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The Short, Weird History of Recording In Your Car
UK singer Sinéad Harnett recently recorded in a Renault 5 E-Tech electric vehicle, joining the small, unique group of artists who've tracked in a...
Recording
Business
Fleetwood Mac Producer Ken Caillat, ‘Stereophonic’ Team Settle Lawsuit
Legendary producer/engineer Ken Caillat has tentatively settled a lawsuit filed against the producers and playwright of the Tony Award-winning Broadway hit, Stereophonic.
Music Production
Rudy Bethancourt Builds Nine Lives Immersive Studio
Grammy and Latin Grammy-winning audio engineer, music producer and show programmer Rudy Bethancourt recently made the transition from stereo to surround at his new...
Facilities
Students Prep for the Future with New Console
The University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna recently updated its Studio B.
Facilities
Audio Education 2024, Pt. 4: Appalachian State University
Appalachian State University in Boone, NC built a Dolby Atmos control room as a project between Professor Scott David Wynne and students.
Facilities
Audio Education 2024, Pt. 5: Southern University
Southern University has opened a new Dolby Atmos studio in the Tourgee A. DeBose Music Hall on the university’s main campus in Baton Rouge,...
Facilities
Audio Education 2024, Pt. 6: Stephen F. Austin State University
Stephen F. Austin State University’s School of Music unveiled a new recording studio on its East Texas campus at the beginning of 2024.
Facilities
Audio Education 2024, Pt. 2: LIU Roc Nation School of Music, Sports & Entertainment
Long Island University’s Roc Nation School of Music, Sports & Entertainment, founded by Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter in 2008, recently unveiled a new Dolby Atmos...
Facilities
Audio Education 2024, Pt. 3: Full Sail University
In September, Full Sail University opened what it says is one of the largest Dolby Atmos-enabled classroom facilities on a university campus.
Facilities
Audio Education 2024, Pt. 1: Line Studio at WMS
Mix's annual look at the state of audio education focuses in on the emergence of immersive mixing facilities in schools.
Music Production
Scott Sedillo: Preserving U2’s Rarest Deep Cuts
Some of U2’s deepest cuts have come to streaming for the first time, thanks to meticulous work by BGM’s Scott Sedillo.
Music Production
Squids on Mixing Mötley Crüe and The Hu for Atmos
Engineer Nick “Squids” Squillante recently tackled Dolby Atmos mixes for Mötley Crüe’s “Dogs of War” single and The Hu’s Glastonbury live set
Music Production
Producer/Musician Andy Paley Passes at 72
Andy Paley produced everyone from Brian Wilson to Spongebob Squarepants, in addition to hitting the charts as half of 1970s power-pop pioneers The Paley...
Facilities
EastSide Sound Nabs NYC’s First Harrison 32Classic Console
One of the longest running recording studios in New York City, EastSide Sound, gets decked out with a new desk.
Business
P&E Wing to Honor Jimmy Douglass During Grammy Week
The Recording Academy's P&E Wing will honor producer, engineer, mixer and five-time Grammy-winner Jimmy Douglass at its annual Grammy Week Celebration.
Music Production
Fidlar Returns With A Big, Bold, Self-Produced Sound
Five years after its last album, surf-punk stars Fidlar are back with a self-produced monster, 'Surviving The Dream,' created and executed at Balboa Recording.
Music Production
RE-Mix: Eddie Kramer’s Tips For Success
From the back pages of Mix comes timeless advice from legendary producer/engineer Eddie Kramer.
Music Production
Rock Producer Shel Talmy Passes at 87
Shel Talmy, who produced legendary tracks by The Kinks and The Who, died Wednesday, November 13, 2024, of undisclosed causes.
Archives
Shel Talmy: The Mix Interview
In the October 1990 issue of Mix, legendary producer Shel Talmy sat down to look back at his days producing The Who and The...
Classic-Tracks
Classic Tracks: Traffic’s “Dear Mr. Fantasy”
Although Steve Winwood was just shy of 19 when he formed the group Traffic in the spring of 1967, he was already a veteran...
Music Production
Stevie Wonder, ‘Superstition’ and the Immersive Music Pioneers, Part 2
Fifty years before Atmos, Auro and RA360, Stevie Wonder’s classic “Superstition” was recorded and mixed using the original immersive music format.
Music Production
Stevie Wonder, ‘Superstition’ and the Immersive Music Pioneers, Part 1
Fifty years before Atmos, Auro and RA360, Stevie Wonder’s classic “Superstition” was recorded and mixed using the original immersive music format.
Music Production
Major Seven Flies the Flag for His Favorite Monitors
Multi-platinum record producer, songwriter and musician Major Seven takes his favorite monitors with him wherever he goes, especially Jamaica.
Facilities
George Augspurger Creates Custom Monitoring for Sound Factory
Renowned veteran acoustician and studio designer George Augspurger was involved with Studio B's buildout; now in his 90s, he returned to update the room...
news
Grammy Awards Nominations Announced
2025 engineering and production nominees listed in all major categories.
Recording
‘Another Sunday Morning’ at Parchman Prison
Grammy-winning producer and field recordist Ian Brennan gives voice to those who are rarely heard.
Recording
Producer Makes GÜD Art With New Speakers
Latin Grammy-nominated producer and engineer MozartMuzik upgrades his Buenos Aires studio with PMC6-2 monitors.
Music Production
Quincy Jones, Legendary Producer/Musician, Passes at 91
Quincy Jones—the legendary music/TV/film producer, musician, composer, conductor, record executive and countless other titles—died Sunday, November 3, at the age of 91.
Business
WSDG is Latest METalliance Pro Partner
WSDG (Walters-Storyk Design Group) has become the METalliance‘s newest pro partner.
Music Production
The Arthur Baker Remix, Part 2
As the king of the 1980s dance remix, Arthur Baker worked with everyone from New Order to Springsteen. Now he's back in the clubs.
Music Production
The Arthur Baker Remix, Part 1
As the king of the 1980s dance remix, Arthur Baker worked with everyone from New Order to Springsteen. Now he's back in the clubs.
Classic-Tracks
Classic Tracks: The Grateful Dead’s “Touch of Grey”
In the summer of 1987, the Grateful Dead made it into the Top 10 with the only hit single of their 30-year career: “Touch...
Facilities
Hawaii Middle School Studio Supports Local Culture
Washington Middle School in Honolulu has launched Line Studio at WMS supporting an under-served and disadvantaged community.
Facilities
Casa Frida Estudio Relocates, Upgrades to 7.1.4
In Argentina, Casa Frida Estudio owner Hernán Caratozzolo has upgraded his main control room to Dolby Atmos specifications, installing a PMC monitoring system.
Facilities
Dolby Builds New Labs in Germany
Dolby has built a mixing lab and a critical listening lab for testing automotive and consumer products in Nuremberg, Germany.
Business
Audio Gear Modeling Demystified, Part 2
Take a peek behind the scenes at how developers simulate, re-create and emulate classic analog gear for modern workflows.
Business
Audio Gear Modeling Demystified, Part 1
Take a peek behind the scenes at how software developers simulate, re-create and emulate classic analog gear for modern workflows.
Business
Music Expo San Francisco Readies for 10th Anniversary Event
Music Expo San Francisco will mark its 10th anniversary when it takes place Nov. 9., offering three major tracks of education.
Classic-Tracks
Classic Tracks: Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young’s “Ohio”
When the National Guard was deployed against US citizens, killing four and injured nine others protesting at Kent State in 1970, CSN&Y's swift response...
Classic-Tracks
Classic Tracks: Jackson Browne’s “Late For The Sky”
Browne and the late legendary engineer Al Schmitt look back at the masterful title track of 1974's "Late For The Sky."
Classic-Tracks
Classic Tracks: Joe Walsh’s “Life’s Been Good”
Producer/engineer Bill Szymczyk talks about the recording of Joe Walsh’s 1978 hit, “Life’s Been Good”
Classic-Tracks
Classic Tracks: Brownsville Station’s “Smokin’ in the Boys Room”
When it came out in late 1973, "Smokin' in the Boys Room" immediately became the rallying anthem for many high school students.