THX Ltd. and Highland Heights, OH-based Eighth Day Sound have partnered to introduce THX Live!, a branded certification program for live event sound. While THX Live first debuted in February with the announcement of Beyoncé's 2016 Formation World Tour, the partnership's official introduction formalizes THX's efforts to qualify and certify quality live sound.
If you're a small pro audio-oriented business owner—studio owner, audio engineer, live sound provider, all of the above—you've surely warded off attempted scams, phishing, spoofs and/or hacks in recent times. Anyone who has sold expensive audio equipment via Craigslist has surely seen some hackneyed attempts at scams, but lately my in-boxes have been blowing up with a couple of interesting new ripoffs, so take note and beware. Cynics may be able to shrug off such injurious advances easily, but those who are anxious for some new business activity may be tempted to give these crooks the benefit of the doubt…but don't.
"[Modern vinyl mastering] has become very sophisticated in some ways, because it's full frequency response, two channels in one groove. That's doing a lot with a very primitive medium, so it's amazing how good it really is. It's come a long way. " —Bernie Grundman of Bernie Grundman Mastering
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