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Inside Mix Nashville—Immersive Music Production III, Part 2
Pros came out for the third annual Mix Nashville: Immersive Music Production event, where they were treated to expert panels and tech demos.
Chuck Ainlay
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Photo Essay: Inside Mix Nashville—Immersive Music Production III
Pros came out for the third annual Mix Nashville: Immersive Music Production event, where they were treated to expert panels and tech demos.
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Mix Nashville Announces “Entering Phase 2 of Immersive Music Production: What’s Next?”
Art and technology will intersect this Saturday as producer/engineers Chuck Ainlay and Ben Fowler sit down with Ceri Thomas, the industry’s leading technology expert...
Classic-Tracks
Classic Tracks: Peter Frampton’s “Do You Feel Like We Do”
The epic live single is a 1970s touchstone—which presented challenges for Peter Frampton and Chuck Ainlay when they brought it into the modern-day Dolby...
Business
Neumann Readies All-Star Masterclasses for Mix Nashville
Neumann has revealed a slate of all-star masterclasses that it will host at Black River Studios’ Back Stage for Mix Nashville: Immersive Music Production...
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Mix Nashville Sets Keynote with Chuck Ainlay and Michael Cronin
Grammy-winning engineer Chuck Ainlay and legendary studio designer Michael Cronin join Mix Nashville for a Keynote Conversation on the realities of adding immersive playback...
Music Production
No Console is No Problem for Chuck Ainlay
After switching to working from home in 2020, Chuck Ainlay adopted Solid State Logic’s DAW and plug-in controllers and 360° link software.
The Wire
METalliance Seven Lifetimes Recording Guide TEC Award Finalist Includes Chapters from the Legendary, Late Al Schmitt and Ed Cherney
METalliance Seven Lifetimes Recording Guide TEC Award Finalist Includes Chapters from the Legendary, Late Al Schmitt and Ed Cherney The METalliance book “Recording and...
The Wire
METalliance “Recording & Mixing Drums” Finalist for NAMM TEC Award
METalliance “Recording & Mixing Drums” Finalist for NAMM TEC Award The METalliance book “Recording and Mixing Drums” is a finalist for the 39th Annual...
Events
Inside ‘Mix Nashville: Immersive Music Production’
The inaugural 'Mix Nashville: Immersive Music Production' all-day event was a massive hit, bringing together pros, manufacturers and more.
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Mix Nashville: Immersive Music Production Announces First Panels
Mix Nashville: Immersive Music Production, taking place on Saturday, May 20, 2023, has announced its first programming offerings!
Business
IMES Readies Preservation Panel
These four pros will delve into "Preserving and Future-Proofing Your Creative Content" in an upcoming panel for IMES.
Music Production
METAlliance Perches at Blackbird Studio
When the METAlliance held one of its legendary two-day recording retreats at Nashville's Blackbird Studios in January, Mix was there to take it all...
The Wire
METalliance Celebrates Nashville Blackbird Bonanza
The METalliance (Music Engineering and Technology Alliance) is celebrating another wildly successful “In Session” weekend of live tracking and mixing January 28 & 29...
Business
Sylvia Massy and Jimmy Douglass Join METAlliance
The METAlliance (Music Engineering & Technology Alliance) has welcomed two new members to its ranks, with Sylvia Massy and Jimmy Douglass.
The Wire
Save Your Spot Now: METAlliance “In Session” Nashville January 2023
Save Your Spot Now: METAlliance “In Session” Nashville January 2023 The METAlliance (Music Engineering and Technology Alliance) is presenting an immersive “In Session” event,...
The Wire
METAlliance Welcomes Sylvia Massy & Jimmy Douglass
METAlliance Welcomes Sylvia Massy & Jimmy Douglass Music Engineering and Technology Alliance Moves Forward Sylvia Massy and Jimmy Douglass. The METAlliance (Music Engineering...
Blog
Last Week in Nashville: Monday
Chuck Ainlay, Blackbird Academy, Jeff Balding, Welcome to 1979 and a whole lot of immersive music in Nashville.
Business
METAlliance Returns with Drum Recording/Mixing Workshop at AES 2022
The METAlliance—recording legends Chuck Ainlay, Niko Bolas, Frank Filipetti, George Massenburg, and Elliot Scheiner—will present a free one-hour workshop on drum recording and mixing...
The Wire
METAlliance Presents Drum Recording & Mixing Workshop at AES 2022
The METAlliance (Music Engineering and Technical Alliance) is presenting a special one-hour workshop at AES 2022 in NYC. This event is free for those...
Music Production
Cummings + Ainlay + Haynes = ‘TEN’
Producer/engineer Chuck Ainlay shares how he captured bluesman Albert Cummings' latest album at Peter Frampton’s Phenix Studio in Nashville.
The Wire
Chuck Ainlay Evaluates New Sanken Wide Range CUX-100K Mic
Chuck Ainlay is seen with the new Sanken CUX-100K at his Nashville Studio. Grammy award-winning engineer/producer Chuck Ainlay has been testing out the...
Recording
Ed Cherney: Recalling An Engineering Great
As the late engineer Ed Cherney is honored by the Grammys this weekend with a posthumous Trustee Award, his fellow METAlliance members look back...
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dCS Legends Awards Expands
dCS recently announced a multifaceted music education and promotion addition to its program.
Business
dCS Expands Legends Award
The dCS (Data Conversion Systems, Ltd.) Legends Award campaign, which began last year, has been expanded to highlight more engineering legends.
Business
Recording All-Stars Welcome Niko Bolas to METAlliance
Chuck Ainlay, Frank Filipetti, George Massenburg, Elliot Scheiner and Al Schmitt have named producer/engineer Niko Bolas as a new member of the METAlliance.
Blog
The METAlliance Report: METAlliance on Lockdown
Chuck Ainlay shares the surprising ways he and fellow recording legends Al Schmitt, Elliot Scheiner, Frank Filipetti and George Massenburg are making the most...
Recording
Chuck Ainlay Leads Csaba Petocz Scholarship Event
The annual memorial educational event was held at Peter Frampton’s Studio Phenix in the Berry Hill district in Nashville.
Blog
The METAlliance Report: How to Choose Your Next Studio Monitors
The legendary pros of the METAlliance—Ed Cherney, Chuck Ainlay, Al Schmitt, George Massenburg, Elliot Scheiner and Frank Filipetti—share their wide-ranging views about how to...
Blog
The METAlliance Report: Staying Healthy in the Studio
By The METAlliance. The pros of the METAlliance—including legendary Grammy-winning engineers Al Schmitt, Chuck Ainlay and Elliot Scheiner—share how to take care of yourself...
Blog
The METAlliance Report: Let’s Not Lose the Art in Engineering
By Chuck Ainlay. METAlliance co-founder and multiple Grammy-winning producer/engineer Chuck Ainlay discusses what the art in engineering is and can be, offering suggestions on...
Music Production
Massenburg, Ainlay Set METAlliance Masterclass at Ball State
Recording legends to hold In Session masterclass/workshop in Indiana
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Who Is the METAlliance?
METAlliance members have made the music you know by heart; find out who they are and why they're sharing their engineering knowledge.
Blog
The METAlliance Report: JBL 7 Series Studio Monitors
Producer/engineer Chuck Ainlay weighs in on how JBL LSR-708p monitors became the go-to speaker for his home studio.
Music Production
METAlliance Sets 2019 ‘In Session’ Event
Pros plan immersive recording workshop for February, 2019
Blog
The METAlliance Report: Desert Island Microphones
This is the first in what will be a monthly series expressing the METAlliance’s views, reviews and ideas concerning audio, audio hardware and software,...
Classic-Tracks
Classic Tracks: Steve Earle’s “Guitar Town”
In this month’s Classic Tracks we take a look at sessions for the entire album, which included not only the Top 10 title track,...
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