| Webinar on Event Safety Guide on July 9 | | "The ABCs of the Event Safety Guide: A 60-Minute Primer on Putting the Event Safety Guide to Work for You" will take place on Wednesday, July 9, 2014 at 2 p.m. Eastern and once again be hosted by New Bay Media's Rental & Staging News and moderated by Editorial Director David Keene. More » |
| | Mix Regional | | The Mix Regional section for Mix's August 2014 issue focuses on Canada. 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. |
| | Top Stories | | Deconstructed: Bob Clearmountain & Chris Lord-Alge
On Tuesday, June 10, two of the most recognized and talented mix engineers of the past 40 years got together onstage at Apogee Studio in Santa Monica to discuss Music, Technology, Mixing and Studio Life. Moderated by Mix editor Tom Kenny, the event was presented by Apogee, Vintage King and Mix. You can read all about it in the July issue of Mix. In the meantime, Shevy Shovlin of Headroom for Days, producer of the event, has posted the video HERE.
Digital Audio Clocks: How They Work and Why You Need Them
Good timing is the difference between salad and compost. As in most things in life, timing is critical to success. In digital audio systems, it's what makes audio sound pristine instead of like garbage. Multiple pieces of interconnected digital gear must operate in perfect synchrony to produce great results. This month, Mix looks at the linchpins for synchronizing digital-audio systems for music production: master clocks and clock-distribution boxes.
2014 Recording Industry Golf Tournament Benefits Los Angeles Charity
The 2014 Recording Industry Golf Tournament (RIGT) was held on June 2, 2014, at the Malibu Golf Club, and once again the Los Angeles recording community rose to the occasion, making the RIGT a huge success. The event was organized by seasoned event producer Karen Dunn of KMD Productions and benefited the music program at A Place Called Home, a dynamic community center and safe haven in South Central Los Angeles...
SAE Institute Acquires Ex'pression College in California
Global education services provider Navitas Limited announces that it has entered into a sale and purchase agreement to acquire 100 percent of Ex'pression College digital arts college in the San Francisco Bay Area. Navitas states that Ex'pression College will become a part of SAE Institute, Navitas' creative media education division.
Hollywood Sound Hosts Yamaha NUAGE, Steinberg Nuendo Demos This Evening
David Lees and Marcel Mauceri from Yamaha Commercial Audio Systems Inc. will be on hand to demonstrate the new Yamaha NUAGE production system along with a Nuendo masterclass presented by Steinberg's Greg Ondo on Tuesday, July 1, from7 to 9 p.m. Hosted by Hollywood Sound, the presentations will take place at their location 1541 North Wilcox Ave., Hollywood, Calif., 90028.
Firehouse 12 in New Haven, Connecticut, Installs API Legacy Plus Console » Red TX Joins The Remote Recording Network In Europe »
The Chairworks in England Adds Two More Prism Sound ADA-8XR Multichannel A/D/A Converters »
Micah Kovacs Audio In New York Relies On Metric Halo ULN-2 Mic Preamp/Converter »
Producer, Musician Seth Glassman Borrows Daking FET III Compressor from TransAudio Group » |
| | SoundWorks Collection | 'Transformers: Age of Extinction' Sound for Film Profile
Director Michael Bay and Producer Steven Spielberg return this summer for the fourth film in the Transformers franchise, Transformers: Age of Extinction. The amazing visual effects in this film are complemented by the talented efforts of the sound team including Re-Recording Mixer Greg Russell, Re-Recording Mixer Jeff Haboush, Re-Recording Mixer Scott Millan and Supervising Sound Editor and Sound Designer Erik Aadahl, and Sound Designer John Marquis. More » |
| | Featured Products | Tascam Clock Generators
The CG-2000, CG-1800 and CG-1000 clock generators from Tascam were specifically designed for broadcast, post-production and professional recording workflows. Equipped with high-precision internal OCXO (Oven Controlled Xtal Oscillator) clocks, each unit is said to offer users a much more accurate system compared to rubidium or GPS 10MHz clocks. The three units each excel in jitter management and glitch-free relocking. CG-2000 features two power supplies and is designed for broadcast, the CG-1800 for audio post supports NTSC, PAL, S/PDIF for audio and HD Tri-level for video, word and AES 3/11. The CG-1000 for recording studios offers a supremely accurate clock with external inputs that support up to 10 MHz.
Aratechlabs Arapolarmic
Arapolarmic ($170) is a professional audio software tool for visually monitoring the directivity of microphones. With the technical data of each microphone modeled, the tool monitors the scene in real time, tracking the microphone's position while displaying its directivity onscreen. Current microphones supported include models from Audix, Audio-Technica, AEA, beyerdynamic, Electro-Voice, Lewitt Audio, Mojave, Oktava, Royer Labs, Schoeps, Telefunken and Violet Design.
AKG Project Studio Microphone Line
Harman's AKG is adding five new models to its Project Studio line of microphones: the P120 general purpose recording microphone; the P170 general purpose instrument microphone; the P220 large-diaphragm true condenser microphone; the P420 large-diaphragm dual-capsule true condenser microphone; and the P820 dual-capsule tube microphone.
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