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Feb 1, 2004 12:00 PM

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Optimizing Speaker Performance
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Nashville Stories

Nashville is no doubt one of the hottest recording markets in the country, but we want to know how it got to be that way. Send your favorite account of recording in Nashville to mixeditorial@mixonline.com, and we´ll post it on the Mix Nashville Web Portal.


Remix Hotel News

Thank You, New York!

Remix Hotel rocked New York again, and you can get all the goodsÑeveryting from Junior Sanchez, Just Blaze and Pete Rock to Jazzy Jay and Grandmaster CazÑat Remixhotel.com Videos, photos, interviews and more coming soon!.


This Month in Mix

Martina McBride

John and Martina McBride started dating in April 1987, married a year later and landed in Nashville in 1990. Shortly thereafter, Martina began cranking out the hits and John struck gold in the sound reinforcement business. On tour and in the studio, Martina stands by her man when it comes to her sound.

Who is easier to get along with: John McBride husband or John McBride audio engineer?
Martina: He really is easy to get along with no matter what role he's filling. Knowing that he cares so much about me and that he is a perfectionist about audio really puts my mind at ease onstage. I always say he's my “secret weapon.”

Care to respond to that, John?
John: Regardless of whether we're on tour or in the studio, when I step behind the console and have to mix for her, she's fantastic because she sings right into the microphone. Around our house, you don't sing into the mic, that's grounds for divorce!

What mic do you have her singing into these days live?
John: I've tried six to eight different vocal mics on Martina, and every time, it all comes back around to a hardwired SM58. That's the best thing I've ever heard her on. That's not to say we don't use wireless, however. On tour, we go with Shure UHF as needed — using a transmitter with a 58 capsule — and we also latched onto the Beta 54 headset recently. It's the finest headset mic I have ever heard. Tonally, it is magnificent, it has great quality and I really like the hypercardioid pattern. I've never had to use external outboard EQ with it.



Modern Recording and Mixing

This 2-DVD set will show you how the best in the music industry set up a studio to make world-class records. Regardless of what gear you are using, the information you'll find here will allow you to take advantage of decades of expert knowledge. Order now $39.95

Mastering Cubase 4

Electronic Musician magazine and Thomson Course Technology PTR have joined forces again to create the second volume in their Personal Studio Series, Mastering Steinberg's Cubase(tm). Edited and produced by the staff of Electronic Musician, this special issue is not only a must-read for users of Cubase(tm) software, but it also delivers essential information for anyone recording/producing music in a personal-studio. Order now $12.95

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