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Submissions Call for Class of 2010
We have begun soliciting materials for The Class of 2010, Mix’s annual photo spread showing some of the year’s well-designed audio facilities.
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Confessions of a Small Working Studio—Cracking the Code: Breaking Into Game Sound
So you’ve been thinking about trying your hand at the gaming industry, but is it a realistic goal for a studio like yours? The...
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Chung King Exits Longtime Home
Chung King Studios has ceased operations at 170 Varick St. (New York City), its home since 1993. Last year, the SoHo location hosted sessions...
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New York Metro, March 2010
For every studio that has its grand opening, sticks with it for a few years or more, maybe even hangs a few Platinum records...
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Project Studio: Ryan’s Place
Los Angeles-based engineer/producer Ryan Ulyate parlayed his hard work and his vision into a dream career. Since 2005, Ulyate has worked closely with
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L.A. Grapevine, March 2010
Since founding Sherman Oaks-based Kaufman and Associates in 2005, renowned studio designer Jay Kaufman has designed and built a number of commercially
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Editor’s Note: In Pursuit of Gregory Town Sound
This month's cover was a long time coming. It started a couple of years back in Miami, at a Remix Hotel, when Matt Knobel...
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Nashville Skyline, March 2010
Robb Earls is 25 years into his Sound Vortex business: a quarter-century in Nashville, and nary a mainstream country record. Earls and house engineer/producer
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Studio Unknown’s Confessions of a Small Working Studio—Should Your Studio Go Mobile?
With all the talk about diversification this year, it would seem like venturing into the parallel world of remote recording would be a logical...
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Nashville Skyline, February 2010
Big Kenny Alphin of Big and Rich Last Dollar personal recording studio profiled in Mix February 2010 issue by Peter Cooper
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Project Studio: Mix-A-Lot Studios
Seattle-based hip-hop artist and producer Sir Mix-A-Lot (www.sirmixalot.com) is perhaps most widely associated with his breakthrough 1992 single, “Baby Got Back” (from Mack Daddy,...
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Studio Unknown’s Confessions of a Small Working Studio—Studio Owners Venture Into Live Venues
The studio is booked 20 hours per day, seven days a week with billable hours. You’ve got staff a-plenty for round-the-clock coverage. Artist after...
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Nashville Skyline, January 2010
Ricky Skaggs' fascination with recording studios began in the late 1970s, when he joined Emmylou Harris' Hot Band and began studying the techniques of
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Studio Unknown’s Confessions of a Small Working Studio—Specialized Mastering Work Gains Popularity
At one point or another in our careers, we’ve all been reminded to develop and perfect our specialty—that one specific area within our field...
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The New MSR Studios
New York City's largest studios continue to be a healthy source of intrigue for Big Apple dwellers and beyond. The recent developments springing from
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On the Cover: Odds On Records & Studios
The recording studio scene in Las Vegas has always been something of a puzzle. Big town, lots of entertainment, very few high-end studios. That...
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Obituary: Greg Ladanyi, 1952-2009
Engineer/producer/label exec Greg Ladanyi passed away in late September after suffering severe head trauma from a fall on the concert set of Greek artist
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Hyde Street 101
Attention project studio/home-recording musicians! Hyde Street Studios (S.F.) has begun offering a series of classes designed for those who want to learn
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New York Metro, November 2009
Imagine if they'd had the Internet available at the same time that the masters of classical were in full swing how would a good...
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Project Studio: Axis Sound
Jim Anderson, current AES president and a professor in the Clive Davis Department of Recorded Music at New York University, pointed us to this...
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New Classrooms 2009
There's an art to creating a space that serves the dual purpose of professional-level studio and classroom. Pictured here are a selection of new...
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Pool Party
This past September marked the grand re-opening of London's unique The Pool studio (www.miloco.co.uk/studios/pool). The facility was redesigned and rebuilt,
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L.A. Grapevine, November 2009
North Hollywood's Track Records, built in 1980 by producer Brian Ahern for his then-wife Emmylou Harris, is under new ownership. In early 2008, the...
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Nashville Skyline, November 2009
There were a couple of ways to look at the situation. Well, I knew it was going to be a challenge, says acoustician David...
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Studio Unknown’s Confessions of a Small Working Studio—The Hidden Value of Interns
We kick off a new online series written by and for mid-level studio owners. On a monthly basis, Studio Unknown (Baltimore) owner Kevin Hill...
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Julliard Gets Acoustical Refurb
Built in 1969 as part of the massive Lincoln Center project, The Juilliard School (New York City) was in need of a renovation to...
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The Changing Face of New York Studios
RECORDING, MIXING AND POST FACILITIES ADAPT TO ECONOMIC REALITIES
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Project Studio: Defy Recordings
Engineer/producer Robert L. Smith's career arc is emblematic of the shifting fortunes of New York City's studio scene over the past 20 years. Beginning
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L.A. Grapevine
On a hazy late-summer afternoon, I pull into the parking lot of California Sound Studios in Lake Forest, 60 miles south of my 'hood....
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Nashville Skyline, October 2009
Carl Tatz's parents used to leave him in the house sometimes when they left for an evening out. That's when the speakers would get...
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Project Studio: Chip Z’Nuff Studios
On the day I interview Chip Z'Nuff about his busy home studio in Blue Island, Ill. (South Chicago, www.ChipZnuffStudios.com.), he's just returned from
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Radio Bonnaroo
Radio has taken a real beating from music critics over the past decade, often with good reason as far as playlists, consolidation and lack...
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New York Metro, August 2009
New York City bedrooms are the site of some legendary creative acts. That doesn't mean that every music producer working in New York City...
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L.A. Grapevine, September 2009
I had two reasons for visiting what was previously the A&M Records lot in Hollywood: one professional, the other personal. My destination was the...
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From the Editor: Time to Step Out and Step Up
It would have been easy to put a shot from American Idol on the big screen of this month's cover. It's a certified Number...
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Project Studio: Ear FX
This space in Mix is usually devoted to music recording studios, but Shawn Conrad is proof that even in the sound-for-picture world, some of...