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From the Editor: Immersive … Charlie Butten … and a Thank You
Tom Kenny reflects on immersive audio techniques at Innovative Post Solutions, Charlie Butten's influence on Clear-Com, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, and Mix technical editor Kevin Becka.
Tech Talk: Moving Forward, the Next Chapter
At this last NAMM show, I accepted a new gig as a team member at Pro Tools Expert.
Mix Studio: Allow Me to Introduce Myself
New Weekly Blog on Recording and Production, With Mike Levine
Tech Talk: The Importance of Protection
By Kevin Becka. “Protection” as a theme covers more than just ears.
You Have Arrived, Your Destination Is on the Left
Tom Kenny visits Power Station New England.
Award-Winning Productions: Highlights from the 60th Grammy Awards
Award-Winning Productions: Highlights from the 60th Grammy Awards
Spatial Audio at AES
For amateurs and pros alike, the tools to produce slick-looking 3D, 4k content with post-produced audio are here.
Data Drama
I just had a valued hard drive fail. I know it happens, but I still went through the eight emotional stages after data loss.
Control Theory
Control Theory doesn’t often come up in casual conversation. But it’s come up for me lately, quite a bit actually, and I still have a hard time getting a grasp on it.
Evolving Transducers
It wasn’t that long ago that we started trusting digital enough to be all-in. Since then, and especially lately, the evolution of digital products has been stunning.
Thanks for the Dinner, David
Last night, in Santa Fe, I had a nice dinner with David Schwartz, co-founder of Mix and the man who hired me as an editorial assistant for $5.50 an hour way back in 1988.
Big Studios Bring It
Unless you just woke from a 20-year sleep, you know that digital recording and the Internet have pushed us into a multi-level world of recording.
Living the Good Life
Until very recently, Conway Recording Studios was something of a mystery to me.
Live Sound Takeaways
In the past, I’ve written about the growing similarities between live sound and recording studio workflows.
SFMOMA: Sound in a Space
I spent more time in museums, and thinking about museums, over the past month than I typically do.
Think Again
The part of my job that excites me the most is when I come across new technologies and approaches that change the way I look at what I do...
Stop. Look. Listen.
We use the term “golden ears” every now and then in the pages of Mix, usually to describe an engineer whose taste and talents are beyond reproach and we’re not entirely sure why; they just are.
Five Things You Need to Know
I regularly come across tech, music and general info that I immediately put in my “remember this” folder. Recently, I hit the Mother Lode and thought I’d pass it along.
Let’s Collaborate!
There are “aha” moments in life when you realize that a change doesn’t simply affect you, but rather is a tide that raises all boats.
Bringing It All Back Home
Three things struck me immediately after two separate days of walking through the stunning new Dolby Building at 1275 Market Street in San Francisco.
Problem Solvers
It’s great when you find things that make your life easier, things that become such a part of your day-to-day world that it’s hard to think of your life without them.
Monitoring Reality
So many speakers. And they’re everywhere. In your living room, kitchen and bedroom. In your car, on the plane, on the bus, on the train.
Gear, With Personality
I write this in the Thursday early morning from Room 335 of the Anaheim Marriott, just a football field and a few hours away from the doors opening on the 2016 NAMM Show.
Field of Streams
When it comes to tuning your product news, music, sports, and more, streaming is king.
The New High End
I’m a tech-loving geek—my ceiling fan talks to my thermostat and coordinates my house temp. But high-end tech doesn’t need to be that crazy, or expensive.
In the Room Where It Happens
John Davenport, owner of this month’s cover studio, is quite a character.
Favorite Gear From 2015
Audio pros are passionate about gear, and our tastes tend to be broader than most.
The Making of a Belmont Story
Sometimes a ready-made story, a good one, just falls into my lap.
The Latin Grammys
Certain words bring certain images to mind. In music, when you think of “Grammy” you probably think of the February awards show at the Staples Center in L.A.