November 1, 2004 By Mix Staff Published: 11/01/2004 November 1, 2004 Features Living on the Faultline Out of the Ashes, Into the ’60s The ’70s The ’80s The ’90s Beyond 2000 SF Soundworks Studio 880 Ryan Greene Necessity Mothers Invention Silicon Audio A Long Time Ago George Lucas Why I Call S.F. Home Technology Field Test: dbx 162SL Stereo Compressor/Limiter Field Test: AEA R88 Stereo Ribbon Microphone Field Test: Eventide Octavox Harmonizer Field Test: Universal Audio 2-1176 Dual Limiting Amplifier Field Test: EastWest Quantum Leap Symphonic Orchestra Field Test: Apogee AD-16X and DA-16X Converters Field Test: Taylor Guitars/Rupert Neve Expression System Field Test: Demeter VTMP-2c Microphone Preamp Sound for Picture M. Night Shyamalan Multi-Platform Integration at HSR First-Person Pseudo-Reality of Halo 2 Live Mix The Cure News FixIt On the Road Now Playing Allen & Heath Celebrates 35 in Style Touring San Francisco’s Premier Venues Tour Profile: Usher Recording Notes Flying (Almost) Solo “The Unbroken Circle” Classic Tracks: Tower of Power’s “What Is Hip” Cool Spins Coast to Coast L.A. Grapevine Nashville Skyline New York Metro Moeller “Transports” Midas to Home Studio Presidents Promise, Love Everybody Sonic Wave Thunders With Earthride Vanessa Williams Wraps Siilver & Gold at Sound on Sound Ben Kweller Plays With Gravity Track Sheet Insider Audio Looking Backward Bitstream Azalia Blossoms Tech’s Files Supporting High-Resolution Audio From the Editor Welcome to AES! Feedback Letters to Mix Current/Industry News Welcome to AES San Francisco Ray Charles Landmark Studio Ball State Enhances Curriculum On the Move Margarita Mix Brings in New GM Argosy Turns 10 Photomag Sound & Image Relaunches Tom Lord-Alge Hits the South Beach Telefunken Hits Tube Jackpot Industry News Autograph Celebrates 30 Years, Adds New Facility NYC Gets Bionic Post Boost Notes From the Net On the Cover Skywalker Sound Mix AES 2004 New Products Guide