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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...
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Mix Live Blog: Cyber Evil
This morning, when Steve La Cerra went to check his email, he was a little surprised to find 107 new messages.
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Open Channel: Watch Your Language!
Craig Anderton plumbs the depths of definitions as he tries to figure out which technical terms mean what when.
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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.
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Podcasting Flourishes Despite the Pandemic
Since the pandemic began in early 2020, podcasting has exploded in popularity with listeners and the pro-audio industry.
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Mix Live Blog: Rule Number One
FOH engineer Steve La Cerra tries to make sense of the unfathomable in the wake of the Astroworld tragedy.
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Mel Blanc’s Mic Moves to Auction
Legendary cartoon voice artist Mel Blanc prized his Sony C-37A tube microphone; now the mic is going up for auction in early December.
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View From the Top: Mark Williams, RAD Global Distribution
Mark Williams, executive vice president of RAD Global Distribution, shares his journey from building homegrown mixers in Junior High to distributing pro-audio brands around...
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Foo Fighters Announce ‘Studio 666’
Foo Fighters have announced the band’s first fictional film, 'Studio 666,' which will follow the band as it attempts to record its most recent...
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Open Channel: A Musical Legacy, Or Slip Slidin’ Away?
Digital data isn’t stone tablets. Will people 20,000 years from now—or even 1,000 years from now—know what kind of music we made?
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Mix Live Blog: (Not) Everybody’s Working for The Weekend
What does the recently averted Hollywood labor strike say about the future of entertainment (including live sound)?
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InfoComm’s Labuskes: Together At Last
David Labuskes, CTS, CAE, RCDD and Chief Executive Officer of AVIXA, penned this greeting to InfoComm attendees this week, welcoming them back to the...
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Open Channel: Who’s Right? Who’s Wrong? Who Cares?
Many a studio argument stems less from who's right and who's wrong than where each party is coming from and their frame of reference....
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Mix Live Blog: Five Silly Questions…
FOH engineer/Mix blogger Steve La Cerra is on the road with Blue Öyster Cult, and has noticed that he's needed to ask questions that...
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Mix Live Blog: The Cameo Theater Reborn
FOH engineer Steve La Cerra shares his experience mixing opening night at Bristol, VA's Cameo Theater, a restored 500-cap venue from the 1920s.
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Open Channel: How the Loudness Wars Turned Guerrilla
Historians note that the Loudness Wars ended in the early 21st century. It was a step in the right direction…after which, some took a...
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Peek Inside Debbie Gibson’s Home Studio
Former teen pop star/producer Debbie Gibson has a home studio built around current and vintage gear. Let's go gear-spotting as she gives a video...
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Mix Blog Live: Big Dogs Follow Broadway
Just as it seemed the touring industry was ramping back up, many acts and events have hit the pause button, either postponing dates or...
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Mix Live Blog: Protecting the Investment on Broadway
With the Delta Variant spiking around the country, tours and venues are quickly changing their pandemic-related entrance requirements, and that includes Broadway, as Mix...
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Diving into The Sounds of Star Wars
Author J.W. Rinzler discusses working with legendary sound designer Ben Burtt on his book, The Sounds of Star Wars.
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Open Channel: To Get the Right Answer…Ask the Right Question
If our creative recording skills are going to move forward, we need to rethink what we're trying to achieve and how we're going to...
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Mix Live Blog: Pluses and Minuses
Mix columnist Steve La Cerra writes in from Blue Oyster Cult's FOH console and reports he's not the only one a little rusty from...
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Mix Blog Live: Rental Gouge
Ever on the road, live sound pro Steve La Cerra recounts a wretched rental counter encounter—and considers how other touring acts will be affected...
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Authenticity and the Art of Performance
"Yes, anything goes, and that’s what this column is about. Expect opinions, praise, complaints, controversy, and of course, occasional moments of blinding stupidity."
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Mix Blog Live: At Home, On Tour
The Boss reopened on Broadway a few days ago and has announced plans for a 2022 tour, though the two types of performances are...
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Find Your Next Gig Now! The Complete ‘Sounding Board’ Series
This limited series by audio industry veteran Mike Dias shows you specifically how to career network in the pro audio industry; this is not...
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Mix Blog Studio: Skewed Critical Focus
The ease with which people can offer opinions online and then call themselves a music critic means that ... well, there are a lot...
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Sounding Board: Community Is Why We Network
Audio industry veteran Mike Dias closes out his 'pro-audio career networking' column with some final thoughts and thank-yous.