New Products
AEA 1029 VCA Compressor — A Mix Product of the Week
The newest product introduction from AEA is a bit of a surprise: It’s a VCA compressor, the first from AEA.
Steve La Cerra
New Products
Waves WSG-PY64 I/O Card — A Mix Product of the Week
Continuing its collaboration with Yamaha, Waves has released the WSG-PY64 I/O card for the DM7 Series of digital mixing consoles.
Blog
Mix Live Blog: Pardon the Delay
File this one under “we almost didn’t make the gig.” Here’s the setup…
Uncategorized
PK Sound Tx Series Intelligent Point Source Modules—A Mix Product of the Week
PK Sound has announced the release of the Tx Series of intelligent point-source loudspeakers.
Consoles
Allen & Heath Avantis Solo—A Mix Real-World Review, Part 5
Taken from our April, 2025 issue, Steve La Cerra’s deep dive into the Allen & Heath Avantis Solo console is the longest product review...
Consoles
Allen & Heath Avantis Solo—A Mix Real-World Review, Part 4
Taken from our April, 2025 issue, Steve La Cerra’s deep dive into the Allen & Heath Avantis Solo console is the longest product review...
Consoles
Allen & Heath Avantis Solo—A Mix Real-World Review, Part 3
Taken from our April, 2025 issue, Steve La Cerra’s deep dive into the Allen & Heath Avantis Solo console is the longest product review...
Consoles
Allen & Heath Avantis Solo—A Mix Real-World Review, Part 2
Taken from our April, 2025 issue, this is the longest product review in Mix history! Since it runs nearly 5,000 words, we’re doing something we’ve...
Consoles
Allen & Heath Avantis Solo — A Mix Real-World Review, Part 1
Taken from our April, 2025 issue, this is the longest product review in Mix history! Since it runs nearly 5,000 words, we're doing something...
Blog
Mix Blog: Ampex 351 Resurrection, The Sequel — Part 2: Rectifying an Age-Old Problem
After a few tweaks to bring the power connection up to modern AC standards, my refurb of a second Ampex 351 electronics module continues…
New Products
Harrison 32Classic Mix Strip MS—A Mix Product of the Week
Harrison has announced the 32Classic Mix Strip MS, based on the company’s flagship 32Classic recording console.
Blog
Mix Blog: Ampex Resurrection, The Sequel
Can Steve La Cerra bring an Ampex 351 back to life? We'll find out—but the first stop is fixing that Death Cap!
New Products
DAS Audio MARA — A Mix Product of the Week
DAS Audio has unveiled MARA, the newest addition to the company’s ARA Series of line array systems, with the arrival of the new MARA-80...
Microphones
Lauten Audio Tom Mic — A Mix Real-World Review
We put Lauten Audio's clearly named Tom Mic to the test and found it was versatile, solid and easy to place, with tight off-axis...
Blog
Mix Live Blog: A Birthday Look Back at the SM57 and SM58
Shure hits 100 this year, and in its honor, the Mix blog takes a look back at some of the company's best-known mics.
New Products
Heritage Audio O.H.M. Headphone Amplifier – A Mix Product of the Week
Heritage Audio has announced the release of the O.H.M Amp, reportedly the first impedance-matching headphone amplifier.
Blog
Mix Blog: Who Wrote That? AI and Copyright Law
The Copyright Office released the second part of its Report on Copyright and Artificial Intelligence (“AI”), with a mix of good and uncertain news.
New Products
d&b audiotechnik CCL System – A Mix Product of the Week
d&b audiotechnik has launched the first product in its new CL Series, the Compact Cardioid Line Array System.
Blog
Mix Live Blog: When Things Go Wrong
I’m finding it difficult to come up with something meaningful to say in the wake of what’s going on in Southern California.
Blog
Mix Blog: If You Don’t Have It in Two Places…
Sometimes things are clichés because they're true.
Blog
Mix Live Blog: The Future Is Bright
Audio professors always tell students what it's like 'out there' in the industry, but sometimes the lesson has to be learned from a peer.
Blogs
Mix Live Blog: If It Sounds Too Good to Be True…
The holidays are supposed to bring out the best in people, but they also bring out the worst scammers, even in pro audio.
Blog
Mix Live Blog: This Won’t Work
Right gate, wrong airport — and that was only how the day started for tour manager/FOH engineer Steve La Cerra.
Reviews
Beyerdynamic DT 770 PRO X LE Headphones — A Mix Real-World Review
Live sound pro/audio educator Steve La Cerra puts Beyerdynamic's new DT 770 PRO X Limited Edition headphones to the test.
New Products
Wolff Audio FREQ Equalizer — A Mix Product of the Week
Wolff Audio recently released the FREQ, a sweepable, 4-band, proportional-Q parametric EQ designed by audio innovator Paul Wolff.
New Products
Shure SM4 Home Recording Mic — A Mix Product of the Week
New from Shure is the SM4 Home Recording Microphone, a large-diaphragm condenser designed for home and pro studio applications.
Blog
Mix Live Blog: The End of An Era
Yamaha announced that it would be discontinuing its CL Series, and the QL Series desks will also be retired.... I have to confess, I’m...
New Products
Midas HD96-AIR — A Mix Product of the Week
At the recent AES Show, Midas showed off the HD96-AIR, a compact digital console incorporating features from its HD96-24-CC.
Blog
Mix Live Blog: A Tale of Two Consoles
A new digital live console should easily out-perform an ancient, second-generationi digital desk from the 2000s, right?
Blog
Mix Live Blog: A Fountain of Youth?
On the road mixing classic rock, Steve pauses to appreciate the skill and good will of the co-headlining legend, Carl Palmer.
New Products
Lectrosonics DCHT Digital Stereo Miniature Transmitter and DCHR Portable Digital Stereo Receiver – A Mix Product of the Week
Lectrosonics has made an update regarding its DCHT Digital Stereo Miniature Transmitter and DCHR Portable Digital Stereo Receiver.
Blog
Mix Blog: Fake Art. Real Money
Well, it had to happen sooner or later… AI-generated “art” being used to scam money out of the music industry.
New Products
HeadRush Prime & Core Update v3.2 — A Mix Product of the Week
There's a new significant update for HeadRush's Prime and Core guitar effects and amp modeling pedals.
New Products
Digigram Q-Mic Mic Preamp — A Mix Product of the Week
Here’s a nifty little device from the folks at Digigram: the Q-Mic microphone preamplifier.
Blog
Mix Live Blog: 3 Days, 3 Shows, 3 Cities, 2 Bands: Where’s My Pillow?
In which Steve takes on mixing three shows in three days in three cities with two different bands. What could go wrong?
Outboard-Gear
SSL Pure Drive Octo – A Mix Real-World Review
Until recently, SSL didn't offer a stand-alone microphone preamplifier; now it's released the Pure Drive Octo, and reviewer Steve La Cerra put it through...
New Products
Z&H Designs HVC250 Parametric EQ — A Mix Product of the Week
Following five years of development, Z&H Designs has unveiled the HVC250 five-band parametric equalizer.
New Products
Drawmer 1971 Dual 4 Band Parametric EQ—A Mix Product of the Week
Brand new from the folks at Drawmer is the 1971, a vintage-style, two-channel, four-band parametric EQ with a few tricks up its sleeve.
Blog
Mix Live Blog: Meanwhile… Ticketmaster Was Hacked!
Now Ticketmaster is battling not only with the government, but with the cyber underworld as well.
Blog
Mix Live Blog: You Can’t Make This Up, Ep. #1
A pre-show load-in wherein Steve required some consoling—or actually just consoles.
Blog
Mix Blog Live: A (Long) Day in the Life
It started out like a normal day on tour, with a call time of 11 a.m., but then one thing led to another and...
Blog
Mix Live Blog: A Nail in the Coffin of MI Retail
At some point or another, just about any musician who ever picked, plucked, strummed, plinked, blew or banged an instrument made a purchase at...