Post Type blog
Spatial Audio at AES
For amateurs and pros alike, the tools to produce slick-looking 3D, 4k content with post-produced audio are here.
Data Drama
I just had a valued hard drive fail. I know it happens, but I still went through the eight emotional stages after data loss.
Control Theory
Control Theory doesn’t often come up in casual conversation. But it’s come up for me lately, quite a bit actually, and I still have...
Evolving Transducers
It wasn’t that long ago that we started trusting digital enough to be all-in. Since then, and especially lately, the evolution of digital products...
Thanks for the Dinner, David
Last night, in Santa Fe, I had a nice dinner with David Schwartz, co-founder of Mix and the man who hired me as an...
Big Studios Bring It
Unless you just woke from a 20-year sleep, you know that digital recording and the Internet have pushed us into a multi-level world of...
Living the Good Life
Until very recently, Conway Recording Studios was something of a mystery to me.
Live Sound Takeaways
In the past, I’ve written about the growing similarities between live sound and recording studio workflows.
SFMOMA: Sound in a Space
I spent more time in museums, and thinking about museums, over the past month than I typically do.
Think Again
The part of my job that excites me the most is when I come across new technologies and approaches that change the way I...
Stop. Look. Listen.
We use the term “golden ears” every now and then in the pages of Mix, usually to describe an engineer whose taste and talents...
Five Things You Need to Know
I regularly come across tech, music and general info that I immediately put in my “remember this” folder. Recently, I hit the Mother Lode...
Let’s Collaborate!
There are “aha” moments in life when you realize that a change doesn’t simply affect you, but rather is a tide that raises all...
Bringing It All Back Home
Three things struck me immediately after two separate days of walking through the stunning new Dolby Building at 1275 Market Street in San Francisco....
Problem Solvers
It’s great when you find things that make your life easier, things that become such a part of your day-to-day world that it’s hard...
Monitoring Reality
So many speakers. And they’re everywhere. In your living room, kitchen and bedroom. In your car, on the plane, on the bus, on the...
Gear, With Personality
I write this in the Thursday early morning from Room 335 of the Anaheim Marriott, just a football field and a few hours away...
Field of Streams
When it comes to tuning your product news, music, sports, and more, streaming is king.
The New High End
I’m a tech-loving geek—my ceiling fan talks to my thermostat and coordinates my house temp. But high-end tech doesn’t need to be that crazy,...
In the Room Where It Happens
John Davenport, owner of this month’s cover studio, is quite a character.
Favorite Gear From 2015
Audio pros are passionate about gear, and our tastes tend to be broader than most.
The Making of a Belmont Story
Sometimes a ready-made story, a good one, just falls into my lap.
The Latin Grammys
Certain words bring certain images to mind. In music, when you think of “Grammy” you probably think of the February awards show at the...
All Music, No Distractions
By the time I joined Mix in 1988, the heyday of true “residential recording” seemed to have passed.
Big or Small, It’s All Sound for Picture
My first real assignments at Mix, once I was finished copyediting and proofreading for the day, were writing about Sound for Film, starting with...
Sonic Rescue
Although “videographer” is a job classification I’ve never put on my resume, in the new age where anyone can broadcast to the world, I’ve...
For the Birds
This summer I was tapped to teach a Sound for Picture course, which provided an opportunity for me to not only review the range...