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Dallas Austin: PRODUCING MUSIC, PERIOD
Dallas Austin has found success in the music biz by coupling his love of music with an understanding of the listener's ear. His approach...
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CHALLENGES F SOUND DESIGN FOR INTERACTIVE MEDIA
In the spring of 1995, I had no inkling as I entered the world of game sound design that I was about to experience...
New Products
N2K: Product Hits of NAMM 2000
From February 3-6, Winter NAMM dropped into downtown Los Angeles. There were plenty of hot new audio and music toys to see-and hear. Here...
2000
March 1, 2000
March 1, 2000 Technology Sony DMX-R100: Compact Digital Console Lexicon 960L: Multichannel Digital Effects System Audio-Technica U100 Marshall Electronics MXL2001-P and MXL2003: STUDIO CONDENSER...
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UK Music Recording: STUDIOS ADAPT AS MARKETS CHANGE
Napoleon once disparaged the English as "a nation of shopkeepers," and the London studio industry is increasingly a business of small boutiques, often
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BIOGRAPH: MARTIN BENGE
The headlines generated by the wave of consolidation that's swept the recording industry in recent years might make it seem as though such turmoil...
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New Markets for a New Age
One message has become increasingly clear in the studio business during the past decade: Providing conventional recording services is often not enough.Many
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FACILITY SPOTLIGHT: Studios 301 Reopens in Sydney
You could say that evolution and history combine in the reopening of Studios 301 in Sydney, Australia. Behind the studio's brand-spanking-new facade is
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Consolidation
It's become a multibillion-dollar sport on Wall Street to watch American Airlines swallow Reno Air, or Exxon buy Mobil, or any of the dot-coms...
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TC ELECTRONIC M-ONE AND D-TWO
Dual Effects and Multi-Tap Rhythm Delay Processors Priced at $699 each, the M-One Dual Effects Processor and D-Two Multi-Tap Rhythm Delay Processor use
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DACS FREQUE
Ring Modulator/Frequency Shifter One of the FwS Series of analog effects made in England by DACS, FREQue (pronounced "freak") is a dual ring modulator
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RAVEN LABS APD-1
Active/Passive Direct Box The APD-1 Active/Passive Direct Box ($349 retail) from Raven Labs is a battery-powered unit that runs for 100 hours, making
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MEMORANDuM: There’s No Business Like Show Business
Over the last two years, the "Mix Business Quarterly" has concentrated heavily on the mechanisms of studio economics, from getting paid by record companies
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Shure E5: PERSONAL MONITOR EARPHONE
As the first two-way, universal-fit earphone for in-ear monitoring applications, Shure's second-generation E5 earphone-priced at an affordable $590-may
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Earthworks SR71: CARDIOID CONDENSER MIC
Just when you thought you could close the lid on the mic case, satisfied that your inventory is complete, something new comes along to...
Guides
IN-EAR MONITORS
In-Ear Monitors (IEMs) offer significant benefits for the performing musician, but they also place higher requirements on users, operators and their equipment.
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Cycling ’74 Pluggo: PLUG-IN SUITE AND DEVELOPMENT TOOLS
Cycling '74's retro bike seat logo is a throwback to its namesake decade and quite apropos for their $74 Pluggo plug-in suite: For the...
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Walking the High Wire
In many ways, professional audio performs as a microcosm of the capitalist system: The market picks the winners and, with some exceptions, tends to...
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HOLLYWOOD SOUND FACTORY WILD WORLD OF ANIMALS
SOUND EFFECTS LIBRARY Founded by former Hollywood Edge head Scott Whitney a year ago, Hollywood Sound Factory was created to provide high-quality sound
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SOUND IDEAS OPEN & CLOSE AND AuDIENCE REACTIONS
SOUND-EFFECTS LIBRARIES Over the years, Sound Ideas has established itself as a leading provider of sound effects, with an impressive number of "firsts."
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The Mix Suite: SPIKE STENT FINDS THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS
Anyone who runs a studio-project or public-soon realizes there's much more to the process than simply buying and installing gear. As your needs grow,
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“BRAZIL” ON DVD: Criterion reintroduces the 1985 cult favorite
Big-time recording artists receive the box-set treatment from record labels, but it takes quite a movie to receive the same level of attention. The...
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Support Yourself!: MAKING YOUR CALLS FOR HELP COUNT
Last month, I decried the problems of dealing with tech support lines at companies whose hardware and software we expect-often unrealistically-to work
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Alan Moulder: FROM TRIDENT TO NINE INCH NAILS
An ochre harvest moon rises over the eastern rim of New Orleans. It rotates smoothly across the black sky, and just before it sinks...
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PRACTICAL ART OF MOTION PICTuRE SOuND
Film sound is not quite a Black Art, but it can feel that way sometimes when you read the magazines or are introduced to...
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INVENTOR OF STEREO: THE LIFE AND WORKS OF ALAN DOWER BLuMLEIN
Don't let the title fool you into thinking this is a dry textbook about arcane microphone facts. On the contrary, Inventor of Stereo: The...
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Facility Spotlight: GOOD MORNING, TIMES SQUARE!
If you were looking to broadcast your morning news show from a location that registers "center of the world" to millions of people around...
Films-TV
THE SCORE: INTERVIEWS WITH FILM COMPOSERS
Concert composer Michael Schelle may have never written music for film, but after penning his most recent book, it's safe to say he knows...
Live Sound
TOUR PROFILE: Ricky Martin: Stagin’ “La Vida Loca”
Ricky Martin has been called the Latino Elvis, but on the weekend before Thanksgiving at the San Jose Arena, it probably would have been...
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COMPOSER spotlight: ANNE DUDLEY
Anne Dudley, the Oscar-winning composer of the score for The Full Monty, took a cue from the title of the standard English hymnal when...
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THE MIXING ENGINEER’S HANDBOOK
Throughout his 30 years of experience in studios, Bobby Owsinski interviewed many well-known engineers, from Bruce Swedien to George Massenburg, and the
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TC Works Spark: REAL-TIME DIGITAL AuDIO EDITOR FOR MAC
Spark, the newest software from TC Works, is a 2-track digital audio editor unlike any other, with integration of real-time effects and a unique...
Live Sound
TOUR PROFILE: Melissa Etheridge: Arena Rock Hits the Theater Circuit
Absent from the touring scene for some two-and-a-half years before the release of her latest album, Breakdown, Melissa Etheridge took to the road in...
Live Gear
Equalizing the Room
"I am going to equalize the room." We've all heard that statement so many times that we scarcely think about what it literally means....
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SOUND CONSTRUCTION AND SUPPLY
ISO BOX Computers have added a great deal to my studio: creative control, new capabilities and copious quantities of...fan noise. Thanks to the Iso...
2000
February 1, 2000
February 1, 2000 Technology DACS FREQUE Shure E5: PERSONAL MONITOR EARPHONE Cycling ’74 Pluggo: PLUG-IN SUITE AND DEVELOPMENT TOOLS TC Works Spark: REAL-TIME DIGITAL...
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JoeMeek SC4
JoeMeek gear always evokes an inner chuckle from me when I see and use those striking green-faced units. And their namesake's philosophy-"If it sounds
Live Sound
Stayin’ Alive
Many recording artists make the newspapers for record and concert reviews and personality profiles. A few go on and make the gossip and celebrity...
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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