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Open Channel: Warning—Stability Ahead
Craig Anderton discusses what we can learn about the current state of the music industry from our old, reliable friend, the op amp.
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Building Paul Massey’s Dolby Atmos Mix Room—Part 7: Inside The Screen Wall
Bruce Black, project acoustic designer, documents the creation of Oscar-winning re-recording mixer Paul Massey's personal Dolby Atmos mix room.
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Building Paul Massey’s Dolby Atmos Mix Room—Part 6: The Room on the Clouds
Bruce Black, project acoustic designer, documents the creation of Oscar-winning re-recording mixer Paul Massey's personal Dolby Atmos mix room.
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John Lennon’s Mic Leads Lead to Art
Artist James Wilkinson has created portraits of John Lennon out of the late Beatle's studio mic cables.
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Building Paul Massey’s Dolby Atmos Mix Room—Part 5: The Inside (Room) Story
Bruce Black, project acoustic designer, documents the creation of Oscar-winning re-recording mixer Paul Massey's personal Dolby Atmos mix room.
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Getting Live Sound On The Road Again
After two years of setbacks, live sound is rebounding with a robust summer touring season and strong industry trade shows.
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Seaweed & Sound: Researchers Explore Sustainable Acoustic Treatments
Researchers in India have been exploring how to create sound absorptive materials out of sustainable resources like seaweed.
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Building Paul Massey’s Dolby Atmos Mix Room—Part 4: Raising The Roof
Bruce Black, project acoustic designer, documents the creation of Oscar-winning re-recording mixer Paul Massey's personal Dolby Atmos mix room.
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Open Channel: The Subscription Kerfuffle
Unhappy that your favorite recording software moved to a subscription model? You might be better off than you think.
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Mix Blog: Platter Matters
An acetate disc of Bob Dylan performing his song “Blowin’ in the Wind” sold for almost $1.8 million last week; is this good or...
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Building Paul Massey’s Dolby Atmos Mix Room—Part 3: Juggling the Dance
Bruce Black, project acoustic designer, documents the creation of Oscar-winning re-recording mixer Paul Massey's personal Dolby Atmos mix room.
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A Midyear Message From Mix: Be Good to Yourself
Take a vacation, spend a weekend at the beach, go to a ballgame...it's time to recharge the batteries as we get ready for the...
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Building Paul Massey’s Dolby Atmos Mix Room—Part 2: Piling Up the Lumber
The foundation has been laid and the anchor bolts are in place. It's time to source and store lumber, and in Part 2, Bruce...
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Building Paul Massey’s Dolby Atmos Mix Room — Part 1: A Sturdy Start
As Project Acoustic Designer Bruce Black kicks off this special 8-part online series, construction begins with the pouring of a new concrete slab for...
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Mix Blog Live: Back to Normal? Almost…
The summer festival season is back in a big way, as Steve La Cerra reports, though he adds that if you are working...
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Mix Live Blog: Country Takes a Stand
For the first time, the CMA Festival banned display of the Confederate flag on festival grounds. My reaction when I heard the news? What...
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Open Channel: In Praise of Things That Destroy Music
With every new advancement in music technology comes a wave of outcry that music is being destroyed...but is it?
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Innovations: oeksound Soothe Live Plug-In
oeksound product specialist and live sound engineer Veera Vallinkoski discusses the development of the new Soothe Live plug-in, an automatic resonance suppressor optimized for...
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Mix Blog: Naomi Judd, 1946 – 2022
The music world — particularly the country music community — is mourning the recent death of singer/songwriter Naomi Judd.
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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).
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Mix Live Blog: Bugs!!!
FOH engineer/blogger Steve La Cerra caught a (technical) bug the other day—and then it traveled with him to other gigs.
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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.
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Open Channel: Welcome to the Renaissance!
Has the Internet democratized music? Well, sorta. But a model that turned over artistic and financial control to the fans would be true democratization.
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Dolby Atmos Personalized Rendering Enters Public Beta
Dolby Atmos Personalized Rendering, for pros creating Atmos content while headphone monitoring, has entered public beta.
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It’s Time to Stand Up for Sound
With the announcement that eight Oscars—including Best Sound—will not be presented during the live telecast this year, Hollywood is rightfully up in arms about...
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Open Channel: Welcome to the Middle Ages
They say those who ignore history are doomed to repeat it. Craig Anderton finds an analogy for -- and about -- the ages in...
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Mix Live Blog: A Sigh of Relief After Mixing on the High Seas
FOH engineer/Mix blogger Steve La Cerra just returned from mixing Blue öyster Cult on Rock Legends Cruise IX, and it was an eye-opening experience.
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Mix Live Blog: Vinyl Rising… Pass It On
Vinyl is back, with music fans of all ages—particularly Gen Y—buying the slabs of songs to keep and enjoy forever.
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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...
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Open Channel: The Return of the Ampersand?
Let’s look at three different platform models that add some twists to the evolution of online collaboration.
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Mix Blog: Selling the Farm
Seemingly every week, another major artist sells off the rights to their songs, but why would they make such a move?
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Mix Live Blog: What’s on Your List?
Mix blogger and longtime FOH engineer for Blue Öyster Cult Steve La Cerra considers how and why his input list has evolved over the...
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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.
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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...
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I Need a Witness!
The massive documentary, 'The Beatles: Get Back,' highlights the band's creativity while offering insights for audio pros.
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Mix Live Blog: Deja Vu All Over Again
Post-Thanksgiving, COVID-19 cases started rising off the charts thanks to the Omicron variant, and FOH engineer Steve La Cerra is none too happy about...
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Open Channel: MIDI Two Point…Oh!
What’s most exciting about MIDI 2.0 is what we don’t know is most exciting about MIDI 2.0....yet.
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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...
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Last-Minute Music-ish Gifts for Audio Pros
Here's some gift ideas for the audio pros you know—record cleaning machines to must-read books to pocket-sized music tech.
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2021 Pro Audio Holiday Gift Guide
Noted Nashville engineer Russ Long has yet to buy a single gift, but he's got some ideas and that's a start.
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Mix Live Blog: 10 Gift Ideas for Audio Pros
Trouble deciding what to get your favorite audio pro? Or more likely, your family has trouble figuring out what to get you for the...
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John Lennon: Producer
Everyone thinks of John Lennon as a Beatle or Songwriter or Musician or Activist or Wit; today, let's look at his work as a...