Business
Inside Blackbird: Legendary Nashville Studio Grants All-Access Online, Part 2
John McBride offers up an all-access pass to the wide worlds of music, recording and live sound with a little help from his friends
Blog
Blog: Why Awards Season Matters
Some cynics say they're glorified tchotchkes, but the truth is that awards matter -- here's why.
Facilities
Inside Power Station at BerkleeNYC
Power Station at BerkleeNYC has once again become a cutting-edge facility, not only showing how to keep a large studio operation open in the...
Blogs
Last Week in Nashville: Tuesday
Tom Kenny's epic travels through Nashville continue, as he scopes out Curb and Starstruck Studios, Belmont University and very respectable Mexican food at Nada.
Blog
Last Week in Nashville: Monday
Chuck Ainlay, Blackbird Academy, Jeff Balding, Welcome to 1979 and a whole lot of immersive music in Nashville.
Blogs
Mix Blog: The Personal Touch
Exploring the career of Dave Stewart—from Eurythmics to recording on Paul Allen's superyacht, he's kept it real every step of the way.
Facilities
Inside the ‘Billy Joel: Live at Yankee Stadium’ Atmos Mix
The 1990 concert film, ‘Billy Joel: Live at Yankee Stadium,’ hits theaters this week, newly remixed for Dolby Atmos.
Business
Designing an All-New Loudspeaker
How Meyer Sound added power and cut the weight with its new flagship PANTHER line array loudspeaker.
Post and Broadcast
Tension in the Track: The Quiet, Rich Sound of ‘Severance’
Severance provides a stellar example of how a quiet, subtle, appropriate, yet detailed soundtrack can have every bit as much impact as a Marvel...
Blog
Blog: This Summer Is Gonna Rock
Mix co-editor Tom Kenny explains why the return of live music this summer is gonna be awesome (and/or will rock).
Blogs
Spring Fever (I Got It Bad)
Mix co-editor Tom Kenny ruminates over a burning desire to go out and do stuff that is only exacerbated by the return of trade...
Blog
Dolby Atmos Personalized Rendering Enters Public Beta
Dolby Atmos Personalized Rendering, for pros creating Atmos content while headphone monitoring, has entered public beta.
Post and Broadcast
Inside the Sound of Amazon’s ‘The Wheel of Time’
For the sound for Amazon's 'The Wheel of Time,' SONA has created a Dolby Atmos mix of wind, forest, pubs, horses and swords.
Blog
For the Sake of the Song
Mix's Tom Kenny ponders the ephemeral nature of -- and bonds created by -- songs as he considers the work of Bob Marley, Buddy...
Blog
Checking the Score: Voting Under Way for Best in Film Music
With voting underway to determine the final five contenders for this year's Best Original Score Academy Award, Tom Kenny considers the highly competitive shortlist.
SFP
Inside the Sound, Music and Songs of Encanto
Musicals, songs and Lin-Manuel Miranda were everywhere in 2021, including the hit Disney animated film Encanto (Walt Disney Pictures), developed by the same creative...
Live Gear
Rick Camp Sets Up System T for All Things Atmos
FOH engineer Rick Camp has outfitted his Master Mix Live facility in Las Vegas with a SSL System T console.
Blog
I Need a Witness!
The massive documentary, 'The Beatles: Get Back,' highlights the band's creativity while offering insights for audio pros.
Blog
Lisa Roy Remembered
Most of you won’t recognize the name in the headline, but a great many of you will. The professional audio, recording and music industries...
Blog
It’s Good to Have Apple Back
Mix's Tom Kenny looks back at how Apple has always provided consumers with irresistible audio and pros with the tools to create it.
Live Sound
Lollapalooza Kicks It Off!
The first of the full-capacity major music festivals returned this summer, with LD Systems on-site tackling both main stages.
SFP
Feeding the Stream at Lollapalooza
Springboard Productions and American Mobile stayed busy throughout Lollapalooza providing the festival's stream for Hulu.
Profiles
Mix Cover Story: Dave Way is Digging Atmos Music
Legendary Grammy-winning engineer/producer Dave Way embraces the creative possibilities of “space” and performance with the adoption of Dolby Atmos Music mixing in his Waystation...
Sponsored
Lollapalooza Brings Back Live Music Festivals – A Mix Photo Essay
For thousands of music fans in Chicago and millions at home watching the live stream on Hulu, this past weekend marked the long-awaited return...
SFP
Inside One Dub By Deluxe
Greg Taieb of Deluxe provides insight into the company’s new One Dub remote audio cloud recording service.
Blog
Editor’s Note: Influence and Inspiration
There’s a scene in the movie School of Rock where the Jack Black character, the temp music teacher at a private school, is walking...
Profiles
Crowder Gets Creative
New studio designed for inspiration. flexibility and one-touch recording
Profiles
Too Much Down Time? Get Out the Saw!
Engineer Louis DeFelice Creates Custom Racks and Studio Furniture
Blog
No Need to Go It Alone
If there’s one thing we’ve learned over the past year of isolation, there’s no need to go it alone.
Recording
‘And Then John Lennon Walked Into the Room…’
Chairman at the Board: Recording the Soundtrack of a Generation By Bill Schnee, BackBeat Books From the outset, engineer/producer Bill Schnee makes no bones...
Blog
This One’s a Reader
I entered the graduate journalism program at Indiana University in 1986, about seven or eight lifetimes ago in technology years. In the summer of...
Blog
Well, It’s Been a Year Now…
My daughters like to tease me that I use a few too many ellipses in my texts and emails. “Oh yeah, dad, he’s king...
Technology
Tech Spotlight on Sennheiser: 75 Years, 3 Generations, 1 Family
Sennheiser’s Legacy of Innovation—From Measurement to Mics to Headphones to Wireless to AMBEO 3D
Facilities
World-Class Recording at Mid South Audio
Leading Production Company/Integrator Has an Ear for Analog Sound
Blog
Editor’s Note: Welcome 2021, We’ve Been Waiting for You
It’s been a long, long year. Same number of seconds, minutes and hours, yes, but I think we can all agree that it sure...
Facilities
The Record House Goes Immersive
New Dolby Atmos Suite Certified for Home, Adding the Music
Blog
Editor’s Note: 10 Months In, We’re All Teachers and Students
I believe in Science. Absolutely. And Science told us back in March that if we didn’t all take this virus thing seriously, by November...