Technology
2017
Spatial Audio at AES
For amateurs and pros alike, the tools to produce slick-looking 3D, 4k content with post-produced audio are here.
2016
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.
2016
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...
2016
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...
2016
Live Sound Takeaways
In the past, I’ve written about the growing similarities between live sound and recording studio workflows.
2016
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...
Blog
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...
2016
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...
2016
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...
2016
Field of Streams
When it comes to tuning your product news, music, sports, and more, streaming is king.
2016
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,...
2015
Favorite Gear From 2015
Audio pros are passionate about gear, and our tastes tend to be broader than most.
2015
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...
2015
For the Birds
This summer I was tapped to teach a Sound for Picture course, which provided an opportunity for me to not only review the range...
2015
Sonic Rescue
Although “videographer” is a job classification I’ve never put on my resume, in the new age where anyone can broadcast to the world, I’ve...
2015
MixTrips: Tom and Kenny at Cold Spring Tavern
On Saturday, July 11, Chris Pelonis picked me up in Los Olivos in his Porsche convertible and said, “You wanna go get a beer...
2015
MixTrips: Chris Pelonis
Chris has been a longtime friend and I’ve thought from day one that he had one of the great creative/technical minds in our industry.
2015
MixTrips: What It Is
I’ve been at Mix since 1988, and I’ve seen a lot in this world of professional audio.
2015
Who’s Keeping Score?
If there is one thing you can say about the digital age so far it’s that there has been a remarkable level of indifference...
2015
Where Will We Be?
When I was a kid, I used to play a daydreamer’s game of “where will I be?”—when I’m 20, 30, in the year 2000,...
2015
Reflections From the Bay
“It is represented to us that the universal suffrage, as now existing throughout the Union, is abused; that fraud and corruption prevent a fair...
2015
Class of 2015: You’re On Your Own, Kid
I always look forward to reading Mix’s “Class Of” issue.
2015
Pick Up Your Pro Tools Pace
While attention to detail and organization are vital elements in professional session workflow, speed can often make or break a session.
2015
Tales From the Client Side
The ink was barely dry on my January 2015 column about the dynamics of dealing with artists when I found myself in a situation...
2015
What Kind of User Are You?
Last month I wrote about new subscription/membership models that are now being offered by Avid, Slate Digital, Cakewalk and Audionamix.
2015
Subscriptions Anyone?
It’s nothing new. You’re likely reading Mix because you have a subscription. It’s based on a mutual agreement.
2015
Redemption and the Personal Studio
The semester was nearing its end when one of my students showed up after missing class for most of the term.
2015
When Do You Trash Your Preferences?
At the risk of sounding like a VO in a movie trailer (“In a world, where everything is everywhere...), when you have unlimited tracks,...
2014
Don’t Forget to Stretch
At the start of every new year, I like to take an assessment of my studio life, looking at both the gear I have...
2014
Fundamentals
As often as possible, we need to remind the people we mentor that the fundamentals of audio apply to both studio and stage.
2014
Education Through Teamwork
Although the major stars don’t often admit it in public (except, perhaps, on the awards podium), success in the music business is the result...
2014
Professional Development
One question I hear most often from students who want a career in pro audio is how can they break into the business.