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Craig Anderton’s Open Channel: Turning the Industry Around
It’s been said before, but Mix columnist Craig Anderton decides it's time to add his own twist to ‘Live music is where the money...
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Editor’s Note: The Digital Information Myth
It seems counterintuitive, but it's true: Despite high-capacity, low-cost data storage, we are losing chunks of our history every day.
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Mix Live Blog: 3 Days, 3 Shows, 3 Cities, 2 Bands: Where’s My Pillow?
In which Steve takes on mixing three shows in three days in three cities with two different bands. What could go wrong?
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Craig Anderton’s Open Channel: Do We Have the Ick from Ek?
Spotify CEO Daniel Ek recently drove the internet into a frenzy with a single tweet, here, pro audio industry guru Craig Anderton responds.
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The Complete ‘Aha Moment’ Columns of Peter Janis
After Peter Janis retired from Radial Engineering, he quickly became a columnist for Pro Sound News; over the next two-and-a-half years, the business leader...
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Mix Live Blog: Meanwhile… Ticketmaster Was Hacked!
Now Ticketmaster is battling not only with the government, but with the cyber underworld as well.
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‘Electric Lady Studios: A Jimi Hendrix Vision’ Film Trailer Released
A two-minute trailer for the upcoming documentary on Electric Lady Studios, the first artist-owned recording studio, has been released.
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Hotels Offer Musical Extras
The hospitality industry has hit the studio with two brands recently announcing “recording studio experiences” and a global live music series.
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Mix Live Blog: You Can’t Make This Up, Ep. #1
A pre-show load-in wherein Steve required some consoling—or actually just consoles.
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Craig Anderton’s Open Channel: A Perspective on Perspectives
Maybe people just have a hard time reconciling that two opposing viewpoints can both be correct....
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Mix Blog Live: A (Long) Day in the Life
It started out like a normal day on tour, with a call time of 11 a.m., but then one thing led to another and...
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Prism Sound Warns of Counterfeit Lyra Units
Prism Sound is warning audio professionals to be on the lookout for counterfeit versions of the company’s Lyra audio interface
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Massive Apple / University of Michigan Tinnitus Study Reveals Findings
More than 160,000 people participated in a new study of tinnitus conducted by University of Michigan and Apple—and now the early results are in.
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Mix Live Blog: Breaking Up the Band
Touring pro Steve La Cerra mulls over how the United States Justice Department filed an antitrust lawsuit against Ticketmaster and its parent company, Live...
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Editor’s Note: Making The Connection
Much of this month’s cover story about Billy Joel's first single in 30 years takes place on his home turf: Long Island.
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Producer and Drummer Francesco Lucidi Hits Hard with AUDIX Microphones
“With AUDIX, I don’t feel like I’m hearing the mic, or even my monitor speakers. I feel like I’m hearing the essence of the...
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Mix Live Blog: A Nail in the Coffin of MI Retail
At some point or another, just about any musician who ever picked, plucked, strummed, plinked, blew or banged an instrument made a purchase at...
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Craig Anderton’s Open Channel: I’m Just Asking Questions…
No, this isn’t a thinly disguised attempt to ask leading questions and get away with it, like some people in the media do. These...
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Mix Live Blog: Sleepless In…
Front of house pro Steve La Cerra discovers a new sleep study that might give audio pros nightmares.
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Editor’s Note: You Gotta Push Some Air
A viewing of Dune: Part Two is a good time, but it also proves a point: You gotta push some air.
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Studio Crawl Returns to Mix Nashville: Immersive Music Production II
Two new studios added to popular nighttime event in Berry Hill, featuring food and beverage, live music, and hours of curated immersive music listening...
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2024 National Recording Registry Inductees Announced
ABBA’s “Dancing Queen,” Green Day’s “Dookie” and Gene Autry’s “Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer” are among the 25 recordings added to the National Recording Registry...
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Seen on the Scene: NAB 2024, Day 2
The NAB Show is underway once again in Las Vegas; here's some of what we've seen on the show floor this year!
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Seen on the Scene: NAB 2024, Day 1
The NAB Show is underway once again in Las Vegas; here's some of what we've seen on the show floor this year!
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Mix Blog: Clarence Kane 1926 – 2024
Remembering Clarence Kane, who showed countless valuable, vintage microphones some TLC to keep them running for decades to come.
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Craig Anderton’s Open Channel: Can You Negotiate With AI?
The music industry desperately needs revisions to the copyright laws to take AI changes into account—but it can’t just stop there.
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Extraordinarily Unlikely Pro Audio Gear, Venue Debut
New audio announcements come out constantly, but every April 1, there’s a select few about which one exclaims, “That’s unbelievable!”
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Editor’s Note: Pause. Rewind. Fast Forward.
We are living in an amazing time! And once in a great while, when I run into a genuine blast from the past, I’m...
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Mix Live Blog: Bob Heil, 1940 – 2024
The audio industry received sad news last week when we learned of the passing of Bob Heil, a true pioneer of the live sound...
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Craig Anderton’s Open Channel: Stepping Up to the Tipping Point
Women dominated the Grammy Awards. Not because they had a special welcome mat, but because they made music that people wanted to hear.
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From the Editor: Fewer ‘Things,’ More ‘Experiences’
Every now and then, I now realize, when all the elements came together and the band was killing it, I would crossover from “having...
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NAMM 2024: A Mix Diary, Part 3 — Back to the Show Floor
It was back to the Pro Audio North Hall for Days Two and Three of NAMM 2024, back among the booths and demo rooms...
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NAMM 2024: A Mix Diary, Part 2—Happy Hour and Dinner
Thursday at NAMM wrapped up with Happy Hour at PMC, followed by a memorable dinner with the team at PAD.
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Craig Anderton’s Open Channel: Good Morning, Your Hardware Is Worthless
There’s the 800-pound gorilla in the room: e-waste. The audio industry is a tiny part of the problem, but we are part of it....
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NAMM 2024: A Mix Diary
Mix co-editor Tom Kenny was everywhere during NAMM 2024, but as he recounts, his journey began long before the convention hall doors opened....
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Seen on the Scene: NAMM 2024, Part 2
The annual NAMM Show, held January 25-28 in Anaheim, was a hit; here's just some of what we saw on the show floor.
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Editor’s Note: Peeling Off the Labels
Labels help define nearly everything in our lives, but they can do just as much harm as good.
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Seen on the Scene: NAMM 2024, Part 1
The NAMM Show is off to a roaring start, with massive crowds on-hand to check out all the new gear, see educational offerings and...
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Deep Dive Into The Demo Rooms at NAMM
Some of the most exciting things at NAMM happen behind closed doors...and you’re invited in!
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Blog: How To NAMM
Use strategy and common sense to have a blast this week at the NAMM Show 2024.
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Mix Live Blog: Luke Combs ‘Growin’ Up and Gettin’ Old’
Packing venues—usually stadiums—around the world, Luke Combs is keeping it real, and keeping his ticket prices real, too.