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American Loudspeaker Manufacturers Association Changes Name
The American Loudspeaker Manufacturers Association (ALMA), based in Princeton Junction, N.J., announced that it has changed its name to the Association
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Future Sonics New Personal Monitor Earphone
Future Sonics Inc. (Pineville, Pa.) announced the release of their new universal fit model EM3 under the brand name "Future Sonics Ears" (MSRP: $198).
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New Surround Sound Seminar Hits the Road
The "Rocket in My Pocket Road Tour" (September 4-14, 2001), sponsored by Fits & Starts Productions, LLC, and Apple computers is the first in...
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First Avid World and Pro Tools Conference Announced
Calling all sound designers and video editors. Through the collaboration of Mindshare Ventures and Future Media Concepts, with cooperation from Avid and
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New Hire Over at SSL
Solid State Logic (Oxford, UK) has appointed Curtis Drake as post-production sales manager for the eastern United States and Caribbean Islands. Drake's
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New Mastering Engineer at Paul Stubblebine Mastering
Music industry veteran Michael Romanowski has been appointed to the position of mastering engineer for Paul Stubblebine Mastering (San Francisco). "We're
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Surround 2001 Conference Date Announced
The Third Annual Surround 2001 Conference and Showcase has announced its return to the Beverly Hills Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif., from December 7-8,
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Tascam Acquires Nemsys Music Technology
At the Summer NAMM show, Tascam announced that it has acquired the stock of the Texas-based NemeSys Music Technology Inc. for an undisclosed amount....
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Line 6 Moves Headquarters
As a result of its unprecedented growth over the past several years and to provide space for its significant increase in R&D personnel, Line...
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New President for Maxell
Toru (Tom) Yamakawa joins Maxell Corporation of America (Fair Lawn, N.J.) as the company's new president. Yamakawa's prior stints include Recording Media
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Crest Audio Hires New Director
Crest Audio (Paramus, N.J.) hired industry veteran William (Bill) McGrane to the position of marketing director. In his new position, McGrane will be
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ALMOST THERE
Boston, The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, Patti Smith Group, Talking Heads, and Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers head the 2002 class of newly eligible...
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WILLIAM NISSELSON, 1945-2001
William Nisselson, regarded by many as the greatest champion of the independent film community, died on June 19, 2001, in his office at Sound...
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INDUSTRY LINES UP TO SPONSOR TEC AWARDS
The Mix Foundation for Excellence in Audio has announced that 29 leading pro audio companies have already signed on as sponsors of the 17th...
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SURROUND (R)EVOLUTION
Repeat after us: It isn't just a fad It isn't just a fad It isn't just a fad. Surround sound, that is. By now,...
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MARK MOTHERSBAUGH
Okay, one of the basic tenets of rock writing is that you give your subject the benefit of the doubt you let him or...
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New President, Sales Managers at Crown Audio
Blake W. Augsburger has recently been appointed to serve as president of Crown Audio (Elkhart, Ind.). Augsburger is responsible for overseeing and directing
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Soundcraft USA Names New Sales Manager
Scott Wunschel has been named to serve as western regional sales manager for Soundcraft USA (Nashville). He will now provide sales support for all...
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ALL ACCESS: Mark Knopfler
Mark Knopfler released his latest solo album, Sailing To Philadelphia, in September 2000, and is now on a worldwide tour to promote it. Starting...
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CARVER ZEROPOINT 3-D SESSION
Having tried expensive boutique cables before, I approached Carver Professional's ZEROpoint high-definition cables with suspicion. On the other hand,
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DIANNE REEVES
Over the course of 13 recordings and hundreds of live performances, Dianne Reeves has developed a reputation as a versatile and vivacious singer who...
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A WHOLE NEW SHAWN COLVIN
On this record, the white elephant in the closet was: Are we going to come up with another hit? We didn't even consider that...
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Classic Tracks: The Average White Band’s “Pick Up the Pieces”
There was something audacious about it: a group from Scotland calling itself The Average White Band. If the funk don't fly, then the honky...
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Tony Walstra
Project studio owners use a variety of different tools, but they all need a system that can accommodate analog as well as digital signal,...
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GOLD LINE/PMI TK51
Audio reference discs are nothing new, but when somebody creates a DVD with audio tones in 5.1 surround format, you gotta take notice. Produced...
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CHET ATKINS, 1924-2001
Chet Atkins, who, as an artist and as head of RCA Records in Nashville for almost 20 years, was a major force in defining...
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Apocalypse Nowand Then
Certain events linger in the mind as though they occurred yesterday. I may not recall where I had lunch last Tuesday, but global shocks...
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STEDMAN PROSCREEN PS100/PS101
A couple years ago, after reviewing almost every pop filter on the market, I swore I'd never review another one today, there are way...
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SMPTE-ed Off
Drop or Non-Drop? Pull-Up or Pull-Down? Thirty or 29? And what the heck is 23.976? All questions that strike terror into the hearts of...
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Dave Matthews Band At Pacific Bell Park
Following a string of dates at outdoor amphitheaters, the Dave Matthews Band (DMB) began the stadium leg of their current tour with two nights...
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Keeping Your Digital Tape In the Green
Lots of people are predicting the death of digital tape. I'll spare you the Mark Twain quote, but digital tape machines whether as DASH...
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CM Labs MotorMix
The advent of computer-based DAWs has brought not only incredible power and complete recall of all internally controlled functions effects, EQ, edits,
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Fostex D2424
There are numerous multitrack hard disk recorders on the market today, and most are being made by relative newcomers. Fostex, however, is a rare...
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Dolby DP569
The Dolby Digital Encoder DP569 includes useful presets, but to get the highest quality encoding for audio delivery, knowing how and when to tweak...
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ANTHONY DEMARIA LABS ADL 100-G
The ADL 100-G is a single-channel tube DI featuring two Sovtek 6922 twin triodes in its all-tube audio path. The unit has all of...
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GRAPHICS, TEXT, VIDEO AND HIGH-RESOLUTION Sound
Because DVD-A supports higher-fidelity, lossless surround, the format is what the record and recording industries have wanted for years. THE DVD-AUDIO
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John Leckie: Music Head
It's been 10 years since Mix interviewed John Leckie for a Producer's Desk feature. Back then, he was known for his early engineering work...
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Apocalypse Now REDUX
Every film, from a Mini-DV short to a $130 million-budgeted Jerry Bruckheimer blockbuster, is hard to make. And while the gap between conception and...
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August 1, 2001
August 1, 2001 Technology New Software/Hardware for Audio Production Preview Groove Tubes Vipre Fostex D2424 Pendulum Audio MDP-1 & ES-8 CM Labs MotorMix Ina-GRM...
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Mid-Atlantic Song Contest Underway
The Songwriters Association of Washington (SAW) presents its 18th Annual Mid-Atlantic Song Contest sponsored by SAW, BMI, Oasis Duplication, Omega Recording