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Editor’s Note: Speaking Truth on a Magical Day
You never really know how things will go when you wake up on the morning of a big show....
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Mix Live Blog: Pardon the Delay
File this one under “we almost didn’t make the gig.” Here’s the setup…
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Mix Blog: Ampex 351 Resurrection, The Sequel — Part 2: Rectifying an Age-Old Problem
After a few tweaks to bring the power connection up to modern AC standards, my refurb of a second Ampex 351 electronics module continues…
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Craig Anderton’s Open Channel: Strip-Mining the Emotion From Music
With the advent of digital audio, sound quality started to be confused with musical quality. Craig has some ideas on how to change that.
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Craig Anderton’s Open Channel: The AI Cesspool Has Arrived
Not only is the AI genie out of the bottle, the genie has acquired tactical nuclear weapons. Welcome to 2025.
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Pro Audio In Memoriam 2024
From producers of classic hits known the world over to company founders who created gear that we use every day, these were among the...
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Mix Live Blog: If It Sounds Too Good to Be True…
The holidays are supposed to bring out the best in people, but they also bring out the worst scammers, even in pro audio.
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Craig Anderton’s Open Channel: Navigating the Survival of Sound
After recovering what’s left of our past, what will we do in the present to preserve our heritage for the future?
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Craig Anderton’s Open Channel: The Race Against Time: In Search of the Lost Chords
Preserving vintage recordings that were created on analog tape has become a challenging race against time.
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‘Immediate Family’ Documentary A Hit at AES
It was a family reunion of sorts when the team behind the documentary Immediate Family took to the AES main stage last week.
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Seen on the Scene: AES Show 2024, Part 1
The AES Show is back in New York City this week, so we've been trekking the floor to discover the highlights and must-sees; here's...
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Craig Anderton’s Open Channel: Vanishing Voices
In this first part of a three-part series, we’ll cover what we’ve lost when it comes to recent-era audio, and why we lost it....
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Mix Live Blog: Portland Rebels Against Live Nation
Portland, Oregon is one of the largest cities in the U.S. without a Live Nation venue—but that may soon change and the local music...
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Craig Anderton’s Open Channel: Missing The Point
Let’s check out YouTube! Hey, this looks interesting: a video with the ominous title “The Plugin Scam Exposed. Did You Fall for It?” Uh-oh…that...
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Joe Pham Looks at the Future of AV and AI
Joe Pham, chairman and CEO of QSC | Q-SYS, shared his insights on AI and its rapidly evolving integration into the AV world during...
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Making a Difference: Betty Bennett
Apogee Owner/CEO talks inspiration, commitment and the women who helped make her who she is.
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Mix Live Blog: Inside The Eastern in Atlanta
Our ever-traveling blogger/FOH engineer Steve La Cerra sets up inside Atlanta's The Eastern, and likes what he finds.
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Mix Live Blog: All in TWO Days’ Work
In which our erstwhile blogger (and production manager/FOH guy for Blue Oyster Cult) Steve La Cerra heads to the Great White North.
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Seen on the Scene: NAMM 2024, Part 3
The conclusion of our NAMM 2024 photos finds us neck deep in deep tech, with some of the most eye-catching gear at the show.
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Mix Live Blog: Recommended Reading — ‘The Extraordinary Journey of Jason Miles’
Grammy Award-winning producer Jason Miles has penned an autobiography packed with insights, stories and heart.
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Mix’s 2023 Black Friday Pro Audio Deal Round-Up
It's that time again -- Black Friday -- and here's a slew of deals on pro-audio gear and software that we've heard about.
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The Mix 2023 Gift Guide — Pro Audio Version
Nashville engineer Russ Long has put together a few suggestions for what to buy for that pro audio friend on your gift list.
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Stocking Stuffers ‘n’ Stuff: The Mix 2023 Gift Guide Addendum
Every year, you have to find something cool for the audio pro in your life…here's some possibilities.
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Seen on the Scene: AES 2023 in Photos
The annual AES Show returned to New York City this week, bringing with it tons of pro audio tech to discover; here's some of...
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Mix Live Blog: Ticket Madness
The FTC is proposing a ban on hidden 'junk' fees related to tickets, including for concerts. Can they make it happen this time?
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Craig Anderton’s Open Channel: So…Who Needs “New” Mixes?
Lots of cherished music is being remixed and remastered for immersive music formats, but are those mixes more about the sound than the music...
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Craig Anderton’s Open Channel: Dear Screenwriters and SAG-AFTRA
Columnist Craig Anderton pens an open letter from the music industry to the Hollywood unions on strike.
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Mix Live Blog: How Loud Is Too Loud?
"Wait a minute—130 dBC at front-of-house? Are they out of their minds?"
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Music Etc.: Tony Bennett — An American Classic
Tony Bennett sat down with Pro Sound News in 2006 to discuss recording his hit 'Duets—An American Classic' album.
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Mix Live Blog: This Is Not OK
The recent trend of throwing increasingly weird -- and often dangerous -- stuff on stage during concerts has gotten out of hand.
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Rat-Packed with History, Rare UA Console Hits the Market
Built for Ceasars Palace in 1966, the Universal Audio tube mixing console has a lineage stretching from Frank Sinatra to Vincent Gallo.
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Mix Blog: Keeping Things Eventful
2023 is going to be a big summer for events -- so let's consider what eventful actually means.
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Mix Live Blog: A Different Perspective
It was a gig much like any other gig, but insight afterwards recast everything in a different light.
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Craig Anderton’s Open Channel: Living With Uncertainty
There's a lot of uncertainty facing the pro audio industry, coming at it from many angles at once -- but is that a bad...
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Mix Live Blog: Help Wanted…But Not Found
Even after a year of post-pandemic touring, finding experienced pros is still a challenge.
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Blog: Building The ‘Mix Nashville: Immersive Music Production’ Event
Tom Kenny shares some of what it takes to put together a breakthrough event like the upcoming Mix Nashville: Immersive Music Production.
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Craig Anderton’s Open Channel: Does AI Stand for “Attorneys Incoming”?
Last September, I wrote an Open Channel about AI. Is it too soon to revisit the topic? Well, AI is reshaping the world at...
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Mix Nashville: Immersive Music Production Announces First Panels
Mix Nashville: Immersive Music Production, taking place on Saturday, May 20, 2023, has announced its first programming offerings!
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Mix Live Blog: Stone Knives and Bearskins
My, how times have changed. I’m advancing a show where we’ll be using an analog console at FOH and possibly one for monitors. Yikes.
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MIX SIDEBAR: Take Me to the Rink—The Surprise Creation of Talking Heads’ “Big Band”
FOH engineer Frank Gallagher's stories are always headed somewhere unexpected—like this one, which starts off in late-Seventies New York City.
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Mix Blog: (Re)Discovering Why I Love Music
I’ve had a whole lot of fun listening to music lately, and it all started about three or four months ago...
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Mix Live Blog: Jeff Beck’s Drum Shop?
Jeff Beck's career was built not only on his wild guitar work but also his drive to surround himself with top players.