January 1, 2007

Features

The Inside Track: Mixing Drums

Jan 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Kevin Becka

Mix is proud to introduce a new article series for 2007: the Inside Track, a bi-monthly feature by Mix technical editor Kevin Becka that explores the…

A Trip to the Slammer

Jan 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Michael Cooper

Despite the exploding digital revolution, the popularity of analog compressors and limiters shows no sign of waning and for good reason. There is an ineffable,…

Talk to Me

Jan 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Steve La Cerra

A long time ago, in a sound system not so far away, routing audio meant connecting copper wire from an analog output to an analog input. Anytime a connection…

The Big Boards

Jan 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By George Petersen

Ten years ago, this article would have been very different. The concept of digital consoles for sound reinforcement was in its infancy, with a single…

Technology

Tools of the Trade

Jan 1, 2007 12:00 PM

ADOBE SOUNDBOOTH Adobe’s (www.adobe.com) Soundbooth removes noise from existing recordings and lets users record dialog tracks, sound effects or other…

Field Test: Muse Research Receptor VST Plug-In Player

Jan 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Robert Brock

In the genus of digital audio effects and instruments, there are two species: dedicated hardware devices and computer-based software tools. It’s hard…

Field Test: Steinberg Cubase 4 DAW

Jan 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Jim Aikin

Cubase has been a studio mainstay for close to 20 years now. Although it may not be the front-running application on either the Mac or the PC, Steinberg’s…

Field Test: Ableton Live 6 Performance-Oriented DAW

Jan 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Jim Aikin

It’s not boring, but it’s become quite predictable: Every new version of Ableton Live boosts the feature list to a new level. That was true when I reviewed…

Field Test: Waves Tune Pitch-Correction Plug-In

Jan 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Barry Rudolph

One of five plug-in processors in the new Waves Vocal Bundle (which also includes DeBreath, Renaissance DeEsser, Renaissance Channel Strip and Waves Doubler),…

Field Test: Hear Technologies Mix Back System

Jan 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Steve La Cerra

Having trickled down from the rich and famous to the working musician, the continued popularity of in-ear monitors has created a need for high-quality,…

Snapshot Product Reviews

Jan 1, 2007 12:00 PM

AVANT ELECTRONICS MIXCUBES Mini Reference Monitors During the ’70s, ’80s and into the 1990s, Auratone 5C Sound Cubes were pretty much required in every…

Field Test: IK Multimedia Ampeg SVX Bass Amp Plug-In

Jan 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Barry Rudolph

IK Multimedia’s Ampeg SVX Bass Amp is a complete virtual bass guitar rig posing as a plug-in. SVX uses the company’s DSM technology to model Ampeg bass…

Field Test: API A2D Dual Microphone Preamp

Jan 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Bobby G. Frasier

The A2D dual mic preamp from API is the company’s first foray into the digital realm, melding tried-and-true analog technology with two channels of A/D…

Digidesign VENUE

Jan 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Pete Keppler

Since its arrival some 18 months ago, Digidesign’s VENUE has found acceptance on major tours with more than 300 systems in use worldwide. This modular…

Sound for Picture

Conflagrations and Claustrophobia

Jan 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Blair Jackson

Now in his mid-70s, director Clint Eastwood continues to amaze and provoke. His latest artistic (and critical) triumph is a pair of films about the pivotal…

Live Mix

Tour Profile: Guns N’ Roses

Jan 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Gregory A. DeTogne

Tirelessly flogged in the media for every manner of abuse imagined or otherwise, Guns N’ Roses is still legitimately regarded by many as one of the biggest…

Tour Profile: Panic! at the Disco

Jan 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Gaby Alter

An elaborate circus set filled the stage at Madison Square Garden Theater for Panic! at the Disco’s pair of concerts in mid-November, complete with a…

Tour Profile: OK Go

Jan 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Heather Johnson

You may not know OK Go by name, but you’ve probably seen their notoriously popular video for Here It Goes Again, in which the four bandmembers (Damian…

All Access: 20th Annual Bridge School Benefit Concert

Jan 1, 2007 12:00 PM, Photos and text by Steve Jennings

For the past 20 years. Neil and Pegi Young have brought together an eclectic lineup of top-notch musicians to perform in front of an enthusiastic crowd…

Tour Profile: The Dixie Chicks

Jan 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By David John Farinella

Fern Alvarez, who has been handling the Dixie Chicks’ front-of-house mixing responsibilities for just about a decade, has seen numerous changes while…

Tour Profile: Alice in Chains

Jan 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Sarah Benzuly

Front-of-house engineer/production manager Chad Olech and monitor engineer Maxie Williams couldn’t ask for a better gig. Alice in Chains are relatively…

Local Crew: Sound on Stage

Jan 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Sarah Benzuly

The Bridge School benefits. Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival. Numerous local radio station events and accompanying fireworks displays. Bay to Breakers…

Pet Shop Boys

Jan 1, 2007 12:00 PM, Photos and text by Steve Jennings

Despite not having toured since 2002, electro-pop duo the Pet Shop Boys played to an exuberant crowd at San Francisco’s Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in…

FixIt: Greg Mace

Jan 1, 2007 12:00 PM

Greg Mace of house-of-worship audio specialists GJM Sound recently completed an install at Nampa First Nazarene Church (Nampa, Idaho) that required serious…

News

Jan 1, 2007 12:00 PM

For the seventh year, 3G Live (L.A.) provided staging/lighting/sound for Reventn, a Latin rock/pop music festival held at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum,…

On the Road: Goo Goo Dolls

Jan 1, 2007 12:00 PM

Goo Goo Dolls Front-of-house engineer Paul David Hager just wrapped up a couple months with the Goo Goo Dolls’ tour, which relied on gear supplied by…

Now Playing: Barenaked Ladies, Imogen Heap

Jan 1, 2007 12:00 PM

Barenaked Ladies Sound Company: Solotech (Montreal) FOH Engineer/Board: Robin Billinton/Soundcraft Vi6 Monitor Engineer/Board: John Sulek/Midas H3000…

Garry Brown Takes on Vegoose

Jan 1, 2007 12:00 PM

Held over Halloween weekend, this year’s Vegoose festival (Las Vegas) saw four stages hosting top talent such as Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, the Black…

New Sound Reinforcement Products

Jan 1, 2007 12:00 PM

MACKIE QUAD SERIES PROCESSORS Mackie’s (www.mackie.com) Quad Series digital processors offer 24-bit signal purity with user interfaces designed for live…

Recording Notes

Joan Osborne Explores Her Country Roots

Jan 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Elianne Halbersberg

It should come as no surprise that Joan Osborne wanted to make a country album. Born and raised in Kentucky, Osborne is a longtime, die-hard fan of the…

Brian Setzer’s Lucky 13

Jan 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Barbara Schultz

Brian Setzer makes a lot of great albums, but he doesn’t spend a lot of time in studios. His MO is to begin a new project well-prepared, whether that…

Gladys Knight Ssalutes Great Jazz Women

Jan 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Chris Walker

Before Gladys Knight became one of the most successful soul singers in America fronting The Pips for a string of immortal classics, and then venturing…

Classic Tracks: Elvis Costello & The Attractions’ “Pump It Up”

Jan 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Barbara Schultz

Elvis Costello began his music career with the purist intentions: My ultimate vocation in life is to be an irritant, he told the New Music Express’ Nick…

Coast to Coast

L.A. Grapevine

Jan 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Bud Scoppa

For Adam Beilenson and Mike Kerns, it turns out that more is more. The longtime partners own and oversee the biggest music-dedicated studio operation…

Nashville Skyline

Jan 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Rick Clark

When one thinks of Nashville music, world beat, fusion and new age don’t readily come to mind. But as the city’s artistic and recording communities have…

New York Metro

Jan 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By David Weiss

Virtually all music that’s made with an intent to distribute gets to the Internet today, but an arguably much smaller percentage is produced with cyberspace…