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MEGA-SYNTHS on the Tip of a Chip
Hardware and software of all sorts cross this desk, but the small-package/big-sound index leapt off the scale after I bought a palm-top studio and...
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Random Noise
After writing this column for nearly a year, I seem to have found my niche among Mix readers. I have been rewarded by questions,...
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Webcasting on the rocks
Engineer Chris Mickle has been at the forefront of Webcasting concerts in the Colorado area for five years now since putting the first ISDN...
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Avalon Design AD2022
Avalon Designs has a deserved reputation for designing high-quality, robust-sounding outboard gear. I've had the pleasure of accumulating several pieces
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SOME COLLECTION HIGHLIGHTS
Guitar Gallery: Tampa Red's National steel guitar, 1928; Rickenbacker Frying Pan electric lap steel guitar, 1934; Seattle-made Audiovox electric lap steel
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Sound for Playstation2
Before the new Playstation2 game console was even on sale in the U.S., it was already clear that Sony had a hit on its...
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An Open Letter To Directors From the Production
Our Sound for Picture coverage here at Mix has been criticized in the past for not focusing enough on production sound. Admittedly, our emphasis...
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HOW MUCH IS A PRODUCTION SOUND CREW WORTH?
Today's emphasis in Hollywood is on schedule and cost control. With so many new directors, producers and executives, it is important that everyone has
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Otari RADAR II
When audio recording went digital, the one thing I wouldn't give up was the way I liked to workthat is, having an autolocator with...
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February 1, 2001
February 1, 2001 Technology New Software/Hardware for Audio Production Preview Avalon Design AD2022 D.A.S. Monitor-8 Roland VP-9000 Variphrase Shure KSM44 Demeter RV-1 Real Reverb...
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It’s Alive!
It was another banner year for the touring industry, with a number of acts filling arenas, sheds and even stadiums across the country. This...
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TC Electronic Triple C
DIGITAL MULTIBAND COMPRESSOR Perhaps the Triple C should be called a Triple Threat. It is a digital full-range compressor, multiband compressor and envelope
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Sabine Graphi-Q
MULTIFUNCTION PROCESSOR Sabine's Graphi-Q is a true multifunction digital processor, offering front panel controls for 31 bands of graphic equalization,
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Sequencing for the Stage
DAWS...THE NEW GUITAR? Music has forever changed, and we've all seen it coming. Computer-manipulated sound has become a ubiquitous component in music
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PAPA ROACH The Infestation Continues
Surely one of the great success stories of the past year has been the steady and impressive rise of Papa Roach, the hard-rocking alt...
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”GIMME SHELTER” COMES TO DVD
As the '60s tumbled to a close, two major concert events took place that summed up the highs and lows of the decade's heady...
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Into the New Millennium With…MIDI?
Keeping an old friend young — MIDI in the age of USB and Firewire, part 1
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David Thoener
MEMOIRS OF A FAMILY MAN These days, you hear David Thoener's mixes everywhere. There's Santana's "Smooth," of course, the blockbuster single that spent
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All Quiet on the Wedgeless Stage
TIPS ON PURCHASING AND USING YOUR FIRST SET OF IN-EAR MONITORS
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NAPOLEON, NYC
Offering one-stop shopping to clients in the highly competitive New York advertising business has become critically important over the last decade or
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Carbon 12 Studios
STEVE TUSHAR'S MIX OF MUSIC AND AUDIO POST Making it as a freelance sound designer/mixer in L.A. is no layup. The competition is fierce,...
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Sonic Foundry Vegas Audio 2.0
DIGITAL RECORDING/EDITING SOFTWARE Vegas Pro, Sonic Foundry's foray into multitrack digital audio recording and editing, established the company in the
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THE ToyBox
New Digital Effects Processors Getting "your sound" involves much more than just what you print to tape, hard disk, MO or some other recording...
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What the Audiologist told me
A SOUND ENGINEER EXPLORES THE NEW WORLD OF DSP-BASED HEARING AIDS Still wondering where to invest those unspent per diems? Looking for a technology...
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HARNESSING THE ELEMENTS ON CAST AWAY
RANDY THOM CREATES SOUNDTRACK FROM WATER, WIND AND FIRE Randy Thom has always been a man of many hats. After being nominated for two...
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Tom Werman
HEAVY METAL MASTER Tom Werman has had a remarkable career by anyone's standards. As a record company A&R executive, he has signed and successfully...
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Even Digital Recorders Get the Blues
MDM AND DAT MAINTENANCE Welcome to the new millennium! No Prince songs this year, but by now you must surely be tired of the...
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Neutrik Minilyzer ML1
HANDHELD AUDIO ANALYZER Have you been avoiding the plunge into the world of geekdom? Neutrik has solved that problem by packing an arsenal of...
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BRIAN SETZER-
RETRO COOL Brian Setzer does not come off as your typical pop star. He's not obsessed with inane posturing or with glamorizing his life;...
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The Other Optical Format
ALL PRAISE SACD Cheap, simple and good. These are the linchpins of consumer acceptance, pretty much in that order. Did I mention cheap? Free...
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Choosing a Studio Piano
The Right Instrument for Your Room and Your Music Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell once sang "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing." Granted, they...
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Koblo Studio9000
SOFTWARE SYNTH/SAMPLE PLAYER/DRUM MACHINE BUNDLE Native software synthesizers were at one time dismissed for pro use due to their latency and poor sound
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Kurzweil K2000/K2500/K2600
SYSTEM, SEQUENCING AND SAMPLING SECRETS Flexibility and extensive utilities are part of what makes the Kurzweil synth/samplers legendary. These tips will
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January 1, 2001
January 1, 2001 Technology Koblo Studio9000 Field Test: Audix VX-10 Field Test: Peavey SRM 2410 HC TC Electronic Triple C Sonic Foundry Vegas Audio...
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The Plant Mastering
2200 Bridgeway Sausalito, CA 94965 (415) 332-6100; Fax (415) 332-5738 mastering@plantstudios.comThe Plant Mastering is equipped with all the latest digital