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THE Changing Landscape of Orchestral Recording
Once upon a time, orchestras were recorded using two or three microphones. No mixing was ever done after the fact, so the entire production...
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Steve Dahl at Home and On-Air
To Chicagoans, Steve Dahl is a classic radio personality. An irreverant guy in a Hawaiian shirt who makes a living poking fun at things...
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November 1, 2000
November 1, 2000 Technology TC Electronic System 6000 Amek Pure Path Channel in a Box Drawmer 1969 Mercenary Edition Universal Audio LA-2A Quested VS3208...
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Sheffield Remote Recordings
Sheffield's truck is the largest SSL audio truck in North America. Add to that a Genelec 5.1 surround sound monitor system, analog or digital...
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Artisan Recorders Mobile
For over 20 years, Artisan Recorders has been providing excellence in remote recording and broadcast. Along with an extensive array of equipment in a
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Gravity Studios
Featuring Chicago's only vintage Neve...- Neve 8058 (modified by Pat Schneider to accommodate 60 inputs at mix)- Studer 827- Uptown moving faders- Loads
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MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS
MACKIE BUYS ACUMA LABS LTD. Mackie Designs Inc. announced the completion of the purchase of Victoria, BC-based Acuma Labs Ltd. According to executive
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Record Plant Remote
Record Plant Remote has been an industry leader in location recording for over 20 years. We've kept abreast of new developments in audio technology...
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Laughing Tiger Productions
Located 15 minutes from San Francisco in Marin County, Laughing Tiger Produc- tions offers two beautiful 48-track studios designed with the artist in
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Turtle Recording Studios
A beautiful new ocean-front studio lo-cated in White Rock, B.C., 30 min. south of Vancouver near the U.S. border. With the renovation of a...
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Stepbridge Studios
Stepbridge features SSL/Total Recall and Neve consoles, a beautiful Santa Fe-style recording environment with onsite accomodations. Recent clients include
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DigiNote-Miami.com
Record in South Beach, Miami. Strictly specializing in Pro Tools. Described in EQ mag as, "The best Pro Tools studio in the world." We...
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Wave Mechanics Speed
PRO TOOLS PITCH AND TEMPO PROCESSING PLUG-IN Wave Mechanics was formed by three design engineers who, between them, designed the Eventide H3000 Ultra-Harmonizer
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Classic Tracks: The Bee Gees’ “Stayin’ Alive”
Written while on vacation in Bermuda and recorded on a terrible console, the Bee Gees' "Stayin' Alive" became a disco classic.
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UNDERWORLD LIVE
RICK SMITH TAKES IT WITH HIM Few bands in recent memory have managed to stay as close to the bleeding edge of trend and...
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M WORKS RULES BOSTON
FACILITY SPOTLIGHT Over the past eight years, Jonathan Wyner's Cambridge, Mass., M Works mastering studio has established itself as the one of the top
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BOB WEIR AND RATDOG
ADVENTURES IN THE DOGHOUSE This time it was going to be different. Bob Weir, the former Grateful Dead guitarist/singer, was going to work quickly...
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An Interview with Sam Phillips
THE BIRTH OF ROCK 'N' ROLL When a baby is born, everything kick-starts in that first breath: heart thumping, lungs pumping, feet kicking, voice...
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The Mix 2000 AES New Products Guide
Digital Converters ADC DA 4050 4-Channel SRC Single module compatible with NV4000 Series rack frames, two 2-channel AES inputs and outputs, 20-bit resolution.
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AMS Neve 88R Large-Format Analog Recording Console
For the first time in nearly 20 years, AMS Neve is launching an all-new analog console. "For years, studios have been asking for a...
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Milestones
25 YEARS OF INNOVATION AT NEUTRIK In 1975, Bernard Weingartner founded Neutrik with two employees in a barn in Liechtenstein - a small country...
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THE MIX L.A. OPEN 5th Annual Tournament Draws Sellout Crowd
L.A.'s traditional "June gloom" weather was nowhere in sight on Monday, June 19, as 40 foursomes teed off at the Malibu Country Club for...
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Jack Joseph Puig
Words like "dull" and "ordinary" are never found in the same sentence with the name Jack Joseph Puig. A sonic
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DIXON VAN WINKLE
POP TO CLASSICAL TO POETRY Engineer/producer Dixon Van Winkle has traveled many miles in a career that spans three decades, but his story begins...
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HOLLYWOOD BUSINESS
CONSOLIDATION HITS THE POST-PRODUCTION SERVICES INDUSTRYFor the past few years, the global business economy has experienced an almost nonstop metamorphosis.
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BLUE Dragonfly
CONDENSER MICROPHONE In recent years, BLUE (Baltic Latvian Universal Electronics) has achieved recognition as a manufacturer of high-quality, handcrafted
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Beyond De-essing
Adventures in Frequency-Conscious Compression Like most other people, engineers are creatures of habit and convention. When we think of frequency-conscious
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Electro-Voice X-Line Line Array System
In their constant quest for higher fidelity, better coverage and greater SPLs, the designers of large-scale sound reinforcement systems have often had
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Analog Tape 101, part 3: Bias Magic
Welcome to the final part of this series on analog tape recorder maintenance. Wrapping up each section has been a bit like making yogurt...
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Caps AND Op Amps
ANALOG MAINTENANCE AND UPGRADE CONSIDERATIONS I get plenty of e-mail regarding "modifications and upgrades" to recording consoles and other pieces of
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Setting the World on Fire(Wire)
This month, I still haven't jumped off the local bus. I'm hangin' on there, exploring the ramifications of...I know, you're at AES in L.A.,...
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Macromedia Flash
OPTIMIZING YOUR AUDIO Flash animations in the form of Shockwave Flash movies (.swf) are fast becoming the most prevalent form of interactive life on...
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SYDNEY TO NEW YORK
NBC BUILDS PIPELINE FOR Olympics Audio While it's true that the Olympics occur every two years, don't tell that to NBC's Philip Paully. As...
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THE RIGHT CONNECTION
Choosing the Best Cable for Your Application One of the most cost-effective ways to improve a recording setup or live sound system is to...
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October 1, 2000
October 1, 2000 Technology Snapshot Product Reviews JBL VerTec Line Array System AMS Neve 88R Large-Format Analog Recording Console Electro-Voice X-Line Line Array System...
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Vine Street Studios
One of these days, someone is going to make a movie about Vine Street Studios, because this leading provider of dubbing, ADR and Foley...
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StudioPro 2000
Two-Day Audio Conference Explores New Technologies, New Distribution Systems More than 250 audio industry professionals descended on New York City in
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Dome Audio Video & Effects
DAVE (Dome Audio Video & Effects) bills itself as "one of North America's largest integrated audio and video post-production facilities," and the marquee
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Fox Studios Post Production Services
Combining leading-edge technology and the highest levels of expertise with the pristine preservation of some of the film community's most historic structures,
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Signet Studios
Not many facilities in the world achieve the kind of balance found throughout Signet Studios. Built on the site of the famous Motown Hitsville...
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Rainmaker Recording & Creative
The Rainmaker, in myth, brings life to the earth and fortune to the living. Rainmaker Recording & Creative, in reality, is an audio post-production...
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SOUND STATION SEVEN
The name Sound Station Seven sounds like it was inspired by science fiction, but it actually comes from the studio's real-life history. The Providence,