Blog
Editor’s Note: Forget the New Normal; Normal Is Now Relative
I’m getting on an airplane Saturday morning, a little less than 24 hours from now, for the first time since January, and to say...
Blog
The Nexus of Art, Architecture and Technology
Acclaimed architect John Storyk reflects both the consistency of his work over five decades and the changes in his style in adapting to modern...
Live Sound
The Strategy Behind Dolby Atmos for Live
If the launch of Dolby Atmos Music is a movement still in its infancy, then the introduction of Dolby Atmos for Live might be...
Facilities
Dolby Atmos Music: Three Years, Three Players
Dolby, UMG/Capitol Studios, PMC and the Launch of Atmos Music
Blog
Dolby Atmos Music Special Issue: It’s Time for a Brand New Experience
Immersive music is coming to the recording industry, no question about it.
Facilities
Listening In on the Newman Scoring Stage
Fox Studios Overhauls B-Chain With Meyer Sound Bluehorn Monitoring System
Profiles
Audio Raconteur Ethan Winer
Electronics, Music, Audio—He Just Wants to Know How Things Work
Blog
Hearing the Music in ‘Found Sounds’
My introduction to writing about sound for film and television, and most of the emphasis over the years, has been through post-production.
news
From the Editor: That Sound-for-Picture Thing
It’s all about audio, as it always has been, and as it always will be.
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Tom’s Travels Through AES
What follows is excerpted from what I call my “name-dropping” column in the AES Show Daily.
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The Opening of Audio Test Kitchen
Online, Unbiased Audio Product Comparisons, Starting Where It All Starts—At the Microphone
Facilities
Strange Weather, Hot Music
Marc Alan Goodman, Daniel Schlett and The Best Room in Brooklyn
Featured
Ed, My Friend, It’s Too Hard to Say Farewell
I write this late on an unusually warm Tuesday night in California, following close to 18 hours living in a fog of real tears,...
Blog
At AES: Being About Close Encounters on the Exhibit Floor (and with Howard Schwartz!)
By Tom Kenny. The editor of Mix shares the insights and inside info he’s gleaned from his travels on the AES show floor.
Blog
At AES: Capricorn Records, Dolby Atmos Music and a Few Black Boxes
By Tom Kenny. The editor of Mix shares the insights and inside info he’s gleaned from his travels on the AES show floor.
Blog
A Few of My Favorite Things
By Tom Kenny. The editor of Mix editor shares “a few of his favorite things” at this year’s AES
2019
The Musician’s Playground
Gold Diggers and Kingsize Soundlabs Are Redefining the Studio-Stage-Hotel Experience
Featured
Blackbird Debuts Dolby Atmos® Music Studio
Photo Caption: The core group that helped develop Blackbird Studio’s 9.1.6 Dolby Atmos mix/reference room was on hand for opening night, July 17. Front...
2019
The Spirit of Independence
I’ve only met Linda Perry once, and it was for no more than two or three minutes last January at NAMM.
Featured
Kevin Becka, 1954-2019
The Mix family lost a dear friend and colleague on Sunday night when longtime technical editor Kevin Becka passed away after a brief bout...
2019
The Scientist and the Bard
I still can’t believe that 40 years after first being mesmerized by Apocalypse Now as a 16-year-old, Mix is featuring the legendary director Francis...
2019
The Low-End, Sensual Sound of Apocalypse Now: Final Cut
40 Years Later, Francis Coppola and John Meyer Fulfill Their Dream of Delivering the True Impact of War
2019
The TEC Awards and Leslie Ann Jones
I will always have a soft spot for the TEC Awards. They’re now the NAMM TEC Awards, and they’ve grown in size, stature and...
Profiles
Esperanza Spalding’s “12 Little Spells”
Smooth, Beautiful Vocal, With a Closing Boost of Bass
Recording
The Complete Carrie Underwood
Singer, Songwriter, Actor, Superstar Turns Producer on "Cry Pretty"
Blog
From the Editor: Learning When to Take Control
I wrote two stories this month about two artists—Carrie Underwood and Esperanza Spalding—strong women from two very different backgrounds and two very different places...
Blog
From the Editor: The Ghosts in the Walls
In putting together this December issue, the past came rushing back during my conversation with producer Eric Valentine and the legacy of the room...
Facilities
Barefoot Recording Opens Its Doors
Eric Valentine, Undertone Audio and the Legacy of a Space
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Book Review: “Al Schmitt on the Record: The Magic Behind the Music”
This month Hal Leonard Books releases legendary engineer/producer Al Schmitt’s autobiography, and it’s been a long time coming. Still working at age 88, out...
Blog
From the Editor: The Wide, Wide World of Audio Education
I was introduced to a couple of remarkably disparate yet somehow similar experiences in audio education on the path to this month’s issue. In...