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As the price/performance ratio of recording gear continues to drop, owning a personal studio that's capable of pro-level work is a reality for more...
For nearly 40 years, the people at Audio-Technica have been dedicated to the advancement of electroacoustic design and manufacturing, establishing an
Just a shade more than 10 years ago, Walter Afanasieff's phone rang. Tommy Mottola of Sony Music was on the line asking if the...
As the baby boomer generation ages, the ranks of rock 'n' roll continue to swell with rock elder statesmen, not yet ready to fade...
As 16-bit audio continues its slide into obsolescence, the pro audio industry looks for an inexpensive, high-resolution replacement for DAT. Listed at
While in Las Vegas for the recent NSCA Expo 2000, Mix watched Tina Turner tear up the stage at the 17,000-seat MGM Grand Garden...
The term "Sound Card" has become a bit of a misnomer. It once referred to a generic piece of consumer-oriented hardware designed to give...
Some things just aren't right. Take, for instance, canned orange juice. Someone should really put a stop to that. Another evil that simply will...
In another step toward taking the Pro Tools platform to the next level, Digidesign offers a major revision of its Pro Tools digital audio...
A major benefit of any DAW is full reset/recall capability. I wanted to extend that concept to tracking, cue mix and overdub scenarios in...
July 1, 2000 Technology Digidesign Pro Tools 5.0: DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION SOFTWARE TerraSonde Audio Toolbox Version 2: PORTABLE AUDIO TEST SET Alesis MasterLink ML-9600:...
Elliott Smith: Figure 8 (DreamWorks) Onstage, Elliott Smith cuts a deceptively slight and scruffy figure, resembling your friendly, unwashed neighborhood
Audio Engineering Associates (www.wesdooley.com) has taken the audio world by storm with its superb reissues of the beloved vintage RCA 44 ribbon mics.
The collaboration between Sarah McLachlan and Pierre Marchand goes beyond her albums; they've also built a studio, Wild Sky. Marchand explains how the
Founded by the late Bill Putnam in the attic of Universal Recording in Chicago, Universal Audio later moved into the attic of United Recording...
The Focusrite ISA 110 Original Mono Mic-Pre & Equalizer is a limited-edition version of the famed single-channel ISA 110 EQ module. The original ISA...
Electronic music is just a different beast altogether. Generally, anything that falls under the headings electronic or industrial is seen as the obsessive
Sir Paul McCartney will be presented with the prestigious Les Paul Award by Les Paul himself at the 16th Annual Technical Excellence & Creativity...
Like too many people these days, I spend way too much time on the Internet. One of the reasons is that the new rules...
Russ Berger's design philosophy, developed during 30 years of experience in the audio industry, is based on the theory that the perfect acoustic space
It's a tough assignment: an interview with He-Who-Hates-To-Be-Interviewed. That sharp-tongued, laser-eyed, hypercritical guy who's been there, done that,
Not too long ago, powered monitors were considered unworthy of a place in the commercial or project studio environment. In recent years, however, this
For the majority of his career, David Lowery has lived somewhere just outside the norm. Whether it was his early days as a member...
The vast array of tools now available for recording, editing, processing and otherwise manipulating sound shows how far the applied science of audio-particularly
True monitors are necessary tools in any studio. Yet, as with any component in the signal chain, monitors need attention, and occasionally a tweak...
The Tone Plug-essentially a tiny audio generator built into a Neutrik XLR connector-is a dream tool for live sound engineers. And for project studio...
"When I was young, it seemed that life was so wonderful..." That's the memorable opening line of Supertramp's "The Logical Song," an ode to...
Ye olde saw about wedding accoutrements, "something old, something new..." loosely fits our theme this month. Not that I'm planning on tying the knot.
In late 1970, The Stooges' raucous LP Fun House was released to a nearly unanimous critical drubbing, poor sales and virtually no radio play....
The number of mind-blowing, incredibly useful plug-ins flooding the market continues to amaze me. It seems there are plug-ins for almost every task, from
UltraTools is a suite of plug-ins by Wave Mechanics that works with Digidesign's Pro Tools TDM system, as well as third-party programs that utilize...
Known primarily for its large-format, digitally controlled analog mixing consoles, Euphonix unveiled the System 5, its first all-digital console at the
Pierre Marchand calls his approach to production "disorganized" and "chaotic," but his results sound the exact opposite. He is the producer who has made
June 1, 2000 Technology Euphonix System 5: DIGITAL MIXING CONSOLE GTC Industries Tone and Noise Plugs: Compact Test Genarators RODE Classic II: LARGE DIAPHRAGM...
Faaantastic! Life offers few guarantees, and we should be thankful for the ones we get. The sun will always rise in the east, E...
Everybody has a Web site- companies, organizations, freelance engineers and, yes, recording studios. But it seems the conventional Web site is evolving
Increased competition, costs put pressure on remote vehicles They are, perhaps, the last of the romantics in an increasingly corporate professional audio
really wanted to be the first club with a resident entomologist," laments John Hood over a cocktail at Giacomo's on Espanola Way in Miami's...
These are boom days for the Miami recording community. The pop and Latin music renaissance that this city is experiencing has given the region...
The competition in pro audio has increased a thousandfold in the past decade, just as it has in other industries. What had once been...
"We left the parking lot for last. We wanted to get the music happening." So said Troy Germano, executive vice president of The Hit...
The Cure: Bloodflowers (Fiction/Elektra) For the "pale and tragic" children of the '80s, the Cure were the backdrop to dreary autumn afternoons, endless