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Turner Networks Tom Sahara Q&A
The biggest issue we have is education—getting the workforce that really knows about putting 5.1 together and creating workflow tools to get the job...
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Spencer Nilsen Q&A
COMPOSER, GAME SOUND PIONEER LEADS THE NEXT GENERATION AT EX'PRESSION COLLEGE FOR DIGITAL ARTS
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Michael Romanowski Mastering | December 2009 Mix Issue Cover
There are a couple of legacies rippling through this month's Mix cover. The first involves the owner, mastering engineer Michael Romanowski, who came
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On the Cover: Odds On Records & Studios
The recording studio scene in Las Vegas has always been something of a puzzle. Big town, lots of entertainment, very few high-end studios. That...
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Dann Huff Q&A
You've had quite a career, playing on some big records. What's kept you in Nashville? It's just like anything else, a series of decisions....
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Radio Bonnaroo
Radio has taken a real beating from music critics over the past decade, often with good reason as far as playlists, consolidation and lack...
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On the Cover: Memphis Meets Music City at House of Blues
Read Mix profile on East Iris Now House of Blues Nashville Recording Studio in Nashville
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All Access: Celine Dion
Mix magazine interview with audio engineers and live sound crew on mixing audio for Celine Dion 2009 tour. Tips, techniques and equipment applications from...
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Shawn Clement Q&A
Shawn Clement composer is interviewed in the March 2009 issue of Mix magazine, where Shawn Clement talks about composing for feature films, video games...
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Hank Neuberger Q&A
Hank Neuberger is interviewed in the February 2009 issue of Mix magazine, where Tom Kenny talks about broadcast sound, summer festivals, studio management and...
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Q&A: Troy Germano
Mix's Tom Kenny interviews New York City recording studio owner Troy Germano about the recording studio business for the September 2008 Mix back page...
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Blackbird Studio
There's something about Blackbird Studio. Producers pop in and out (some of them have their own rooms), and talent comes and goes at all...
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The 50th Annual Grammy Awards
Each year, the audio team for the annual Grammy Awards telecast looks to top itself, to introduce at least one new wrinkle to improve...
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Wildfire Post-Production Studios
Leslie Shatz and Chris David can admit now that when they first floated the idea of buying Wilshire Stages two years ago, the industry...
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Red Bull Studios
Does it really surprise anyone in 2008 that Red Bull would build a world-class recording studio in the heart of Santa Monica, Calif., a...
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Full Sail Real World Education
Twenty-eight years ago, when a recording education was primarily the province of conservatories and four-year degree programs and still viewed with skepticism
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Record Plant Los Angeles
It's always been about the vibe. From the moment maverick owners Gary Kellgren and Chris Stone opened Record Plant L.A. in 1968, ushering in...
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Sony Computer Entertainment America
It's as if the garage band suddenly stepped out and played the House of Blues. Or the art-house videographer submitted a high-def buddy film...
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Marvin’s Room
Marvin Gaye loved being in the studio. He loved to write, play, orchestrate, sing, record, direct, produce, jam, party and sometimes just hang with...
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Talking House Productions
Records are now tracked at a home in Malibu and mixed in a cottage in upstate New York. Scores are prepped on a laptop...
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The Natural Sound of ‘The New World’
TERRENCE MALICK BRINGS THE AGE OF DISCOVERY TO THE BIG SCREEN
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Berklee College of Music
The Berklee College of Music turned 60 years old this year, and there still isn't any school in the world quite like it. With...
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The Alfred Hitchcock Theatre at Universal Studios
When Universal Studios opened Blu Wave Audio a digital transfer, mastering and restoration facility on the lot in 2003, it was immediately seen as...
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Sonoma Mountain Studio Estate
Remember high-end, no-compromise recording? Lockouts? Immersive album projects that might include, besides an old Neve, Telefunkens, Neumanns, Avalons
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Skywalker Sound
We tend to give a lot of ink to Skywalker Sound, and with good reason. First, it's Skywalker Sound, and the mystique generated by...
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Technology Spotlight: Microsoft Windows Media Audio 9
Multichannel Codec Options for Pro Production, Mass Distribution
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Immersed in Game Play
Splashy game ads were all over TV this past holiday season, complete with photo-realistic graphics, huge explosions and 180 bpm music.
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The Road to Angel Mountain
It is always inspiring, no matter the industry or field of creative endeavor, to find a story of someone who is living his or...
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Interview with Angel Mountain studio designer Martin Pilchner
Mix editor Tom Kenny talks to studio designer Martin Pilchner about power and grounding issues at Angel Mountain.
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WNET/thirteen
Production for public television. It brings forth images of dingy rooms with frayed carpet and exposed wires, perhaps a leftover radio studio, where somehow
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DP563 Dolby Surround/Pro Logic II Encoder
Working in 5.1 can be both tremendously exciting and %@#@!! maddening. In the early 1990s, the film industry pushed that excitement into theaters and
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NFL FILMS PRESENTS!
You'd be hard-pressed to name any single facility outside of Hollywood that offers as wide a range of audio services as NFL Films.
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Mike Minkler
He is arguably the finest film sound mixer of his generation, with a credit list that stretches across five pages on www.imdb.com and runs...
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Jerry Gepner
To work in, or even understand, today's mobile production environment, you have to know systems. Graphics systems, camera systems, video switching systems,