Business
Balancing Art and Commerce
HOLLYWOOD, CA—The ninth-annual ASCAP “I Create Music” Expo, held in Hollywood in late April, provided an opportunity for numerous businesses to put themselves in...
Steve Harvey is senior content producer for Mix and also contributes to other Future titles. He has worked in the pro audio industry — including as a touring musician, in live production, installed sound, and equipment sales and marketing — since November 1980.
Business
Rave Comes of Age
By Steve Harvey. Described variously as "The New Rock and Roll," “the rave wave” and “new rave,” EDM—electronic dance music—has become a major moneymaker...
Business
Kraftwerk’s Catalogue of Concerts
Ralf Hütter and Florian Schneider started their Kraftwerk multimedia project in 1970, setting up the innovative Kling Klang Studio in Düsseldorf, Germany, where they...
Business
Barresi Kicks It Old School
HOLLYWOOD, CA—The audience for engineer, producer and mixer Joe Barresi’s presentation during the recent three-day ASCAP Expo in Hollywood was familiar with his work...
Business
Source Control Central: Digital Consoles
Digital audio consoles, with their near-instant reset capabilities and powerful DSP, are ideally suited to theater environments, where quick changes between events or between...
Business
FCC Moves May Dim Wireless Mics’ Future
Wireless microphone and IEM operators are about to discover how much UHF spectrum they are likely to lose next year when the FCC votes...
Business
Demand Performance: Critical Microphone Characteristics for Theater
Sir Winston Churchill’s famous comment about blood, sweat and tears not only symbolizes the effort that goes into any theatrical production but also represents...
Live Sound
Webcasting Festivals
"I first webcast a music festival in August 2005 at the inaugural Lollapalooza Chicago,” says Hank Neuberger, Grammy-winning founder of Springboard Productions. “The promoter...
HOW Sound
HOW Operator Training: The Manufacturer Link
While houses of worship often have experienced staff overseeing the acquisition and implementation of A/V technology, the operators are typically lay volunteers.
HOW Sound
HOW Operator Training: The Manufacturer Link
While houses of worship often have experienced staff overseeing the acquisition and implementation of A/V technology, the operators are typically lay volunteers.
HOW Sound
HOW To Network: Digital Interconnectivity
The adoption of IT infrastructures and their adaptation for the interconnection of digital audio equipment has been a mixed blessing.
Business
Universal Mastering’s Massive Makeover
UNIVERSAL CITY, CA—Universal Mastering Studios (UMS) has made a change to its production and mastering workflows with the adoption of the SADiE Series 6...
Business
Outfitting Spyder’s Kitchen
MALIBU, CA—Neil “Spyder” Giraldo, the first guitarist to appear on MTV, the man who played all of the guitars (and the bass) on Rick...
Business
Grammy Production Nominations Named
NEW YORK, NY— The Recording Academy announced its nominations for the 56th Annual Grammy Awards in a special one-hour CBS broadcast on Friday, December...
Films-TV
The Future of TV Workflow: Dante Networking for ‘The Arsenio Hall Show’
“From Stage 6, Sunset Bronson Studios, on the world-famous Sunset Boulevard, it’s The Arsenio Hall Show!” With that announcement, Hall, who in 1989 was...
Business
Rail Recording: Sleeping Car, Dining Car, Studio Car
LOS ANGELES, CA—Station to Station, a not-for-profit public art project made possible by Levi’s, recently crossed the country from sea to sea for a...
Business
LaRocca “Doing It All At The Same Time”
LOS ANGELES, CA—Engineer, producer and film and television music scoring mixer by day, punk rocker by night, Jason LaRocca has an enviably busy schedule.
Business
Invisible Cities Gets Immersive
LOS ANGELES, CA—Denizens of downtown LA’s Union Station waiting room, a number of whom had apparently settled in for the night, appeared somewhat taken...
Business
Invisible Cities Gets Immersive
LOS ANGELES, CA—Denizens of downtown LA’s Union Station waiting room, a number of whom had apparently settled in for the night, appeared somewhat taken...
Business
Game Sound Anything But Straightforward
Film sound is very straightforward and game sound is not.
Business
Sunny Sound For Cloudy 2
CULVER CITY, CA—Put a group of award-winning motion picture sound professionals in a room with a bunch of fruit and vegetables and what do...
Business
Having a Ball at the Emmys
LOS ANGELES, CA—For the sixth year running, Goodman Audio Services provided sound production for September’s Primetime Emmys Governors Ball—and the Primetime Creative Arts Emmy...
Business
Having a Ball at the Emmys
LOS ANGELES, CA—For the sixth year running, Goodman Audio Services provided sound production for September’s Primetime Emmys Governors Ball—and the Primetime Creative Arts Emmy...
Business
Vintage King Mature At 20
FERNDALE, MI—Twenty years ago, Mike Nehra traveled from Detroit to England with $8,000 available on assorted credit cards, returning with a suitcase of vintage...
Business
The Bowl’s on a Roll
HOLLYWOOD, CA—The Hollywood Bowl may have won Pollstar’s Best Major Outdoor Concert Venue award for the ninth consecutive year in February 2013, but the...
Recording
Big Blue Meenie Takes On The World
JERSEY CITY, NJ—With the economy crashing around your ears and studios across the country retrenching, what is a facility owner to do? In the...
Business
Bring On The Big Band
HOLLYWOOD, CA—Grammy-winning engineer and producer Ryan Hewitt presented the third in his Studio Prodigy Master Class Series, Al Schmitt and Steve Genewick: The Art...
Blog
Miking With The Masters
Royer Labs and Mojave Audio presented an evening of live jazz and classical piano at Universal Mastering Studios in Los Angeles on ...
Blog
Pictures At An Exposition – Gear Expo 2013
Hosted by Vintage King at its VKLA showroom in Los Angeles, Gear Expo 2013 offered the capacity crowd an opportunity to demo gear, speak...
Blog
Recounting A Career of Classics
For readers of a certain age, Ken Scott’s work as an engineer and producer has likely formed a significant part of the soundtrack to...
Business
Sonic Ranch Rustles Up Audio
EL PASO, TX—Over the past five years, Sonic Ranch, located near the tiny desert town of Tornillo, TX, 30 miles east of El Paso,...
Blog
PSN Extra: Inside Coachella
The May, 2012 issue of Pro Sound News features our coverage of the recent Coachella festival in Indio, CA, but here’s even more insight...
Business
SF Post Shows Off for AES
At this year’s AES Convention, the Technical Tours will take in three venerable San Francisco post-production houses.
Business
People Over Profits At Pepper’s
Nashville, TN—There’s no denying that the last few years have been economically challenging for most people.
Business
Panel: Club Sound Without Clubbing the Sound
The Event Live Expo 2012 at Los Angeles Convention Center at the beginning of February hosted a wide variety of panel sessions that included...
Business
Jazzy Sounds From Chico y Rita
New york, NY—Chico y Rita, a movie jam-packed with music from start to finish, is nominated for an Academy Award in the Best Animated...
Business
Panel: Club Sound Without Clubbing the Sound
The Event Live Expo 2012 at Los Angeles Convention Center at the beginning of February hosted a wide variety of panel sessions that included...
Business
Grammy PA Big Winner
In recent years, much of the audio industry’s focus on music’s biggest night—the Grammy Awards show telecast— has been on the broadcast production side...
Business
Grammy PA Big Winner
In recent years, much of the audio industry’s focus on music’s biggest night—the Grammy Awards show telecast— has been on the broadcast production side...
Business
Personal Studio Must-Haves
Despite the prevalence of software in the music production process, engineers working with personal recording setups still rely heavily on hardware.
Business
25th Street Recording Opens in Oakland
OAKLAND, CA—Newrecordingfacilitiesare something of a rarity these days, and large tracking rooms are even rarer.