November 1, 1999 By Mix Staff Published: 11/01/1999 November 1, 1999 Technology Apogee PSX-100: TWO CHANNEL 24-BIT/96KHZ CONVERTER Crane Song Trakker: ANALOG CLASS A COMPRESSOR/LIMITER Pendulum Audio OCL-2: OPTICAL COMPRESSOR RODE NTV: TRUE CONDENSER VALVE MICROPHONE Sound for Picture SCORING FOR THE BIGGEST SCREEN: STEVE WOOD CLIMBS “EVEREST” AND SWIMS TO THE BOTTOM OF “THE LIVING SEA” FACILITY SPOTLIGHT: DAVE DOES IMAX: TORONTO STAGE POINTS TOWARD A BIG-SCREEN TOMORROW Live Mix Mixing the Money Channel: FOH ENGINEERS SHARE THEIR EXPERTISE ON VOCAL PROCESSING TOUR PROFILE: Catching “Up” with R.E.M. Coast to Coast RECORDIN’ “LA VIDA LOCA”: THE MAKING OF A HARD DISK HIT SAVAGE GARDEN FIND “AFFIRMATION” AT WALLY WORLD ROCKING IN L.A. WITH 311 Classic Tracks: Rickie Lee Jones’ “Chuck E.’s In Love” Cool Spins: The Mix Staff Members Pick Their Current Favorites L.A. GRAPEVINE NY METRO REPORT NASHVILLE SKYLINE SESSIONS & STUDIO NEWS REGIONAL STUDIO SPOTLIGHT: GRAVITY STUDIOS: CHICAGO FACILITY BUILDS A B ROOM FOR ALT-ROCK CLIENTELE NEW STUDIO SPOTLIGHT: 48 WINDOWS OPENS IN SANTA MONICA Insider Audio It’s a Large and Confusing World, After All: THOUGHTS ON DEALING WITH A GLOBAL INDUSTRY Producer’s Desk Marvin Etzioni: LOST IN THE MOMENT Mix Interview Tom Dowd, Part 2: ON RECORDING OTIS, ARETHA, CLAPTON, THE ALLMANS AND ROD STEWART Project Studio Abyssinian Sons Studio: FILTER FINDS A HOME-AND STUDIO-IN CHICAGO Current/Industry News Current Industry Notes New Products HOT OFF THE SHELF UPGRADES AND UPDATES Articles Chicago’s Alien Soundscapes GETTING THE INSIDE DOPE FROM THE HOTTEST MIXERS IN MANHATTAN Engineers Compare Notes on Monitoring for Surround THE WIDE-DISPERSION LISTENING SPACE: A NEW APPROACH TO CONTROL-ROOM DESIGN MULTICHANNEL DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATIONS: The Latest and Greatest Contenders Big News from the Big Apple: Product Hits of the 107th AES Panasonic DA7: CREATING BIG SOUNDS WITH THIS COMPACT DIGITAL MIXER