Live Sound
An ‘Air’ of Sophistication: Sound Design 1,401 Feet Above New York City
Air, an immersive art experience at the top of One Vanderbilt in New York City, uses mirrors and sound design to evoke endless expanses.
Clive Young
Clive Young is the co-editor of Mix Magazine and editor of MixOnline.com. Previously, he was the editor in chief of Pro Sound News, which was named Future's U.S. Magazine of the Year in 2019, the same year Young was one of three finalists at the 65th Annual Neal Awards for "Best Range Of Work By A Single Author." He is the author of two books, Crank It Up: Live Sound Secrets of the Top Tour Engineers, interviewing more than 75 live sound engineers on their work, and Homemade Hollywood: Fans Behind The Camera, an ethnographic exploration of pop-culture ‘fan film’ production. Additionally, he has spoken at 400 libraries, universities, museums, academic symposiums and conventions, usually on music and cinema history. Young earned an MFA in Creative Writing from Hofstra University in 2016, and is an adjunct professor at St. Joseph’s University New York.
Live Sound
Umphrey’s McGee: Rocking in Reykjavik
Veteran jamband Umphrey's McGee headed to Iceland earlier this year for “Röckjavik,” a special three-night run at the 1,800-seat Eldborg Concert Hall in Reykjavik.
Live Sound
75th Tony Awards’ ‘Best Sound’ Winners Announced
The Tony Awards, honoring the best work on Broadway during the current theatrical season, came just nine months after the previous edition.
Business
Industry Optimism Returns at InfoComm 2022
InfoComm 2022 is hitting Las Vegas as if the pandemic never happened, as the industry returns to making plans and moving ahead.
Business
Seen on the Scene: NAMM 2022, Part 3
With The NAMM Show 2022 now officially consigned to the history books, the industry starts to look forward to next year's edition. In the...
Business
Seen on the Scene: NAMM 2022, Part 2
Check out more of our NAMM 2022 photo coverage in our ongoing wrap-up of this year's rockin' convocation.
Business
Seen on the Scene: NAMM 2022, Part 1
The NAMM Show 2022 returned this past weekend, taking place for the first time since January, 2020.
Business
NAMM Show Returns, Wary but Ready to Roll
The NAMM Show is a convention like no other, but the 2022 edition, which opens today, will be like no other NAMM Show.
Facilities
Record Plant’s Acoustics to be Digitized
The Record Plant birthed countless classic albums; now its acoustics will be digitized later this year for NFTs and pro recording software.
Business
Exclusive: Inside T Bone Burnett’s High-Tech Reinvention of the Record
Legendary producer T Bone Burnett reveals the tech behind his new Ionic Original discs—a format, he says, that offers the greatest fidelity and durability...
Live Sound
Riding the Mix at RodeoHouston
Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo holds all-star concerts 20 nights in a row for up to 73,000 people a night. For 28 years, Malcolm...
Live Sound
Burning Man’s Robot Heart Gets A Transplant
Burning Man's jaw-dropping Robot Heart sound-system bus is headed to New York's Central Park to party—and reinvent itself in the process.
Blogs
Vinyl’s Hot, But Who’s Buying All Those Records?
Vinyl records are selling better than they have in 30 years -- but who the heck is buying all those albums?
Business
New US Record Pressing Expansions Aim to Lessen Worldwide Backlog
A trio of newly announced expansions from different record manufacturers aim to address growing backlogs across the vinyl pressing industry.
Business
Record Store Day is One for the Books
The Vinyl Revival was jumpstarted in 2008 by the nascent Record Store Day; now a new book recounts how it happened, despite the odds.
Live Sound
Brooklyn Made Makes Plans to Branch Out
Emerging NYC venue Brooklyn Made has acquired two more properties to build out adjacent venues that will hold up to 2,500 people.
Blog
Peek Inside Whitney Houston’s Home Studio
Whitney Houston had a voice like no other, and an award-winning, Russ Berger-designed home studio to match—and now it can be yours.
Post and Broadcast
Audio Pro Recovers Film Sound of 11-Year-Old Prince
Minneapolis TV station WCCO recently discovered a "lost" interview with pre-fame Prince, but had to turn to an outside pro to rescue the audio...
New Products
Røde NTH-100 Headphones Mark First Foray into New Market
Røde has jumped into the headphones market with its new NTH-100 model, aiming to make extended listening sessions more comfortable.
Classic-Tracks
Taylor Hawkins and Foo Fighters Through The Years
With the unexpected passing Friday of Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins, we look back at his and the band's long and prolific careers.
Facilities
Peek Inside Wiz Khalifa’s Home Studio
Take a look around hip-hop superstar Wiz Khalifa's newly rebuilt home studio in this new installment of the 'Peek Inside' series.
Live Sound
Unheard Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry / Mouse On Mars Immersive Collaboration Debuts
Brooklyn's National Sawdust recently took an unheard Lee “Scratch” Perry/Mouse on Mars collaboration into the immersive realm.
news
‘Dune’ Takes Best Sound Award at BAFTAs
'Dune' took home five BAFTA Awards from the British Academy of Film on Sunday night, including the trophy for Best Sound.
Facilities
BerkleeNYC Turns Legendary Power Station Back On
The legendary facility is “on a mission to reinvent the large-format studio business,” says BerkleeNYC executive director, Stephen Webber.
Business
New Report Highlights Live Sound Recovery Concerns
The report breaks down how Covid-19 has affected pros, providers and pro-audio manufacturers in more than 40 countries.
Business
Mix Interview: Sennheiser Sharpens Focus on Pro Business
Sennheiser Group co-CEOs Andreas and Daniel Sennheiser sit down with Mix to discuss handing off their consumer business to Sonova—and what comes next.
Business
Avid Ends Sales and Customer Support in Russia
In the wake of the continued invasion of Ukraine, Avid has stopped doing business in Russia.
Recording
Giles Martin on Remixing The Beatles in Spatial Audio, Part Two
Giles Martin discusses his Spatial Audio mixing philosophy, the hardest Beatles tracks to remix, and getting the stamp of approval from Paul McCartney himself.
SFP
Capturing the Sound of ‘West Side Story’
Sound mixer Tod Maitland shares insights into how he handled 98° days, 50 earpieces and giving 110% every day on the Oscar-nominated musical.
Music Production
Giles Martin on Remixing The Beatles in Spatial Audio, Part One
Giles Martin offers insight into the process of remixing the Beatles' number-ones in Spatial Audio with Dolby Atmos for Apple.
SFP
Film Sound Groups Criticize “Insensitive” Oscars Demotion
Film sound organizations have denounced the Oscars' decision to no longer present Best Sound awards during the live telecast.
Blogs
Record Store Day Book Traces Vinyl’s Return from the Dead
'Record Store Day: The Most Improbable Comeback of the 21st Century' traces the remarkable return of vinyl records over the last 15 years.
Live Sound
A Tour of Duty with The War On Drugs
Playing Madison Square Garden for the first time is a milestone for any band and its crew, but for The War On Drugs, that...
news
Radio Legend Casey Kasem’s Mic Heads to Auction
Julien’s Auctions will sell Casey Kasem’s Neumann mic and other audio gear among 500 lots from the estate of the late DJ.
Live Sound
The Journey of ‘Jagged Little Pill’
While Broadway's 'Jagged Little Pill' closed in December, the musical received 15 Tony Award nominations, including one for its sound design.
Live Sound
VIDEO: Counterfeit L-Acoustics Loudspeakers Destroyed by Authorities
Chinese customs officials recently seized and destroyed fake L-Acoustics loudspeakers, then prosecuted the counterfeiters.
Blog
Restoring the Audio of ‘The Beatles: Get Back’
Director Peter Jackson explains how modern AI technology was used to restore 53-year-old mono recordings, creating the audio of his new documentary series, 'The...
Live Sound
Metallica Marks 40 Years of Mayhem
Metallica's go-to designer since the early 90s, Dan Braun, talks about creating the band's recent 40th anniversary concerts in this exclusive interview.
Live Sound
Genesis Live: Turn It On Again…One Last Time, Part 2
In Part 2, Genesis FOH engineer Michel Colin reveals Phil Collins' inexpensive vocal mic and how to get that classic 1980s gated drum sound...
SFP
Inside the Production Sound Mix of ‘West Side Story,’ Part 2
Tod Maitland, sound mixer on 'West Side Story,' recently shared how he captured dance Foley tracks for the film, his best-practices for choosing lavalier...
Live Sound
Genesis Live: Turn It On Again…One Last Time, Part 1
After announcing a farewell tour in March, 2020, Genesis finally hit the U.S. this past fall...and then Covid struck the audio team.
Live Sound
UBS Arena: Built for Hockey, Made for Music
The new $1.1 billion UBS Arena in Elmont, N.Y. opened with great fanfare in mid-November.