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WHAT’S NEW IN THE FAMILY FOR ’98/’99
From cost-conscious table-toppers to multi-thousand-dollar mainframes, effects manufacturers have added at least 25 new units in the 18 months since Winter
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Facilities
Studio B Digital Recording: AN INSIDER’S VIEW OF FOAM AND CONCRETE
It takes a long time to grow a basement studio to the point where moving to a new facility is possible. For us at...
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Audio-Technica AT895: DSP-Controlled, Adaptive-Array System Microphones
Microphone technology has advanced steadily (if slowly) over the past century, with changes occurring at an evolutionary-rather than revolutionary-pace.
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Apocalypse Now from The Hollywood Edge: THE AMERICAN ZOETROPE SOUND EFFECTS COLLECTION
There is no question that Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now (1979) ranks among the top films of all time in terms of its sonic...
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HOT HITS FROM THE 106TH AES CONVENTION!
FROM MAY 8 TO 11, 1999, thousands of audio professionals converged on Munich's M.O.C. Congress Center for the 106th convention of the Audio Engineering
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TOM PETTY KEEPS IT REAL IN THE STUDIO
When Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers released their self-titled Shelter Records debut in 1976, few would have predicted that we would still be talking...
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Fuss and Bother Over Internet Audio: THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED?
Audio on the Internet. Does that intrigue you or scare you? If you work for a large record company, or your business depends on...
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FACILITY SPOTLIGHT: THE ENTERPRISE SOARS ON
No one would ever accuse Craig Huxley of being timid. In 1985 he opened a sprawling, Memphis-modern decorated, multiroom recording complex in Burbank
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FACILITY SPOTLIGHT: CONVERTING THE CATALOG: CHACE PRODUCTIONS TURNS MONO TRACKS INTO SURROUND
Find a need and fill it. It's a ready-made success formula for just about any business, and it's worked especially well for Chace Productions...
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Studio Wiring Options
If audio signals are the lifeblood of an audio production facility, then wiring is the circulatory system through which those signals move. Once installed,
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15TH ANNUAL TEC AWARDS NOMINEES
Listed below are the nominees chosen by the Nominating Panel of the 15th Annual Technical Excellence & Creativity Awards. A special TEC Awards nominees
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Pacific Microsonics’ HDCD: LOOKING BEYOND THE COMPACT DISC
With both DVD-Audio and Super Audio CD on the horizon, the compact disc may face two serious challenges to its long-held position as the...
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Change Soho, Then the World
Roger D'Arcy, 42, and Nick Whitaker, 37, started the English firm Recording Architecture in 1987, believing that, when it comes to studio design, acoustics
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IVO WATTS-RUSSELL: 4AD’S AURAL ARCHITECT
Back in 1980, Ivo Watts-Russell aspired to create something new and bold in the music world. Excited by the music he was hearing in...
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John Storyk: THIRTY YEARS OF STUDIO DESIGN
John Storyk has been a fixture in studio design almost since there were studios to design. At 53, he can trace his professional lineage...
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Otari RADAR II: MULTITRACK HARD DISK RECORDER
I don't want to date myself, but my relationship with Otari goes back to 1979 when I first bought a 1-inch, 8-track Model 7308...
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Tennessee Top 20: A SCORE OF PRODUCT HITS AT NSCA
This year's NSCA show (www.nsca.org) took place at Nashville's Opryland Hotel, an antediluvian biosphere where attendees could lose themselves for hours
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KING CRIMSON: VROOMING INTO THE DVD AGE
Since their formation in 1969, the British band King Crimson has been questing for new frontiers. Now, 30 years down the line, they've delved...
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Aphex 1788 Remote Preamp
The Aphex 1788 is a full-featured, 8-channel, remotely-controllable microphone preamplifier offering excellent sound quality plus two inventions: continuously
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Report from NAB99: The Las Vegas Wrap-Up
NAB99, held in Las Vegas April 17-22, was the biggest broadcast show yet, drawing a record 105,000 attendees. For those of you who didn't...
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Howie B.: UP FROM THE LONDON UNDERGROUND
Howie B. has been something of a ubiquitous figure in popular music the past few years, particularly in Europe. The producer/engineer/mixer/composer/DJ
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Soundelux U95S: MULTIPATTERN TUBE CONDENSER MICROPHONE
The U95S is the latest microphone in the growing Soundelux line, features audiophile grade electronic components throughout and is designed to be the
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Mike Shipley: HAVING TOO MUCH FUN TO STOP
Mike Shipley's work is practically a fixture on the Billboard charts. His credits include a wide range of successful artists, such as Def Leppard,...
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RPG Diffusor Systems Room Optimizer: STUDIO SPEAKER PLACEMENT SOFTWARE FOR WINDOWS
Many studio listening environments today depend upon near-field or midfield monitors. And many veteran recording engineers make the mistake of placing
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June 1, 1999
June 1, 1999 Technology Audio-Technica AT895: DSP-Controlled, Adaptive-Array System Microphones RPG Diffusor Systems Room Optimizer: STUDIO SPEAKER PLACEMENT SOFTWARE FOR WINDOWS Apocalypse Now from...
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Audio Precision Portable One: TROUBLESHOOTING TIPS
Audio Precision introduced the System One in 1985 and the Portable One in 1990. Since then, many features and new capabilities have been added....
Live Sound
The Tour That Never Was MARILYN MANSON and Hole
The pairing of Marilyn Manson and Hole was surrounded by controversy from the get-go. Unofficially dubbed the "Beautiful Monsters" tour by Hole bassist
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Loudspeaker Trends: THE STATE OF THE ART OF SYSTEM DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING
Once upon a time, when there were only a handful of large-scale loudspeaker system manufacturers, enterprising sound companies typically built their own
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CLM Dynamics Expounder: STEREO DYNAMIC EQUALIZER
The Expounder, from Scottish company CLM Dynamics, is an analog stereo/dual mono 4-band parametric equalizer with stereo high/lowpass filters that expands
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Ashly Protea: 24-BIT DIGITAL EQ
The Ashly Protea 4.24G is a rackmount digital equalizer featuring four independent channels of 11/43-octave graphic equalization, plus high and lowpass
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DACS MicAmp: MICROPHONE PREAMPLIFIER
The exhibit floor of an AES show is hardly the place to judge the quality of a mic preamp, but Lew Frisch of Comprehensive...
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Blondie: Still Dreaming
Seventeen years between albums is an eternity in the pop music world, yet half a minute into the first track on Blondie's greatly anticipated...
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TOUR PROFILE: Lauryn Hill Live: Hip Hop Superstar Hits the Road
Lauryn Hill was only 15 years old (and working part-time as a soap opera actress) when she got together with high school classmate Wyclef...
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DOLLY, EMMYLOU AND LINDA: THE TRIO MAKES MORE HEAVENLY MUSIC
Linda Ronstadt, Dolly Parton and Emmylou Harris could hardly believe they were finally all seated at the large Elektra Records conference table promoting
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BARENAKED LADIES: SHOWING GROWTH WITH “STUNT”
"The thing about this record is that it was their fourth studio album. I can't emphasize enough how marvelous it was to work with...
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Rockfield Studios: More Than History
To call Rockfield Studios (Monmouth, Gwent, Wales) historic might be accurate, but it doesn't tell the whole story. This legendary facility is said to
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STAR WARS EPISODE I: THE PHANTOM MENACE
In 1977, in a galaxy very close to home, Star Wars changed the way movies are made and released, ushering in the age of...
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Sundholm SL6.5w and SL10/s: STUDIO MONITORS WITH STEREO SUBWOOFERS
Although Sundholm may not be a familiar name in pro audio, Conrad Sundholm, the company's president/chief designer is hardly a newcomer to the industry.
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Soundtracs DPC-II: LARGE-FORMAT DIGITAL MIXING CONSOLE
Of all the incredible advances currently occurring in digital audio, perhaps the most impressive of all is in the area of digital mixers. The...
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TC Works Spark: Digital Audio Mastering Editor for Mac OS
After years of creating top-selling plug-ins for Pro Tools, VST and DirectX formats, TC Works has taken the next step with SparkTM, a comprehensive
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Lab Analysis: Sundholm Acoustics SL6.5w Monitors
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS The Sundholm SL6.5w cabinet is a bass-reflex design with a flared 2-inch diameter port on the baffle. The cabinet is constructed
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Mackie Pro Touring Speakers: The Mixer Company Gets Serious About Sound Reinforcement
One year ago, Mackie was completing its plans to acquire RCF, a major OEM supplier of speakers, horns and drivers to manufacturers and touring...