Business
L.A. Music Industry Moves Forward
As firefighters begin to slow the spread of the fires blazing across Los Angeles, the music industry is taking next-steps, holding previously planned events,...
Steve Harvey is senior content producer for Mix and also contributes to other Future titles. He has worked in the pro audio industry — including as a touring musician, in live production, installed sound, and equipment sales and marketing — since November 1980.
news
Relief Programs Ramp Up for Fire-Impacted Music Industry
A week into the raging wildfires that continue to scorch large swaths of the Los Angeles area, relief programs look to help afflicted industry...
Business
Wildfires Tear Through Los Angeles Audio Community
Thousands of homes and buildings, including studios, venues and more, have been destroyed by the Los Angeles wildfires, adversely impacting the pro audio community.
Facilities
Vinegar Hill Sound: Brooklyn’s Hybrid Recording Haven
Analog is alive and well and cohabitating with digital in the hybrid recording haven Vinegar Hill Sound, located in Brooklyn's DUMBO neighborhood.
Facilities
Audio Education 2024, Pt. 4: Appalachian State University
Appalachian State University in Boone, NC built a Dolby Atmos control room as a project between Professor Scott David Wynne and students.
Facilities
Audio Education 2024, Pt. 5: Southern University
Southern University has opened a new Dolby Atmos studio in the Tourgee A. DeBose Music Hall on the university’s main campus in Baton Rouge,...
Facilities
Audio Education 2024, Pt. 6: Stephen F. Austin State University
Stephen F. Austin State University’s School of Music unveiled a new recording studio on its East Texas campus at the beginning of 2024.
Facilities
Audio Education 2024, Pt. 2: LIU Roc Nation School of Music, Sports & Entertainment
Long Island University’s Roc Nation School of Music, Sports & Entertainment, founded by Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter in 2008, recently unveiled a new Dolby Atmos...
Facilities
Audio Education 2024, Pt. 3: Full Sail University
In September, Full Sail University opened what it says is one of the largest Dolby Atmos-enabled classroom facilities on a university campus.
Facilities
Audio Education 2024, Pt. 1: Line Studio at WMS
Mix's annual look at the state of audio education focuses in on the emergence of immersive mixing facilities in schools.
Facilities
George Augspurger Creates Custom Monitoring for Sound Factory
Renowned veteran acoustician and studio designer George Augspurger was involved with Studio B's buildout; now in his 90s, he returned to update the room...
Post and Broadcast
Music Mix Mobile Phoenix Reborn and Ready for Atmos
Immersive audio is coming to live broadcast, and Joel Singer, co-founder of Music Mix Mobile, can’t wait
Post and Broadcast
The New-Look Sony Stages
Sony Pictures Entertainment's post-production services have been updating their working environments with an eye towards consistency in sound, versatility in workflow, and updated client...
Blog
Reggae’s Greatest Console? Legendary Helios Desk Up for Sale
A rare vintage Helios console used to record Bob Marley, Burning Spear, Big Youth, Bunny Wailer, Yellowman and many more has been put up...
Featured
RIAA Report Reflects Slower Revenue Growth
Paid subscription services remain steady, accounting for 78% of all streaming income.
Business
Inside Iron Mountain: It’s Time to Talk About Hard Drives
Iron Mountain Media and Archive Services sounds the alarm: Aging tracks created through an all-digital workflow aren't guaranteed to play back.
Facilities
Peek Inside Mega-Producer Boi-1da’s New Home Studio
Go inside the mega-producer’s new home studio, specifically built for the way modern records are made.
Business
MTR Makes ‘Reel’ Connections to Find Lost Master Tapes
There’s a lot of ‘lost’ tapes out there; Master Tape Rescue wants to help owners find them.
Facilities
SoundBank Studios Invests in the Future
SoundBank Studios, a former bank in sleepy Talco, Texas provides audible ROI as it becomes a hot destination recording studio.
Business
Renowned Record Plant Studio Shutters
Record Plant is closing its complex in Los Angeles, the last facility to bear the name of the venerable studio brand.
Blog
Hotels Offer Musical Extras
The hospitality industry has hit the studio with two brands recently announcing “recording studio experiences” and a global live music series.
news
Engineer, Producer and Mixer Eric “ET” Thorngren Passes
From the birth of Sugar Hill Records to the Dolby Atmos remix of Talking Heads' Stop Making Sense, he was the musician's engineer.
Music Production
The Many Talents of William Garrett
From building studios and recording legends for Spotify to capturing Jon Batiste for the upcoming SNL biopic, William Garrett has done—and continues to do—it...
Post and Broadcast
The ‘New’ Fox Studio Lot
Past becomes present as the independent facility Fox Studio Lot Post Production Services revamps for an all-in, theatrical-meets- home, post-production future.
Music Production
Score Mixer Laurence Anslow: From London to Los Angeles
Score mixer Laurence Anslow shares his perspectives, shaped by moving from London to Los Angeles to take his career to the next level.
Business
Streaming and Vinyl Continue to Drive RIAA Revenue Records
The RIAA is reporting the eighth straight year of growth for recorded music in 2023, with retail revenues topping $17 billion.
Facilities
Inside UMG’s 21fifteen Studios, Part 2
The state-of-the-art 21fifteen Studios has everything artists need, thanks to a performance stage, video capture and Dolby Atmos Mix for both studio and live.
Facilities
Inside UMG’s 21fifteen Studios, Part 1
The state-of-the-art 21fifteen Studios has everything artists need, thanks to a performance stage, video capture and Dolby Atmos Mix for both studio and live.
Live Sound
Behind the Scenes: Grammys Switch Up Their Live Sound Tech
The Grammy Awards audio production team made a big change this year, switching to a new P.A. system.
SFP
CAS Announces Sound Mixing Award Winners
'Oppenheimer,' 'Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse' and '32 Sounds' win top honors at the 60th annual CAS Awards.
SFP
MPSE Announces Golden Reel Award Winners
'Oppenheimer' and 'Spider-Man' come up big at 71st annual MPSE Golden Reel Awards.
Facilities
Jaycen Joshua’s Canton House Studios: Tuning the Bearbrick Nooks
The nooks of Jaycen Joshua's mix room created problems, until a quick solution was found.
Facilities
Jaycen Joshua’s Canton House Studios: Style and Substance
Jaycen Joshua says his new Canton House Studios was a 'spare no expense' project. Case in point: the wallpaper.
Facilities
Cover Story: Inside Jaycen Joshua’s Canton House Studios
Seven-time Grammy-winning engineer Jaycen Joshua poured talent, taste and a personal touch into his new Canton House Studios facility.
Business
Grammy Engineering and Production Winners Announced
The Recording Academy has announced the winners of the 66th Annual Grammy Awards, including those categories honoring recording and mastering pros.
Facilities
Clay Blair Builds Boulevard Recording, Part 2
Clay Blair revives the facility that helped bring classics by everyone from Liberace to Pink Floyd to Blink-182 to life.
Facilities
Clay Blair Builds Boulevard Recording, Part 1
Clay Blair revives the facility that helped bring classics by everyone from Liberace to Pink Floyd to Blink-182 to life.
Live Sound
Inside the Audio Sphere, Part 2
U2 FOH engineer Joe O'Herlihy recounts his first impressions of Sphere's incredible audio.
Live Sound
Inside the Audio Sphere, Part 1
Advanced technologies make for seamless flexibility, from chest-thumping rock ‘n’ roll to 360-degree multimedia extravaganzas
Business
How IMES Automated The Archive
Iron Mountain Entertainment Services stores millions of music recordings, but decades of incompletely captured metadata made finding everything difficult and expensive; now AMICS is...
Live Sound
Mixing U2’s Mighty Sound for the Sphere, Part 2
In Part 2 of our U2 Sphere coverage, Joe O'Herlihy, the band's legendary FOH engineer, shares how he prepped for the Sphere shows, recounts...
Live Sound
Mixing U2’s Mighty Sound for the Sphere
A team of legends—U2, FOH engineer Joe O’Herlihy and producer Steve Lillywhite—re-imagine ‘Achtung Baby’ for Las Vegas' multi-billion-dollar Sphere.