Profiles
Steve Miller to Receive Les Paul Award
Singer/songwriter/guitarist Steve Miller will be honored with the prestigious Les Paul Award at the 22nd annual Technical Excellence & Creativity Awards,
Sounds Good When I Go Vroom
More than 10 years ago, Acura teamed up with Grammy Award winning engineer Elliot Scheiner and Panasonic to create the first ELS DVD-A surround...
Peacock Finds Self at Capitol
Alice Peacock, singer/songwriter and recently named president of NARAS' Midwest chapter, completed her latest release, Who I Am, at Capitol Studios in
Classic Tracks: The Cyrkle’s “Red Rubber Ball”
Folk singers wouldn't throw in the towel. The Brits were here. Blues masters tossed jagged contrapuntal lines into a densely textured pop symphony. Back
It’s Your Vote Use It!
A long time ago a very long time ago I was a poor college student. I scraped by doing technical jobs, like repairing electronics,...
Bag End Minima One
Bag End’s second-generation Minima One amplifier module features THAT Corporation’s (www.thatcorp.com) new, patented InGenius input stage chip. The Minima One is a 1,000-watt, high-fidelity,...
How David Paich Recorded Toto’s Latest Album
Toto rented out Phantom Sound (Van Nuys, Calif.) for a year to record Falling In Between. “Our drummer, Simon Phillips, runs Phantom,” says David...
The 22nd Annual Technical Excellence & Creativity Awards Nominations
Listed below are the nominees chosen by the Nominating Panel of the 22nd Annual TEC Awards. A special TEC Awards Voter's Guide and voting...
TEC Hall of Fame: David Hewitt
Acclaimed remote recording engineer David Hewitt will join an elite group of individuals as he is inducted into the TEC Hall of Fame at...
Michael “Mike” Kovins, 1948-2006
Korg USA president Michael Kovins passed away on May 2, 2006, after a long battle with leukemia. Kovins began his career in the music...
Classic Tracks: Willie Nelson’s “On the Road Again”
Like most country singer/songwriters worth their salt, Willie Nelson operates outside the Nashville mainstream not necessarily because he's a major rebel
The Making of Tool’s “10,000 Days”
Engineer Joe Barresi and mastering engineer Bob Ludwig discuss the making of Tool’s 2006 album “10,000 Days”
Ribot at Dubway
Guitar master Marc Ribot was in Dubway Studios (New York City) to record the score to the upcoming film The Drunk Boat. Ribot has...
Linett Drives Cars
Engineer Mark Linett brought his Your Place or Mine mobile rig to Center Staging (Burbank, Calif.) to record the New Cars in front of...
Classic Tracks: Billy Idol’s “Rebel Yell”
Inside the recording of Billy Idol’s classic early ’80s song, “Rebel Yell”
Sergio Mendes and Will.I.Am Team Up for “Timeless”
Brazilian-born pianist/composer/arranger Sergio Mendes' name is synonymous with pop bossa nova. He became an international icon in the late 1960s, recording
John Patterson, 1960-2006
John Patterson passed away on March 28, 2006, following a lengthy battle with cancer. Patterson joined Yamaha in 1997 as R&D manager, focusing on...
On the Move: Ed Zeier
Who: Ed Zeier, managing director at POP Sound Main responsibilities: overseeing day-to-day operations and casting the strategic direction of the company
Six dB of Separation
Mix magazine's resident tech Eddie Ciletti talks about the issues of poor consumer playback equipment.