Editor's Note: Where Legacy Becomes Future
When we last featured Capitol Studios on the Mix cover, in November 2012, we invited a whole gang of L.A.'s finest engineers and producers, friends of the Capitol family, to stop by and fill out our gatefold spread. Inside we told the story of the new Neve 88R in Studio A, and the tweaks to the acoustics in the control room. |
| | Top Stories | | Mastering Engineer Doug Sax, April 26, 1936 – April 2, 2015
Mix magazine is saddened by the April 2, 2015 passing of Grammy Award–winning mastering engineer Doug Sax of The Mastering Lab in Ojai, California, a mentor and friend to audio engineers, producers and musicians for more than four decades, whose discography includes Pink Floyd, Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney, Jackson Browne, Diana Krall, and George Strait, to name a very few. Classic Track: Dave Clark Five, 'Glad All Over'
Whenever the term "British Invasion" is bandied about, most of us think of those four cheeky lads from Liverpool. But there were more sounds coming out of the UK in those early days than just the Mersey Sound; there was also the Tottenham Sound, represented by The Dave Clark Five. The group's first U.S. hit, "Glad All Over," knocked The Beatles' "I Want To Hold Your Hand" out of the top spot in England, and the group quickly gained a huge following both there and in the States. 2015 NAB Show Floor Expands
NAB Show, the world's largest gathering of vendors driving the future of media and entertainment, announces that the show floor has expanded to more than one million net square feet of exhibit space with 244 companies exhibiting for the first time. Held April 11-16 (exhibits open April 13-16) at the Las Vegas Convention Center, NAB is the annual conference and expo for professionals who create, manage and distribute entertainment across all platforms.
SIM Group Merges with Tattersall Sound and Picture
SIM Group—a leading supplier of production equipment, workflow and post-production solutions, with offices across the U.S., Canada and China—announces its merger with Tattersall Sound and Picture, a Toronto-based provider of sound editorial, ADR and mixing services to film and television productions. The move extends SIM Group's reach into sound post-production and advances its goal of providing productions with end-to-end services from the camera to the screen.
Strange Weather Studio in Brooklyn Hosts API The BOX Event on April 9
API is hosting its first-ever East Coast BOX event at Strange Weather studio. Following this week's demo event in Los Angeles at the Westlake Pro studio, the BOX team will trek across the country to Brooklyn to demonstrate API's most compact console.
DPA Microphones, Lectrosonics, Sound Devices to Host Second Sound Summit Event in Chicago
On Wednesday, May 13, 2015 at the Cinespace Chicago Film Studios Ballroom on the west side of downtown Chicago, DPA Microphones, Lectrosonics and Sound Devices will host the Sound Summit, Chicago, the second of many being planned throughout the U.S. as an informal mixing and discussion event for the audio community.
MPEG To Honor Joseph A. Aredas
The Motion Picture Editors Guild (MPEG), Local 700 IATSE, will honor retired machinist, cinetechnician and union representative Joseph A. Aredas with its prestigious Fellowship and Service Award on May 2, 2015 at a dinner at the Sheraton Universal Hotel.
Bob Moog Foundation Presents 'Dr. Bob's Sonic Workshop' as Part of North Carolina Science Festival
Two sessions of Dr. Bob's Sonic Workshop will take place at ImaginOn in downtown Charlotte, N.C., on Saturday, April 11, 2015, at 2 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. The events are free and open to children ages 7-11. Elementary school students will learn about the basic physics of sound including vibrations, waveforms, how sound is produced and how it travels.
Recording Connection, Pensado's Place Scholarship Winners at Work
The Recording Connection Audio Institute in Los Angeles partnered with Web series Pensado's Place to offer full-ride scholarships for training in professional recording studios.
Florian Camerer to Give Keynote Speech at Audio Engineering Society 138th International Convention in Warsaw, Poland »
Engineer John Cuniberti Records Joe Satriani Using ATC SCM25A Monitors »
Jack Joseph Puig Uses DiGiGrid DLS for Mixing »
Advanced Systems Group (ASG) LLC Will Integrate Studer Vista 1 Digital Consoles in Future Projects »
SAE Instructor Jason Munn Uses Harman's dbx Gear in the Classroom and Studio »
Joan Jeanrenaud Records at Studio Trilogy for ODC Dance Company »
Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band Wins Grammy Award with Help of Royer Labs Microphones » |
| | Featured Products | | Dangerous Convert-2, Convert-8
The Convert-2 ($2,499) and Convert-8 ($3,499) are reference-grade D/A converters from Dangerous Music. Features of the Convert-2 include high-definition 2-channel conversion, USB input for connecting a DAW, and integrated Dangerous Monitor ST/SR switching. The Convert-8 is an 8-channel D/A converter offering surround monitoring, a dedicated summing/stem mixing D/A, input for DAW connection, and integrated Dangerous Monitor ST/SR switching. Both units offer support for AES, S/PDIF, USB, ADAT, and Toslink digital formats. Hosa Technology Zaolla Silverline
The Zaolla Silverline from Hosa ($99.99 and up) encompasses guitar and microphone cables, analog interconnects, and digital audio cables and snakes—all designed to provide the most transparent signal transfer possible. Featuring solid-silver conductors and premium connectors, Zaolla cables exhibit superior build quality and the highest level of attention to detail. The cables use solid-silver conductors for a superior transfer rate far exceeding that of copper while remaining completely transparent in terms of audio quality. The cables are designed with redundant shielding that ensures EMI and RFI interference does not penetrate the cable and corrupt the signal.
Hal Leonard Publishes 'Create Music with Notion: Notation Software for the Busy Musician' » |
| | Announcements From Mix | Avid Connect 2015 | April 10-12 | Caesars Palace Las Vegas »
This event will offer the latest news on Avid innovations, deep-dive technical training, hands-on access to Avid experts and presentations from industry luminaries.
NAB Show, April 11-16, 2015 in Las Vegas »
NAB offers the world's largest electronic media show covering the creation, management and delivery of content across all platforms. With more than 98,000 attendees from 150 countries and 1,600 exhibitors, NAB Show is the ultimate marketplace for digital media and entertainment.
The Latin Grammy Cultural Foundation is offering grant programs to applicants in 24 countries to enhance and preserve Latin music. Applications are due on April 17, 2015 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern. »
Sonnox offers 35-percent discount on all plug-in bundles through April 30 »
Audient Offers Lower Price on iD22 Audio Interface »
British audio equipment manufacturer Audient has lowered the price of its iD22 USB audio interface and monitoring system to $599 MAP (Minimum Advertised Price).
Focusrite teams up with Caroline Music International to offer one talented YouTube performer the possibility of a recording contract. The competition runs through 4 p.m. GMT (12 p.m. EDT) on June 10, 2015. »
Welcome to 1979 To Host Vinyl Camp May 30-31, 2015 »
"Vinyl Camp" will focus on the art of creating great vinyl records with an in-depth look at lacquer cutting and record pressing; a live studio session, recorded direct to disc; and a complimentary copy of the session on vinyl.
Focusrite offers Heritage Sound Competition to registered purchasers of an ISA or Red 1 500 who use the product on a track before September 1, 2015. »
RØDE Microphones' 'My RØDE Reel' international short film competition offers more than $200,000 in prizes. Entrants are required to create a short film of three minutes or less, as well as a behind-the-scenes reel that features a RØDE product being used during the production of the film. » |
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