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Biograph: Jeff Greenberg Revives Classic L.A. Facility
You want to know just how plugged-in Jeff Greenberg is? This descendant of an L.A. family with a long retail and banking tradition (his...
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Bernie Grundman Mastering
Bernie Grundman-the engineer and the facility-has been synonymous with quality mastering for more than 30 years. Avuncular and quietly authoritative about
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MasterMix/MasterVision
MasterMix opened its doors just off Nashville's Music Row in 1983. Last year, after mastering hundreds of Gold and Platinum records for a wide...
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GEARING UP FOR A MULTIFORMAT FUTURE
Long regarded as the most mysterious and elite of professional audio's arts, mastering is in the midst of massive change on several fronts. In...
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SOUND KITCHEN: Watching the Dough Rise
For the past two years the Nashville-area studio market has been characterized by consolidation and contraction, which makes Sound Kitchen a rare success
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ALTERNATE ALTERNATIVES FOR MUSIC DISTRIBUTION
The term "alternative" has gone beyond buzz word, sort of the way that "digital" did. "Alternative music" is about the vaguest term in use...
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Hard Knock Life: Jay-Z and DMX Energize the Stage
Riding high on Jay-Z's Grammy, and back-to-back Number One albums from DMX, the 1999 Hard Knock Life tour is bringing rock 'n' roll production...
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THE RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS: STILL COOKIN’
Sitting in his living room sipping a glass of wine, the Red Hot Chili Peppers' new album, Californication , blasting in the background, drummer...
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BitHeadz Unity DS-1: SOFTWARE-BASED SAMPLER/SYNTH
There's no better illustration of the past, present and future of synthesis than the comparison of two booths spotted at the last Winter NAMM...
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“IRVING BERLIN IN HOLLYWOOD”: REVISITING THE COMPOSER’S MOVIE CLASSICS
Among the most inspired and significant bodies of work that the reissue geniuses at Rhino Records have undertaken is the Rhino Movie Music/Turner Classic
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Mackie Real Time OS Version 2.0: SOFTWARE UPGRADE FOR THE DIGITAL 8*BUS CONSOLE
Mackie Designs has been shipping hundreds of its $9,995 Digital 8*Bus (D8B) Consoles for more than a year. Now the Mackie D8B has a...
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Alesis MasterLink ML-9600: 24-bit/96kHz Hard Disk/CD-R Mastering Recorder
Alesis is no stranger to breakthrough technologies. Its 1991 debut of the ADAT digital multitrack sparked a revolution that continues to this day. And
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Manley Labs Massive Passive: STEREO TUBE EQUALIZER
There are lots of equalizers on the market. So, does the world really need another EQ? Having heard Manley Labs' Massive Passive, I can...
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FACILITY SPOTLIGHT: NASHVILLE’S WOODLAND STUDIOS: SURVIVING THE STORM
April 16, 1998, is a day etched into the memories of everyone in Nashville. It was the day that a mile-wide tornado roared over...
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Byron Gallimore: HIT COUNTRY
There's a theme found in many popular self-help books that goes along the lines of "if you want to be truly happy and prosperous,...
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Perils of the Free Market: GRUMPMEIER GOES LOOKING FOR A BARGAIN
I ran into my buddy Grumpmeier at the local Electronics Land the other day, as I was mulling over a new microwave with more...
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From Retro to Destructo
Radical recording. Hmm-what do you mean by that?" That's the response I got from various engineers when I broached the subject of this article....
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FACILITY SPOTLIGHT: LOWER EAST SIDE
The audio post industry is booming right now. Three-room facilities are adding more suites. One-room shops have too much work and are adding pre-production
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BATTLE OF THE TRAILERS
Conventional mixing wisdom states that throwing a bird call in the left surround channel is bound to pull an audience's attention away from the...
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AKG C 4000B: MULTIPATTERN CONDENSER MICROPHONE
Since the dawn of magnets, engineers and musicians alike have searched for warm-sounding, durable and affordable microphone technologies. Well, search
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Digital Consoles: NEWS IN THE MUSIC RECORDING AND POST-PRODUCTION MARKETS
Many regular Mix readers are already somewhat familiar with the digital console market. This relatively new but fast-growing segment of the audio industry
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Yamaha 02R Version 2: SHORTCUTS FOR FAST AND FURIOUS MIXDOWNS
Of all the hundreds of audio products I've had the pleasure to review and use over the years, none has excited me as much...
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HARRISON MEETS SHOWCO: WHAT’S IN A NAME?
Though development of the Showconsole was initially driven by a very small group within Showco ("Only the president, the owners and myself knew about
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The George Strait Country Music Festival: Multi-Act Debut For Showco’s Analog/Digital Showconsole
In 1998, close to 1 million fans flocked to see the George Strait Country Music Festival, a one-day, seven-act show staged in 18 football...
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Power Technology DSP*FX Virtual Pack: SIGNAL PROCESSING PLUG-INS FOR DIRECTX
Although it's true that there's no such thing as a free lunch, the DSP*FX Virtual Pack from Power Technology provides a hearty smorgasbord of...
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IN “PRAISE” OF JAZZ GREAT ROY HAYNES
Roy Haynes is a something of an under-appreciated gem amid the treasure trove of America's great jazz veterans. The 73-year-old drummer is not particularly
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AlterMedia Studio Suite 4.0: STUDIO MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE
By nature, "musicians" and "organization" do not go hand in hand. But once a musician branches out and becomes either a producer or studio...
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Digidesign Pro Tools|24 Mix: CROSS-PLATFORM WORKSTATION
Digidesign's Pro Tools|24 MIX has arrived, and it will knock your socks off. This newest incarnation of the ever-popular Pro Tools system features a...
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Steve Earle: A MAVERICK ON MUSIC ROW
From a distance, the trajectory of Steve Earle's career follows a perverse but unbreakable logic: Everywhere he should have zigged, he zagged. Every time
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The Allman Brothers Band: The Road Goes on Forever
March 26, 1999, marked the thirtieth anniversary of the first concert by the legendary Allman Brothers Band. The date fell, fittingly enough, during what
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GT Electronics AM52 and AM62: ALESIS ENTERS THE MICROPHONE MARKET
Alesis has successfully made its mark in signal processors, drum machines, sequencers, synthesizers, tape recorders (and what a mark that is) and studio
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TC Electronic M3000: STUDIO REVERB PROCESSOR
Sometimes reverb is used to enhance reality-applied, as if with an artist's paintbrush, to color, fatten, soften, smear or gel. Other times, reverb is
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July 1, 1999 Technology AlterMedia Studio Suite 4.0: STUDIO MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE Alesis MasterLink ML-9600: 24-bit/96kHz Hard Disk/CD-R Mastering Recorder Digidesign Pro Tools|24 Mix: CROSS-PLATFORM...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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.