Facilities
Designers Are Your Friends
David Schwartz, co-founder of Mix and the original author of this space, used to say, If you want to know where the industry is...
Heard Out Loud
ADAM Audio recently held a day of critical-listening events at Masterfonics in Nashville, where local audio professionals, Nashville AES chapter members
Winners Circle
TAKES OSCAR Mike Minkler, Bob Beemer and Willie Burton took home the Oscar for Sound Mixing for their work on Dreamgirls. The team used...
Vapor Trail Productions
Audio for videogames developers Vapor Trail Productions project studio profiled in Mix Magazine
Sony Computer Entertainment America
It's as if the garage band suddenly stepped out and played the House of Blues. Or the art-house videographer submitted a high-def buddy film...
Learning Here for All
Bringing Web-based music instruction to underserved youth, Berklee College of Music's City Music Network (www.berklee.edu/community/citymusic.html) has
Fairlight Raises $100k for Witness
After two years of searching, finding and signing, a Fairlight CMI keyboard, autographed by 44 artists, received a winning bid of $100,000 at the...
Studio Sound in Your Car
The worlds of pro audio and consumer electronics were bridged at Avatar Studios (New York City) in December, when Bongiovi Acoustics unveiled the Digital
Sheffield Audio-Video Productions Installs SSL Duality
Sheffield Audio-Video Productions in Phoenix, Md.—comprising audio recording studios, a remote recording truck, video editing suites and education—has installed a Solid State Logic Duality...
On the Move: Spencer Nilsen
Who: Spencer Nilsen, Ex'pression College of Digital Arts president/creative director Main responsibilities: to provide a creative environment and inform
BiCoastal Music
The reason Hal Winer named his gorgeous new Ossining, N.Y., recording room BiCoastal Music (www.bicoastalmusic.com) may have to do with the long road
Got Tech?
Recently opened, Studio Service Group (St. Paul, Minn.; www.studioservicegroup.com) provides technical audio services for recording studios, performance
Diamonds for SugarHill
Houston-based SugarHill Recording Studios (www.sugarhillstudios.com) has just wrapped up celebrating its 65th year as a top recording facility on the
Blue Rock Studios
A 19th-century garrison near Austin has been reborn as Blue Rock Studios, a retreat and recording facility for selected producers specializing in Texas folk...
Ardent Turns the Big 4-0
Sam & Dave. Led Zeppelin. Isaac Hayes. Leon Russell. The Staples Singers. James Taylor. ZZ Top. Bob Dylan the list goes on and on....
The Clive Davis Department of Recorded Music at NYU
In February of 2003, the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University (www.nyu.edu/tisch/) received a $5 million donation from industry icon Clive
Studio on a Budget: Outfitting the $25k Music Studio
If I suddenly had $25,000 in cash to build my dream personal studio, rest assured I would not sniff at such a sum. To...
Marvin’s Room
Marvin Gaye loved being in the studio. He loved to write, play, orchestrate, sing, record, direct, produce, jam, party and sometimes just hang with...
A Golden Sunrise
Houston-based Sunrise Sound has added The Gold Room to an already extensive suite, which includes the SL Grey Room, Control|24 Green Room, sound effects
AES: Basics, Boutiques and Business
I'm still trying to catch my breath from the 121st AES convention in San Francisco (see our show coverage on page 42) and must...
Talking House Productions
Records are now tracked at a home in Malibu and mixed in a cottage in upstate New York. Scores are prepped on a laptop...
The Beauty Within
Surrounded by magnificent views of rolling hills, sunsets and wildlife, Banquet Studios' (Sebastopol, Calif.; www.banquetstudios.com) new digital recording
On the Move: Paul Hugo
Who: Paul Hugo, PreSonus executive VP Main responsibilities: manage product development process, refine customer interface elements, build our brand by
St. Louis Studio Grows
Jupiter Studios (St. Louis, Mo., www.jupiterstudios.net) has relocated to a newly renovated $600,000, 4,500-square-foot facility at 3323 Locust St., where
Nashville Studio Reborn
Nashville-based producer/engineer Jonell Polansky has expanded her production company, DaCapo Music (www.dacapomusic.com), to include a full-service,