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Built by Musicians, For Musicians
Just imagine: guitar players slinging Sheetrock; mandolin players gripping onto belt sanders; and singers, pianists, bassists and percussionists hammering
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Hitmaking Studio Gets Into Label Biz
Avatar Recording Studio's Harvey J. Rosen (president, COO) and Kirk Imamura (chairman, CEO) have formed 441 Records Corporation (www.441Records.com) within the studio's 441 West...
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Trutone Hosts Shmoozefest
For the October grand opening of Trutone's new mastering facility in midtown Manhattan (the studio spent 25 years in New Jersey and has moved...
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Business Chops Gets a Rocket Start
On September 15, at Sportsmen's Lodge in Studio City, Calif., nearly 100 top record producers, engineers and music business owners attended the first Business...
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New School Openings
On July 25, 2003, the SAE Institute (www.sae.edu) brought together 400 guests from around the world for the grand opening of its 1 million-square-foot...
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Shrinking the Classroom
Back when I was in college, audio production education was something you did on your own. If you wanted to learn how records were...
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Getting Smart
There are many ways to acquire knowledge. I asked a friend who teaches audio at a community college for his perspective on audio education...
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What I Wish I’d Learned In School
During the summer before my final semester of college, I managed to talk my way into a highly sought-after internship at one of the...
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Audio Recording Technology Institute
These days, it seems like audio engineering schools are opening their doors in virtually every major market. While there used to be few programs...
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Olympic Studios Expands Facility
Producers Stephen Street (Blur, The Smiths/Morrissey, The Cranberries) and Cenzo Townshend (U2, Skin, Lightning Seeds) have moved into London-based Olympic Studio's (www.olympicstudios.co.uk) new programming/pre-production...
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Former Digi Employees Open Mindlab
The Mindlab Learning Center (www.themindlab.us) offers Pro Tools software and hardware training, Digidesign Operator and Expert Certifications, and courses on specific audio plug-ins for...
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Forging a New Look
orge Recording (Oreland, Pa.; www.forgerecording.com) has moved to a state-of-the-art, Walters-Storyk Design Group-designed complex.
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KAS Reopens KAS Music & Sound
Opening its doors on September 20, 1920, as the Famous Players/Lasky, Kaufman Astoria Studios (as it is known now) later went on to be...
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More Comfort, More Efficiency!
When the idea of a studio is first conceived, the initial discussion will invariably dwell on the console, recording devices, outboard, DAW, microphones and...
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The Road to Angel Mountain
It is always inspiring, no matter the industry or field of creative endeavor, to find a story of someone who is living his or...
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The Old School Is New School
I often find myself with one foot in the past and one in the present. Well, almost. In the repair biz, even the “present”...
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Chick Corea Upgrades for Box Set
In less than three weeks, Audio One Inc. completed two high-end audio and video projects for jazz pianist Chick Corea to support Corea's box...
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Genex Throws a DSD Surround Playback Party
On May 12, Genex hosted a special playback session in Cello Studios' (Hollywood) Studio 1, where attendees got a glimpse into the rarefied world...
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From the Ashes
The fire at The Station nightclub in Rhode Island was the worst music-related disaster in New England in over 60 years. One hundred people...
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You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet
Think of a small, picturesque island in Vancouver, and the phrase "hard rockin' town" probably doesn't come to mind. But maybe it should, for...
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Paragon Studios
It was a long time coming. Engineer Fred Paragano's Paragon Studios, a new, ground-up facility in Franklin, Tenn., just outside of Nashville, was the...
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Hit Factory/Criteria
Last winter, I had a speaking engagement that gave me the opportunity to visit my old stomping grounds in Miami. Back in the early...
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Guitarvolution!
Some have argued that rock 'n' roll was born some half-century ago with the debut of Bill Haley & His Comets' Rock Around the...
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Webcasting Royalties
The fight to get public-performance royalties for sound recordings in the U.S. has a history that is long, distinguished and largely unsuccessful.
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The Class of 2003
Mix magazine class of 2003 is a collection of new recording studio acoustic design projects. Learn about acoustics and design in these new recording...
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Getting Noticed
Fresh talent is what keeps the music industry vital and, ultimately, profitable. The paradox? There's more and more music being made, but fewer and...
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Grass-Rooted Creativity
In Nashville, but off of the beaten path both geographically and client-wise is Alex the Great Recording, a residential, rock-oriented studio owned by
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Up, Down, All Around
The theory goes like this: If people buy fewer CDs, then record company budgets shrink and recording studios make less money. This means that...
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WNET/thirteen
Production for public television. It brings forth images of dingy rooms with frayed carpet and exposed wires, perhaps a leftover radio studio, where somehow
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Todd-AO Revamps Post Stages
Todd-AO (Los Angeles) has completely renovated its two identical stages at the Burbank and Santa Monica media centers. Pro Tools/Focusrite Control 24s
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B1 Goes B5.1
Design and production studio B1 (Burbank, Calif.) has added a 5.1-capable suite for sound design, mixing and mastering clients, as well as for its...
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Networking NPR West
National Public Radio, headquartered in Washington, D.C., needs little introduction. At a time when many news companies are reducing operations, NPR News has expanded...
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DibS on EngineRoom Audio
Mixer/tracking engineer David Shackney has opened the doors to DibS Reaction, an independent Pro Tools-based mixing suite inside New York City-based EngineRoom
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Skyline Studios Reopens
Skyline Recording Studios (New York City) which has churned out hits for Eric Clapton, Madonna, Chic, David Bowie, Mariah Carey, LL Cool J and...
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The Village, Studio D
The Village has always had a great West L.A. location and a great history; these days it also has a great buzz going. Celebrating...
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Hacking and Hijacking
The most dangerous man in the music business is on his third, or maybe his fourth, company. He's been selling audio software on the...
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Tisch School Creates Recorded Music Department
The Tisch School of the Arts at New York University (www.nyu.edu/tisch/) received a $5 million donation from J Records founder/chairman/CEO Clive Davis
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Robert Rodriguez Upgrades Facility
Acoustic Spaces (Austin, Texas; www.acousticspaces.com) recently finished the design and sound system upgrade for film director/producer Robert Rodriguez's
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Museum of Sound Recording Finds New Home
In April 2001, Mix reported in these pages on the expected opening of a museum dedicated solely to sound recordings in Camden, N.J. According...
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The Hit Factory, Studio 6
On the afternoon of July 24, 2002, as he prepared to throw a party to celebrate the opening of Studios 6 and 7, Hit...
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It All Starts With Guitar
For those who can't get past mandolins and Pavarotti, it may come as a surprise that Italy has a thriving, domestic rock scene. Granted,...
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New Studio Dots New York Skyline
Longtime sound engineer Jonny Sheehan (MTV and VH1 live shows) and noted drummer Tom Kaelin (Merle Saunders, the Rainforest Band, Rick Danko) have opened