Guitar Greatness

Mar 1, 2005, By Kevin Becka

The guitar has defined generations of music since its rise in popularity in the mid-'50s. Trailblazing players such as Chuck Berry, Jimi Hendrix, Jeff...

Mackie HDR24/96 and MDR24/96

Mar 1, 2005, By Mike Rivers

It's hard to believe, but Mackie's HDR24/96 hard disk recorder/editor has been with us for more than four years; the bargain-priced MDR24/96 (same guts...

Things That Get Hot in the Studio

Feb 1, 2005, By Eddie Ciletti

In the past two issues, I wrote about vacuum tubes. This month, the filament-related theme continues. Light bulbs have been getting the nudge from LEDs...

Tune In, Stream On, Get It Out

Feb 1, 2005, By Maureen Droney

It's like nothing else: Three days, 90,000 fans, six stages and 80 bands, with music each day from noon to 4 a.m. It's everyone from Dave Matthews, Trey...

In the Loop

Feb 1, 2005, By Heather Johnson

YOU CAN STRETCH THEM AND SHIFT THEM, SLICE THEM AND dice them, hack them and stack them, and certainly use them and abuse them, but a loop is still a...

Native Instruments B4 Organ Software

Feb 1, 2005, By George Petersen

During the past couple of years, Native Instruments' B4 has become popular in studios and touring rigs everywhere and with good reason. Essentially, B4...

Radical Recording

Feb 1, 2005, By Maureen Droney

It's a fact, right? Creative recording is a dying art. With the bulk of the music business still dominated by quarterly statements, cookie cutter soundalikes,...

Percussive Perfection

Jan 1, 2005, By Kevin Becka

This feature marks the first installment of Mix's six-part Recording the Band Series by technical editor Kevin Becka. In these bi-monthly articles, Becka...

Power Tools: Apple GarageBand 1.1

Jan 1, 2005, By Laura Pallanck

If you purchased an Apple computer recently, you received the iLife bundle, which includes GarageBand. On the surface, GarageBand looks like a dumbed-down,...

The Sound of Vacuum Tubes, Part 2

Jan 1, 2005, By Eddie Ciletti

After submitting last month's column on preamp tubes, I set a record by making it Web-ready within the week. While this alone was worth a pat on the back,...

Power Tools: Tascam DM-24 Digital Mixer

Dec 1, 2004, By John McJunkin

Tascam's DM-24 is a popular digital mixer with good reason: It sports a large amount of I/O and with its superflexible signal routing, onboard effects,...

True Remote Recording Via the Web

Dec 1, 2004, Compiled by Sarah Benzuly

Longtime Dallas-based drummer Ron Kaplan (pictured) recently found himself on the other side of the glass, when longtime friend, Chicago-based songwriter...

The Sound of Vacuum Tubes, Part I

Dec 1, 2004, By Eddie Ciletti

This the season to snuggle up to a warm ampli-fire with a good book (or this magazine). Amplification is the topic this time specifically, the sound of...

Azalia Blossoms

Nov 1, 2004, By Oliver Masciarotte

While San Francisco is known for such prosaic schlock as the Golden Gate Bridge and Fisherman's Wharf, the former farmland to the south is where bellwether...

Oscilloscope 101

Oct 1, 2004, By Eddie Ciletti

Looking to enhance your audio production skills? Consider reinforcing your with a dash of Electronics 101. The oscilloscope is the most important tool...

MOTU Digital Performer 4

Oct 1, 2004, By John McJunkin

Digital Performer 4 from MOTU is one of the most robust DAWs available, featuring formidable audio capabilities coupled with a devastatingly powerful...

Back to the Future

Oct 1, 2004, By Paul D. Lehrman

There's an interesting conundrum in audio these days: As our tools get better and the quality of what we produce achieves new heights, the delivery system...

More Than Just a Chip Swap

Sep 1, 2004, By Eddie Ciletti

As I discussed in the last issue, the topic of IC op amp upgrades generates many questions. But those in search of answers may find what they seek by...

Choosing Op Amps

Aug 1, 2004, By Eddie Ciletti

There are no black-and-white answers to upgrade questions. Even identical circuits behave differently, depending on the board layout and components used....

The Big Beat

Jul 1, 2004, By Blair Jackson

As the signature sound of world music groups to Latin acts like Gloria Estefan and contemporary pop legend Carlos Santana, percussion plays an essential,...

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