipment from
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Shure KSM44
The KSM44 multipattern condenser mic is the second offering in Shure's KSM microphone line. It follows on the heels of the cardioid-only KSM32, which
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D.A.S. Monitor-8
I would hazard a guess that most studio engineers will not recognize the D.A.S. name, as the Spanish company's last studio monitor was produced...
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