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Craig Anderton’s Open Channel: Strip-Mining the Emotion From Music
With the advent of digital audio, sound quality started to be confused with musical quality. Craig has some ideas on how to change that.
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Mix Blog: Who Wrote That? AI and Copyright Law
The Copyright Office released the second part of its Report on Copyright and Artificial Intelligence (“AI”), with a mix of good and uncertain news.
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What Would You Grab?
If I had 5 minutes, once family and pets are safe and in the car, what would I grab? Of all these “things” that...
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Tom’s Travels: Celebrating 40 Years With Apogee
For Mix co-editor Tom Kenny, the 2025 NAMM Show began the night before, with an annual—and this year, very special—kick-off party in Santa Monica....
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Seen on the Scene: NAMM 2025, Part 2
The NAMM Show 2025 is over, but what an event it was! Take a look at the gear, stats and more from across the...
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Nugen Maps the Wide World of Acoustic Spaces
Nugen Audio has created an interactive map on its website of places with unusual acoustic characteristics.
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Seen on the Scene: NAMM 2025, Part 1
Here’s just a handful of things we have seen at the 2025 NAMM Show so far.
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Mix Live Blog: When Things Go Wrong
I’m finding it difficult to come up with something meaningful to say in the wake of what’s going on in Southern California.
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Craig Anderton’s Open Channel: The AI Cesspool Has Arrived
Not only is the AI genie out of the bottle, the genie has acquired tactical nuclear weapons. Welcome to 2025.
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Mix Blog: If You Don’t Have It in Two Places…
Sometimes things are clichés because they're true.
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A Creative Renaissance in Song and Score
I’m a night owl, and I have been as long as I can remember...
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Mix’s Top 20 Articles of 2024, Part 5: The Final Four!
As 2024 comes to a close, we’re counting down our most popular articles of the year, as chosen by YOU, the readers of Mix!
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Mix’s Top 20 Articles of 2024, Part 4: 8-5
As 2024 comes to a close, we’re counting down our most popular articles of the year, as chosen by YOU, the readers of Mix!
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Mix’s Top 20 Articles of 2024, Part 3: 12-9
As 2024 comes to a close, we’re counting down our most popular articles of the year, as chosen by YOU, the readers of Mix!
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Mix’s Top 20 Articles of 2024, Part 2: 16-13
As 2024 comes to a close, we’re counting down our most popular articles of the year, as chosen by YOU, the readers of Mix!
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Mix’s Top 20 Articles of 2024, Part 1: 20-17
As 2024 comes to a close, we’re counting down our most popular articles of the year, as chosen by YOU, the readers of Mix!
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Mix Live Blog: The Future Is Bright
Audio professors always tell students what it's like 'out there' in the industry, but sometimes the lesson has to be learned from a peer.
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Talking Technology, Thinking About Gear
Year-end lists are one of the long-standing staples of journalism, whether it’s the "Top 10 Films of the Year," "2024's Best Backpacks" or "5...
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The Weird History of Recording In Cars
UK singer Sinéad Harnett recently recorded in a Renault 5 E-Tech electric vehicle, joining the small, unique group of artists who've tracked in an...
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The Mix 2024 Gift Guide
Once again, we have put together a few suggestions for what to buy that pro audio friend on your gift list.
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“Beatles ’64” — A Mix Film Review
The latest Beatles documentary, "Beatles '64," focuses on the cultural hurricane surrounding the band's first U.S. visit.
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Mix Live Blog: This Won’t Work
Right gate, wrong airport — and that was only how the day started for tour manager/FOH engineer Steve La Cerra.
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Mix Blog Live: The High Cost of Being a Celebrity
Is that particular LA2A, Neve mic pre or Alesis 3630 worth the inflated price at auction just because it once sat in the rack...
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Mix Live Blog: The End of An Era
Yamaha announced that it would be discontinuing its CL Series, and the QL Series desks will also be retired.... I have to confess, I’m...
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Audiobooks Take Centerstage at NYCC
Audiobook service Audible brought some of its top creative talents to the stage last week at New York Comic Con for an ear-opening panel.
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Mix Live Blog: A Tale of Two Consoles
A new digital live console should easily out-perform an ancient, second-generationi digital desk from the 2000s, right?
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Seen on the Scene: AES Show 2024, Part 2
Whether eyeing new gear or taking in pro-packed panels, everyone at AES came away with new info and insights into an ever-changing industry.
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Mixing Prince on Saturday Night Live—and What That Has To Do with AI
An evening at Audio-Technica's new NYC engagement space, Technica House, revealed a cool audio story about Prince on SNL.
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Editor’s Note: Oh, to Be in New York City…
A look back at the music and recording scene of the mid-1970s to mid-1980s, when the incredible variety of artistic and production talent led...
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Mix Live Blog: A Fountain of Youth?
On the road mixing classic rock, Steve pauses to appreciate the skill and good will of the co-headlining legend, Carl Palmer.
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From the Editor: Can Generative AI Make a Twister?
Mix co-editor Tom Kenny brings some fun context to the audio efforts behind 1996's Twister and this summer's semi-sequel Twisters.
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Reggae’s Greatest Console? Legendary Helios Desk Up for Sale
A rare vintage Helios console used to record Bob Marley, Burning Spear, Big Youth, Bunny Wailer, Yellowman and many more has been put up...
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Mix Blog: Fake Art. Real Money
Well, it had to happen sooner or later… AI-generated “art” being used to scam money out of the music industry.
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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.