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Remembering ‘Where Music Comes From’
NEW YORK, NY—Certain recording projects inevitably become milestones in any engineer or producer’s career, and some can even be life-changing experiences.
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.
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A True Story
NASHVILLE, TN—The Shaming of the True, a rock opera by an underappreciated musical talent, Kevin Gilbert, is set for a rerelease soon with a...
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BAE Expands Ops
N. HOLLYWOOD, CA—British Audio Engineering (BAE) recently expanded its base of operations, relocating to a commercial building in North Hollywood, CA. Once known as...
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State of the Industry-Recording
With the heyday of the record industry and bigbudget album projects now apparently little more than a distant memory, recording studio owners have had...
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‘Fix’ Fixated on Infamous Ministry Tour
Billed as a backstage pass to the scariest band ever, Fix – the Ministry Movie, from director Doug Freel and Gigantic Pictures, documents the...
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Plug-In Masters
Whether they favor an all hardware signal path, work entirely in the box or use some combination of the two, the majority of mastering...
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Under A New Moon
HOLLYWOOD, CA—Alex Pizzorni, a Caracas, Venezuela-born DJ and musician who records under the name Merlin Moon, recently completed his sophomore album, Bohemian Side of...
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Master of the House
LOS ANGELES, CA—While the digital audio revolution helped launch the project studio business, mastering engineers, with their very specific equipment and acoustical requirements, have...
Recording
Old Is New Again
What’s old is new again in the world of plug-ins, as software developers continue to search the vintage equipment racks for popular classic gear...
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Record Sales Up, Driven by Digital
During the recent NARM (National Association of Recording Merchandisers) convention, David Bakula, senior VP of entertainment analytics for Nielsen, reported that digital music sales...
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Working in The Lab
LOS ANGELES, CA—One potential problem with building a home-based recording studio is that the construction of a soundproofed, trapezoidal room might adversely affect the...
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Back To Vinyl
LOS ANGELES, CA—Vinyl records have been enjoying a surge in popularity of late, with Nielsen SoundScan counting 2.8 million units sold in 2010, the...
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Passing It Along
For anyone interested in starting or furthering a career in sound recording through formal education, there is no shortage of possibilities, from full-time enrollment...
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Plug-In Trends
With so many engineers and musicians now working in the box, there is a ready market for emulations of vintage audio hardware processors as...
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Serenity West Now
HOLLYWOOD, CA—Responding to the process by which many types of music are created these days, Serenity West Recording has repurposed Studio B as a...
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Book Review: Mountains Come Out of the Sky—The Illustrated History of Prog Rock
What is prog? “Only gluttons for punishment dare try their hands at the definition of ‘progressive rock,’ as it is almost too extensive, too...
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Going to 11.1
CALABASAS, CA—Producer, engineer and musician Alan Parsons was at the Southern California headquarters of DTS recently, discretely mixing a couple of tracks for playback...
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Studio Acoustics
In the studio design and acoustics business, from the smallest project room to the largest multi-room complex, every element interacts; change one design component,...
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Kickstarting It Old School
Chicago-based musician, writer and art historian Thomas Negovan is taking old school analog recording to the absolute extreme with his next project, recording to...
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Tonelux Ramps Up Under PMI’s Wing
GARDENA, CA—PMI Audio Group has found a comfortable niche in the pro audio business, acquiring, and often reviving the fortunes of, a number of...
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The Allure of Vinyl Beckons Anew?
HOLLYWOOD, CA—Some commentators have pointed to the resurgence in vinyl sales as a beacon of hope in the face of the continuing slump in...
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Extended Special Report: Studio Acoustics
Russ Berger, president, Russ Berger Design Group (RBDG), and Hanson Hsu, principal, Delta H Design, Inc., recently offered their observations on recent and current...
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Virtual Instruments Get Major Play
Virtual instrument plug-ins are maturing fast, and over the last several years have reached such a level of sophistication that many television and film...
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