Classic-Tracks
Classic Tracks: Randy Newman’s “I Love L.A.”
While it wasn't a hit when first released, Randy Newman's sardonic "I Love L.A." has become an unofficial theme song for the City of...
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Classic Tracks: Weird Al Yankovic’s “Eat It”
If Michael Jackson's "Beat It" is a classic, it stands to reason that Weird Al's parody, "Eat It" is one too—though it is entirely...
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Classic Tracks: Joni Mitchell’s “Help Me”
Joni Mitchell's Court and Spark is exceptional among her greatest records as it has her one Top-10 pop hit, “Help Me.”
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Classic Tracks: War’s “Low Rider”
War’s “Low Rider” is a song about a car—one of the coolest, most groove-y, sultry car songs ever, in fact.
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Classic Tracks: Frank Zappa’s “Dancin’ Fool”
You can thank Disco for bringing Frank Zappa to the singles chart in the late 1970s with his first hit, “Dancin’ Fool.”
Business
Historic Lathe Comes to the Birthplace of Country Music
Well Made Music has located and added a third, rare Neumann disc-cutting lathe at its mastering studio in Bristol, VA.
Facilities
UK’s Spirit Studios Refurbishes Flagship Space
Music production school Spirit Studios in Manchester, England refurbished its flagship room this past summer.
Facilities
Nashville’s Starstruck Studios Adds Atmos Room
Nashville’s Starstruck Studios has opted for an ATC 7.1.4 setup in its new Dolby Atmos room.
Facilities
Designing Acoustics for a Multi-Function Room
The new Mix with the Masters flagship facility in Paris, Rue Boyer, incorporates acoustical solutions developed by REDIacoustics.
Facilities
Soundmirror Recording Company Acquired By Employees
Classical music recording and post-production company Soundmirror has become a 100% employee-owned business.
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Classic Tracks: John Cougar Mellencamp’s “Cherry Bomb”
John Cougar Mellencamp’s 1987 hit came from the classic album that reinvented his sound, 'The Lonesome Jubilee.'
Facilities
Bobby Campbell Builds Denver Atmos Mix Room
Grammy-winning engineer Bobby Campbell has built and opened Denver Atmos, a new 7.1.4 mix room in Colorado.
Business
Latin Grammy Engineering and Production Nominations Announced
The Latin Recording Academy has announced the nominees for the 24th Annual Latin Grammy Awards, including those categories honoring recording and mastering engineers, mixers...
Facilities
SPL Launches TrueSPL Real-Time Surround Sound Beta Test
SPL designer/founder Michael Way, computer software designer Stephen Haralson and Pajama Studios’ James Gardiner.
Music Production
The Immersive Education of Alex Solano
The enterprising Alex Solano, a self-taught Atmos mix engineer, now wants to teach others.
Music Production
Working on the Big Picture in His Basement
Grammy-nominated Vancouver native, writer and producer Brian Howes discusses his "nice basement, with the best gear in the world!”
Music Production
The General Takes Sound Studio on the Road
Insurance provider The General recently debuted its new mobile recording studio in Nashville.
Music Production
ASU Nabs Microphones with Choices
Arizona State University has been bolstering its Popular Music concentration in recent years, acquiring considerable amounts of studio technology.
Music Production
One, Two, Three, More: Drum Miking Tutorials Published
Neumann has published three new Neumann Home Studio Academy video tutorials on drum recording techniques.
Facilities
Immersive Listening Events Draw Recording Industry Guests
VIP immersive listening events at Nashville’s Blackbird Studios, and Apogee Studio in Santa Monica, drew an intriguing crowd to hear the latest release by...
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Classic Tracks: Gary Wright’s “Dream Weaver”
In April 2009, at a party inside Capitol Studios in Hollywood honoring his late friend George Harrison, Gary Wright found himself chatting at a...
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Classic Tracks: Jimmy Buffett’s “Margaritaville”
Few songs have defined an artist, an era and an attitude quite like Jimmy Buffett's "Margaritaville," released in January 1977.
Facilities
Australian Post House Upgrades for Immersive Work
Music and audio post production facility Bamm Bamm Wolfgang in Sydney, Australia has upgraded for Dolby Atmos work.
Music Production
Top Pop Trumpeter Talks Signal Chain
When Shania Twain, BTS or Duran Duran reach out for a trumpet track, UK-based session player Johnny Thirkell often gets the call.
Facilities
If a Tree Falls at Sonic Forest, Can It Be Heard in Atmos?
Todd Hooge, owner of Sonic Forest Studios in British Columbia, is all-in on Dolby Atmos, having based his new facility around the format.
New Products
Vanguard Audio Labs Ships New V24 Tube Stereo Condenser Microphone
A matched set of Australian-made BeesNeez CK12 capsules—based on one of the most revered capsule designs in recording history—are set within the company’s “tour-proof”...
Facilities
UK Producer/DJ Reups with PMC
Luke Solomon has installed a pair of PMC6-2 monitors, replacing the PMC TB2s he purchased following the success of Freaks’ 2003 single, “The Creeps.”
Events
Library of Congress to Host Daylong Sound and Recording Event
This Thursday! Treasured displays and expert panels on the history of recording open to the public on August 24.
Recording
Riedel Bolero to Receive Engineering, Science & Technology Emmy Award
Television Academy recognizes the technology behind the Bolero ADR (Advanced DECT Receiver) wireless intercom system.
Facilities
Texas Studio Commissions New Monitor Systems
Panhandle House in Denton, TX recently had Carl Tatz Design commission two PhantomFocus monitor systems.
Archives
RE-MIX: Tom Petty on Recording His Hits
RE-MIX is an ongoing series of vintage articles rediscovered from the pages of Mix magazine. This in-depth interview with Tom Petty originally appeared in...
Music Production
Scoring ‘Star Wars Jedi: Survivor’, Part 2
Co-composers Gordy Haab and Stephen Barton share how they created eight hours of music for the videogame, ‘Star Wars Jedi: Survivor.’
Facilities
Tone11 Post House Debuts in San Francisco
Eben Carr, formerly of San Francisco’s One Union Recording Studios, has launched Tone 11.
Music Production
Scoring ‘Star Wars Jedi: Survivor,’ Part 1
Co-composers Gordy Haab and Stephen Barton share how they created eight hours of music for the videogame, ‘Star Wars Jedi: Survivor.’
Music Production
A Bad Think Gets the Band Back Together for Short Street
A Bad Think's Short Street, its eleventh studio album, was co-produced by Michael Marquart and engineer Dave Way and mixed by Bob Clearmountain.
Business
Counterfeit Prism Sound Interfaces Discovered
Prism Audio has discovered its Lyra I/Os are being counterfeited and is warning customers to ensure they're buying the real thing.
Classic-Tracks
Classic Tracks: The Band’s “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down”
Decades later, it's difficult to put into words just how bold and fresh and affecting those opening lines were in 1969.
Blog
Buy Freddie Mercury’s Home Studio
Sotheby's will auction off hundreds of items that belonged to Queen frontman Freddie Mercury, including his home recording gear.
Facilities
In New Orleans, One Network to Link Them All
At the Department of Music Industry Studies at Loyola University New Orleans, a five-studio production facility sits on a massive Dante network infrastructure.
Facilities
Marroquin is All-In on Immersive Mixing
Larrabee Studios has installed a Meyer Sound in Studio 3, the exclusive domain of studio owner Manny Marroquin.
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Belgian Broadcast Producer Future-Proofs Home Facility
Steven Cauwenberg, a producer for Belgium public broadcaster VRT, has augmented his home studio with new gear.
Facilities
The Vesper Room Opens in Nashville
Writer, producer and mix engineer Chris Leon recently opened The Vesper Room, a Carl Tatz Design MixRoom in Nashville, TN.