February 1, 2005 By Mix Staff Published: 02/01/2005 February 1, 2005 Features In the Loop The Beat Goes Virtual Radical Recording Technology Tools of the Trade Field Test: Mackie Digital X Bus Console Field Test: Aphex Systems 1100MkII Mic Preamp Field Test: Ableton Live 4 Audio/MIDI Sequencer Thermionic Culture Vulture Distortion Unit Field Test: Soundelux e250 Condenser Microphone Field Test: Audient ASP008 Microphone Preamplifier Power Tools Native Instruments B4 Organ Software Sound for Picture Tune In, Stream On, Get It Out TV on DVD Live Mix Trans-Siberian Orchestra FixIt: Howard Lindeman News Projects and Installs Now Playing Queen’s Music Hits the Theater Stage, Rock ‘n’ Roll Style Tour Profile: Avril Lavigne All Access: Dolly Parton Profile: DTE Energy Music Theatre New Sound Reinforcement Products Recording Notes Keeping the Coltrane Flame Lit Engineer/Producer Tchad Blake Classic Tracks: B.B. King’s “The Thrill Is Gone” Cool Spins Coast to Coast L.A. Grapevine Nashville Skyline New York Metro Track Sheet Behind the Glass The Village Becomes Alt-Rock “Oasis” Ardent Gets a Taste of Honey Tribe Aberdeen Recording Offers Wide-Open Spaces Inside and Out Insider Audio A Talk With John Chowning Producer’s Desk David Chesky Project Studio Ear to the Ground Studio Bitstream Mal Contents Tech’s Files Things That Get Hot in the Studio From the Editor New School, Old School…Same Old School Feedback Letters to Mix Current/Industry News Yamaha Purchases Steinberg for $28.5 Million PAD, WSDG Are High on Each Other’s List 2005 TEC Awards Call for Entries Berkleemusic.com Names First Scholarship Recipients Cider Mountain Opens in Idaho On the Move: Tom Roalkvam SoundLab Gets a Facelift Sanken Helps Out ‘The Interpreter’ Industry News Notes From the Net Ex’pression Suite Dedicated to Hendrix Bookshelf XEPA Digital Has First Birthday On the Cover Supersonic Studios