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Why Louder Sounds Better
All too often we hear complaints that the sound is too loud at concerts. Further, widespread enactment of sound control regulations often requires concert
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STAN RIDGWAY THE MuSIC IS THE MoVIE
Stan Ridgway has always been a keen observer of modern life. From his days as the frontman of the unusual but always compelling Los...
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PROJECT STuDIO PROJECTS
The tip-off that Marshall Crenshaw recorded his latest CD, enigmatically titled #447, in his own project room is the name of the studio in...
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Dolly Parton: The Grass Is Blue (Sugar Hill)
It's no surprise that Dolly Parton could make a fine album of acoustic string band music; the wonder is that it's taken her so...
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The Foo Fighters Rock in Ol’ Virginny
The state of Virginia probably didn't know what hit it when Dave Grohl moved there recently, but for Grohl and his band, the Foo...
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Four Engineers Talk About The Challenge
Q: How many engineers does it take to mike a drum kit?A: One, assuming the drummer shows up.With all due respect to drummers-having endured...
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On Hold, Waiting for a Callback
Tech support. Two words that strike terror in the hearts of studio personnel and manufacturing executives alike. The former because they know that once
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Jason Miles Pays Tribute To Weather Report
Professional associations with the likes of Miles Davis, The Crusaders, Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston and Brian Setzer would tame the ambition of many
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The State of the 8-Bus
First came the Alesis ADAT and Tascam DA-88, which started the whole democratization of the audio industry by making good-sounding equipment available
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Iggy Pop: Avenue B (Virgin)
Sometimes you can judge a book, or a CD, by its cover. This is the case with Iggy Pop's new one, "adorned" with a...
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PROJECT STUDIO SPOTLIGHT
MIXER JAMEY STAuB AND BLuES EXPLoSIoN'S RuSSELL SIMINS FIND BALANCE AT ASToRIA LouNGE Artists and engineers often talk how important a tight relationship
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Brauner Valvet
It's easy to get jaded about microphones today. You can't swing a dead cat without hitting another new condenser mic. And the constant din...
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The Virtual Studio
It's been more than 30 years since multitrack tape machines radically changed the nature of recording. In most cases, a recording of a given...
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Songs and Stories From Moby Dick
Songs and Stories from Moby Dick," the latest touring show by Laurie Anderson, is a one-and-a-half-hour theatrical presentation that makes extensive use
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The 1999 Bridge School Benefit Concerts
Organized and hosted by Pegi and Neil Young, the annual all-acoustic benefit concert for the Bridge School has become one of the most anticipated...
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Bryan Ferry: As Time Goes By (Virgin)
This latest collection of covers is perhaps Bryan Ferry's most audacious artistic statement since his genre-busting solo debut, 1973's These Foolish Things.
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Angelo Badalamenti: Music From the Motion Picture Soundtrack “The Straight Story” (Windham Hill)
An everyday story of a man and his lawn mower, The Straight Story is a surprisingly involving film, a gift both for film aficionados...
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WaveFrame Version 6.5
From its inception, WaveFrame was primarily designed to serve the post market. The major strengths of the WaveFrame system have been file management and
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Requisite Audio PAL
In the past decade, the substantial demand for tube-based outboard gear has driven prices in the vintage gear market steadily upward. As a result,...
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The Glass Elevator
Walking into Dave Kershaw's project studio, The Glass Elevator, is a bit like walking onto an Austin Powers set: colorful surroundings and an assortment
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Bryan Adams The Warehouse
Bryan Adams really pisses me off! That's because he's usually right. He was right when he said he could get Tina Turner to sing...
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Sonic Foundry Acid
Sonic Foundry's Acid software has fundamentally changed the way many people create loop-based audio productions. It's the first program that actually
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January 1, 2000
January 1, 2000 Technology The Virtual Studio WaveFrame Version 6.5 JoeMeek SC4 Requisite Audio PAL Brauner Valvet Live Mix Why Louder Sounds Better Songs...
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THE 15th ANNUNAL TEC AWARDS
Sting, one of the music industry's most popular and creative talents, was presented with the coveted Les Paul Award, and Tom Dowd, who engineered...
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Avalon Design VT-747sp: STEREO OPTO-COMPRESSOR/PROGRAM EQUALIZER
A clear case of "more than the sum of its parts," the VT-747sp from Avalon Design combines a tube-based, opto-stereo compressor, sidechain processor and
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Chris Blackwell: FROM LP TO DVD, STILL LIVING THE ISLAND LIFE
As a "glamour profession," the recording industry is full of people whose names and faces are familiar to the general public. Yet for the...
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Year-End Tax Tips
A few lucky road dogs are going to get a little something extra in a few months. Their money back. From the Government.If you've...
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ELLIOT SCHEINER SINGS THE PRAISES OF 5.1
In the last couple of years, veteran engineer Elliot Scheiner has become one of the recording world's most passionate and articulate advocates of 5.1
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PRECiSION MASTERING: TWO DECADES IN HOLLYWOOD
Precision Mastering, based in Hollywood, Calif., is celebrating 20 years as one of the top mastering houses in the industry. Founded in 1979 as...
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CLINT BLACK : UNPLUGGED WITH A DIFFERENCE
To Clint Black, challenge is the name of the game. "You gotta have some of that going or you're just going to go through...
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Spectral Design AudioCube[superscript]3-II: Mastering and Audio Restoration Workstation
Founded in 1994, Spectral Design has been quietly-or perhaps not so quietly-making a name for itself as one of the world's major developers of...
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Getting Elemental with Eric Ambel
Eric "Roscoe" Ambel is regarded by many fans of Americana and roots-influenced rock music to be one of the most inspirational and sensitive producers
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I Came, I Saw, IRCAM: A VISIT TO FRANCE’S PREMIER MUSIC TECHNOLOGY THINK TANK
Keeping on last month's topic of travel, the great thing about getting out of your own country for a while is that you realize...
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Brian Malouf: SHARING THE SECRETS OF HIS CROSSOVER SUCCESS
There's a real art to making successful transitions, whether in a career or in a life. Brian Malouf has managed to gracefully make more...
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SOUND FX FOR “SLEEPY HOLLOW”: HEADS WILL ROLL, HORSES WILL RUN
A Tim Burton movie would seem on the surface to be a sound editor's playpen-stylized imagery, dark characters, evocative settings. Whether it's the scissor
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COMPOSER SPOTLIGHT : IRWIN FISCH
Growing up in Queens, N.Y., Irwin Fisch gave little thought to a career in music. After high school, he earned a degree in journalism...
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MediaFORM CD-3706P: CD DUPLICATOR/PRINTER SYSTEM
The full name of this product is the MediaFORM CD-3706P Autoloading Standalone Spindle-Based CD-ROM Copier and Printing Solution, which just about says
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Speck Electronics XTRAMIXcxi: ULTRA-COMPACT 40x8x2 SYNTH/LINE MIXER
For the past 25 years, Speck Electronics has been providing high-quality mixers that address the needs of recording and touring professionals. Throughout
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Metallica
Michael Kamen is sitting back, looking over the sea at his home in Tuscany, Italy. He's coming off a tremendous first half of 1999,...
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Old House Recording Studio
Not many prospective studio owners can imagine a 145-year-old farmhouse transformed into a recording facility. But, in the Bible Belt town of Gastonia,
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Big Blue Meenie: RECORDING STUDIOS
Hundreds of hardcore, punk and metal bands have fueled Big Blue Meenie Recording Studios since its inception a decade ago in the basement of...
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Mastering Forum: TWEAKING: DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME, YET
As we close out the '90s, it's instructive to think back on all the changes we've seen over the course of the decade. In...