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Engineers Compare Notes on Monitoring for Surround
WITH THE SUCCESS OF HOME THEATER SYSTEMS AND DVD-VIDEO, AS WELL AS THE UPCOMING LAUNCH OF DVD-AUDIO, there's no doubt that surround sound is...
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Live Sound
Mixing the Money Channel: FOH ENGINEERS SHARE THEIR EXPERTISE ON VOCAL PROCESSING
In most live entertainment situations, and almost all of those that feature a singer, the FOH engineer's highest priority is the lead vocal mic....
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Classic Tracks: Rickie Lee Jones’ “Chuck E.’s In Love”
In the spring of 1979, Rickie Lee Jones' "Chuck E.'s in Love" appeared like an oasis in a desert of disco and arena rock....
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Marvin Etzioni: LOST IN THE MOMENT
Musician and songwriter Marvin Etzioni brings his passion for music and his own artistic sensibilities to all of his production work. As a result,...
Guides
MULTICHANNEL DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATIONS: The Latest and Greatest Contenders
In the world of digital audio, keeping up with new technology is anything but easy. Unlike tube gear, the market for vintage workstations is...
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GETTING THE INSIDE DOPE FROM THE HOTTEST MIXERS IN MANHATTAN
Walking west on 54th Street in New York City, between Ninth and Tenth avenues, I see on the right the new Hit Factory while...
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Panasonic DA7: CREATING BIG SOUNDS WITH THIS COMPACT DIGITAL MIXER
Panasonic's DA7 digital mixer offers a great deal of functionality at an affordable price and in a small package. However, to achieve those qualities,
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THE WIDE-DISPERSION LISTENING SPACE: A NEW APPROACH TO CONTROL-ROOM DESIGN
Anyone who makes audio or music recordings will frequently ask themselves the question: "Does it sound good?" And if I'm about to spend my...
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Big News from the Big Apple: Product Hits of the 107th AES
The torrential rains that plagued the East Coast the week before AES disappeared just as suddenly and completely as the microphones, recorders and computers
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November 1, 1999
November 1, 1999 Technology Apogee PSX-100: TWO CHANNEL 24-BIT/96KHZ CONVERTER Crane Song Trakker: ANALOG CLASS A COMPRESSOR/LIMITER Pendulum Audio OCL-2: OPTICAL COMPRESSOR RODE NTV:...
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Cool Spins: The Mix Staff Picks Their Current Favorites
Buena Vista Social Club Presents Ibrahim Ferrer (World Circuit/Nonesuch); Eliades Ochoa: Sublime Ilusion (Higher Octave)Given the incredible success of
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Memorandum: The Studio Is Dead, Long Live the Studio!
I went to the opening of a new studio the other day. It doesn't matter which city. The catering was laid out nicely, and...
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THERE’S NO BUSINESS LIKE NEW BUSINESS
In recent years the number of pro audio recording formats has mushroomed; the alphabet soup of acronyms now includes DASH, PD, ADAT, DA-88, PCM,...
Live Sound
TravelWise: IN-FLIGHT AUDIO PROGRAMS
ANYONE WHO HAS EVER BEEN BORED SILLY ON A long flight has probably at some point checked out the in-flight audio channels, which usually...
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Biograph: MACK EMERMAN
In 1958, when Mack Emerman founded Criteria Recording Studios, it was the city's first real recording studio. Emerman, who turns 75 this year, was...
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Summit Audio MPE-200: ELEMENT 78 SERIES MIC PREAMP/EQUALIZER
In the periodic table, element 78 is platinum, and Element 78 is also the name of the new series of digitally controlled analog processors...
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Galaxy Studios, Belgium: Low Noise, High Profile
Galaxy Studios is set on a quiet lane in Mol, in Flanders in north-central Belgium. Not much happens in this bucolic suburban town. That...
Facilities
NEW YORK BUSINESS
Every picture tells a story, and paging through the Mix Master Directory under the New York headings provides an interesting snapshot of the New...
Films-TV
Sound for Fosse and Annie Get Your Gun
Because so many in our little industry gather in the Big Apple for the October AES convention, I decided it would be appropriate to...
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THE EDUCATION OF CHE GUEVARA
It's been quite a last couple of years for the young New York-based producer/songwriter/musician/remixer/programmer who goes by the colorful moniker Che
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Tom Dowd: LOOK AT A BRILLIANT CAREER, PART 1
In the hype-filled world of the music industry, where words like "legend" and "masterpiece" have been cheapened by overuse, Tom Dowd truly is a...
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Mixing It Up With Andy Bradfield: MULTI-TASKING BRIT HAS GOT IT GOING ON
Twenty-eight-year-old engineer/mixer/producer Andy Bradfield is one of the new breed of British engineers-a busy independent who has his hands full doing
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Classic Tracks: John Coltrane’s “My Favorite Things”
Legendary producer Tom Dowd sheds light on the recording of John Coltrane's classic rendition of "My Favorite Things."
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Euphonix System 5: Automated Digital Mixing Console
The fact that Euphonix has been developing a digital console is no secret. In fact, the company first announced its plans to build a...
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Tascam MX 24-24: Disk-Based 24-Track Recorder/Editor
An overriding trend in audio over the past decade has been that studio recorders keep getting better, faster and more affordable. In line with...
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The Play’s the Thing-If You Can Hear It: SOME THOUGHTS ON THEATER SOUND
The other night I went to the opening of a production of a very hip Broadway musical, put on by the students at the...
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THE FOURTH ANNUAL Mix L.A. Open
Monday, June 14, dawned foggy and cool as intrepid golfers headed out, revved and ready, for an early start at the Malibu Country Club,...
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Jimmy Douglass: FROM CLASSIC ROCK TO HIP HOP, THE VETERAN ENGINEER STAYS IN SYNC WITH THE TIMES
Jimmy Douglass seems too young to have done so much. His past credits include work on sessions with icons such as the Rolling Stones,...
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IRVING’S PLACE
When Chris McHale and his partner Joe Barone drew up plans for their new facility, Irving's Place, they kept the ad market firmly in...
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SESSION SPOTLIGHT: MARK AMBROSINO GOES GLOBAL
Drummer Mark Ambrosino has worked with some of the best, including Michael Brecker, Whitney Houston, Leonard Bernstein, Michael McDonald and Michael Bolton.
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Baci Studio: CHIELI MINUCCI’S MIDTOWN SANCTUARY
Bloodlines run deep in the music business, as Queens native Chieli Minucci readily acknowledges. His father, Ulpio, was a composer ("Domani") and arranger
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CIBO MATTO: BEYOND STEREOTYPES
Whether it's the stress of following up a big hit or finding one, there always seems to be some obstacle in the path of...
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FLAMING LIPS PRESENT THE MUSIC AGAINST BRAIN DEGENERATION REVUE
Thanks to the Flaming Lips, headphones were on everyone's minds, and ears, at a San Francisco stop on the Music Against Brain Degeneration Revue...
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A Tale of Two Voices: AUDIO PRODUCTION FOR SPOKEN WORD
With prerecorded music sales essentially stagnant over the past several years, and many music-oriented productions moving from commercial studios to garages
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MASTER PRESERVATION
The mainstream record industry traditionally has lived very much in the present, with the value of a recording only as high as its current...
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Millenia NSEQ-2: TWO CHANNEL PARAMETRIC EQ WITH TWIN TOPOLOGY
Since Millennia (then known as Millennia Media) introduced its acclaimed HV-3 high-voltage mic preamp several years ago, the company's name has been synonymous
Live Sound
Tour Profile: The Boss is Back!
Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band Hit the Road Again Bruce Springsteen worked with the E Street Band for close to 20 years...
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PRODUCER TOMMY LIPUMA: MAKING MAGIC WITH DIANA KRALL
Although Tommy LiPuma has been in the record business for nearly 40 years and has 18 Gold and Platinum records, 30 Grammy nominations and...
Films-TV
NEW YORK POST: SURROUNDED BY PRIME TIME
It doesn't take an insider to see that the New York post-production industry is booming. New shops are opening up, commercial mixing facilities are...
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Craig Street: STUDIO ENVIRONMENTALIST
In his emergence as one of the most creative producers of the day, Craig Street has worked on a string of projects with artists...
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TC Works MasterX TDM Plug-In: MULTIBAND DYNAMICS PROCESSING FOR TOOLS
There's nothing like multiband dynamics processing to pinpoint and control troublesome frequencies. The ability to target a specific bandwidth gives you