| Mix Presents Sound for Film | Immersive Sound: From Production to Playback
Immersive sound—Taking Hollywood by storm and rapidly spreading around the world, Dolby's Atmos and Auro Technologies' Auro-3D advanced surround sound formats are impressing audiences with fully enveloping, more natural sound environments for cinema and home theaters. And audiences love it! Speakers in the ceilings, all around the room. Music and effects like you've never heard them! Not since the advent of 5.1 discrete surround in the early 1990s has there been a more exciting technological breakthrough in film sound production and playback. And it's just getting started. Join Mix in the only event of its kind, as we break down the technology and art of Immersive Sound.
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| | Mix Regional | | The Mix Regional section for Mix's September 2014 issue focuses on Miami. Send us your studio news: updates, sessions, new rooms, club performances and installations. Let the Mix audience know what is going on! Send photos and descriptions to mixeditorial@nbmedia.com. |
| | TechTalk | Upgrade? Is It Time Yet?
As an engineer, educator, content creator and communicator, I'm constantly wrestling with tech upgrades. But the first question I have to always ask myself is: Will a software/hardware upgrade make me better at what I do? |
| | SoundWorks Collection | Sundance Institute Music and Sound Design Labs at Skywalker Sound
In this exclusive SoundWorks Collection video we talk with Composer Lab fellow KT Tunstall, Director Labs fellow Daniel Kwan, Skywalker Sound's Re-Recording mixer and Sound Designer Kent Sparling, and Peter Golub, Director of the Film Music Program at Sundance Institute, about the two creative organizations' effort to support independent filmmakers and sound designers.
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| | Top Stories | | Jersey Boys: Stage Hit Makes Realistic Transition to Screen
Has the live singing in the hit film adaptation of Les Miserables changed the game for everyone else making an on-screen musical? Is the era of lip-synching to pre-recorded tracks over forever? Probably not. But for the greatly anticipated film of the Broadway (and touring) smash Jersey Boys, director Clint Eastwood and his sound and music teams have upped the ante even more: In addition to having mainly live vocals throughout, most of the music we hear was also performed live at the same time.
Free Exhibition Registration, Special Hotel Packages for 137th AES Convention in Los Angeles
Registration is now open to attend the AES137 Convention at the Los Angeles Convention Center, October 9-12, 2014, located in the revitalized L.A. Live entertainment district. Two badge packages are available: the Exhibits-Plus Badge (free) and the All Access Badge. Once again, the AES has made arrangements with several of the best hotels in the area to offer special pricing and reservations for AES attendees.
Preliminary Technical Program is Now Online for the 137th Audio Engineering Society Convention
AES137 will feature a comprehensive Technical Program that includes Paper Sessions, Workshops, Special Events, Student & Career Development Events, Network Audio Sessions, Broadcast & Streaming Media Sessions, Product Design Sessions, Historical Events and Standards Committee meetings.
Ben Folds Announces His Departure from Studio A in Nashville
As reported on August 1 in The Tennessean: "Nashville rocker Ben Folds, who has sparked an effort to preserve Music Row, will leave the threatened Studio A when his lease is up in November. Folds said the move was necessary because his new lease terms would cause his rental rates on the studio space to go up by 124 percent. Folds has leased the studio for the past 12 years and pumped more than $1 million into rent and upgrades." Atlanta News & Notes 2014
Owner Nick Chahwala recently moved Bravo Ocean Studios into a new 2,200 square-foot industrial loft in downtown Atlanta. Before moving downtown, Bravo Ocean Studios was previously named Namaste Studios, and held its operations as a commercial recording studio in Vinings, an Atlanta suburb.
Joe Chiccarelli Opts for Lynx Aurora Converters for New Morrissey Album
Lynx Studio Technology in Costa Mesa, Calif., reports that producer Joe Chiccarelli used the company's Aurora 16-VT converters during production of Morrissey's newest album, World Peace is None of Your Business.
15th Annual San Francisco Electronic Music Festival in September
San Francisco's most prominent festival dedicated to electronic music will be held Thursday, September 11 through Sunday, September 14, 2014. Thursday night's concert will be presented in surround sound at the Meyer Sound–equipped Kanbar Forum at The Exploratorium on Pier 15. The remaining three concerts take place at Brava Theater Center on 24th Street at York.
Studio Trilogy Engineer Rebounds After Serious Bicycle Accident
On the evening of Father's Day, June 15, Studio Trilogy recording engineer Willie Samuels was found unconscious on the side of the road, presumably after being hit by a car while on his bicycle. Determined to finish a project with the punk band Enemy You, Samuels was back in the studio for sessions two weeks later on June 29. Killer Tracks Adds Emerging Bands to Its 'Artist Series'
Production music specialist Killer Tracks announces that it is expanding and broadening the scope of its Artist Series with a focus on emerging talent. Killer Tracks is a leading provider of music for use in film, television, advertising and interactive media. Nashville Studio Yellow Hammer Features Carl Tatz Design MixRoom »
Harman's Studer, JBL, AKG Brands to Showcase Products at the Texas Association of Broadcasters (TAB) 61st Annual Convention & Trade Show, August 6-7, 2014 »
A.Focx Productions Mixes New Night Ranger Album with Harman's AKG Headphones, Microphones »
Ken Hahn Chooses Penteo 4 Pro for Audio Post-Production of 'Live From The Met' »
Vintage King Founders Lead the Summer NAMM Retail Summit »
The Music Producers Guild Backs Fair Digital Deals » |
| | Featured Products | PreSonus Monitor Station V2
The PreSonus Monitor Station V2 ($299.95) offers selection of up to three speakers with individual gain control via trim pots on the rear. There are also four headphone outputs with level control, an onboard talkback mic with gain control, main mute, dim and mono buttons, and cue level control. The headphone outs can be sourced from the main mix or cue, and the cue source can be selected between ST1, ST2 and the auxiliary input. The unit's I/O includes main and cue TRS outs (left and right), three TRS speaker outs, RCA aux inputs (left and right), RCA S/PDIF input and two TRS stereo inputs.
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| | Announcements From Mix | CreativeLive to broadcast audio engineering courses on August 6 and 7. » Clearwing's Vendor Showcase takes place in Milwaukee on Tuesday, August 26, 2014 between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. » Special audio recording clinic on Thursday, September 11 at the Full Compass facility in Madison, Wisconsin, featuring Grammy Award–winning audio engineer Leslie Ann Jones. » Sonnox offers 35% discount on plug-ins and bundles until August 31. »
Native Instruments offers READY.SET.PRO. limited-time TRAKTOR special until August 31. »
Special introductory pricing on ATC SCM20PSL MkII near-field reference monitors until September 1, 2014: $2,990/pair » The first Production Music Conference will be held in Los Angeles on September 12 and feature keynote speakers Stewart Copeland and Emmy-winning composer Jeff Beal. »
GameSoundCon Game Music and Sound Design Conference will take place October 7-8, 2014, in Los Angeles at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel » RTW offers legacy trade-in program for newest-generation devices, which provide loudness metering in compliance with worldwide standards, through October 31, 2014. » M-Audio, Toolroom Records team up for international competition for Trigger Finger Pro users. » |
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