February 1, 2008
Jack Johnson’s Sleep Through the Static
Feb 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Mr. Bonzai
Early in 2007, Jack Johnson began remodeling an old L.A. mansion that also houses a recording studio and offices for his record label, Brushfire Records….
Features
Answering the Call of Duty
Feb 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Michel Henein
In 2004, game developer Infinity Ward released Call of Duty (CoD) to much critical acclaim, and the title soon became the benchmark World War II first-person…
Total Immersion Effects
Feb 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By David Weiss
Feeling surrounded by sound libraries? If so, you’re probably not alone. The number of packages seems to be growing by the day, and with good reason:…
“Guitar Hero” Rocks
Feb 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Blair Jackson
It’s two days after Christmas, a time when many companies are closed for vacation or coasting lazily into the new year. But at the headquarters of WaveGroup…
RTS Games Still Going Strong
Feb 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Blair Jackson
Although there’s no question that the videogames getting the most attention from both gamers and the press these days are the latest generation of elaborate,…
Gamers Got Game
Feb 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Bud Scoppa
Michael Nielsen and Kaveh Cohen are a study in concentration as they sit alongside each other behind the colossal SSL 9000K console in the control room…
Technology
Tools of the Trade
Feb 1, 2008 12:00 PM
ULTRASONE PRO HEADPHONES Fresh from NAMM are UltraSone’s (www.ultrasoneusa.com) new headphone lines. The UltraSone HFI line now includes the HFI 580 and…
Technology Spotlight: Euphonix Artist Series
Feb 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By George Petersen
Twenty years ago, Euphonix made its public debut at an AES show with plans for Crescendo, its first console. The prototypes were rough, offering Macintosh,…
Field Test: Digidesign C|24 Workstation Controller
Feb 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Kevin Becka
During this past October’s AES, one of the hottest product releases was the new C|24 Pro Tools controller from Digidesign. It was a much-anticipated upgrade…
Field Test: AMS Neve 8801 Channel Strip
Feb 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Michael Cooper
The AMS Neve 8801 continues a recent, exciting trend in which select manufacturers produce rackmountable channel strips based on their large-format consoles….
Field Test: Toft Audio Designs ATB Analog Console
Feb 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Bobby Frasier
The name Malcom Toft is etched in the audio history books; he will always be remembered for his console designs and his engineering work with The Beatles,…
Field Test: Brainworx bx_digital Mastering Plug-In
Feb 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Barry Rudolph
Brainworx’s bx_digital Audio Units/VST/RTAS/TDM plug-in is designed to emulate the company’s M/S bx1 Modus EQ and bx2 Image Shifter hardware mastering…
Auditions: Snapshot Product Reviews
Feb 1, 2008 12:00 PM
CAD TRION 7000 Studio Ribbon Microphone The passive CAD Trion 7000 ribbon microphone offers a figure-8 pattern, ships in a sturdy aluminum case and comes…
Power Tools: Digidesign Pro Tools Elastic Time
Feb 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Steve MacMillan
The star feature of Pro Tools Version 7.4 is Elastic Time (ET). Similar to MIDI, ET can conform audio data to changes in tempo or time. This is useful…
Live Mix
All Access: Avenged Sevenfold
Feb 1, 2008 12:00 PM, Photos and Text by Steve Jennings
Five-piece Avenged Sevenfold (vocalist M. Shadows, lead guitarist Synyster Gates, guitarist Zacky Vengeance, bassist Johnny Christ and drummer The Rev)…
Led Zeppelin Reunion Concert
Feb 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Sarah Benzuly
Last year saw numerous rock ‘n’ rollers reuniting on the stage The Police, Van Halen, et al. But perhaps garnering the biggest headlines was Led Zeppelin…
FixIt: Bryan Worthen
Feb 1, 2008 12:00 PM
Front-of-house engineer Bryan Worthen is mixing a nine-date UK arena tour for Foo Fighters. He’s manning two DiGiCo D5s to handle the show’s double stages:…
Sound Reinforcement News, February 2008
Feb 1, 2008 12:00 PM
Technomad Associates’ loudspeakers and subwoofers are compliant with the International Electrotechnical Commission’s (IEC) IP56 rating under its IP codeModest…
On the Road: The Producers
Feb 1, 2008 12:00 PM
Currently out with Mel Brooks’ musical tour of The Producers is Dustyn Peiffer, who is mixing in a wide range of theaters and working with a full ensemble…
Now Playing: Joe Cocker, Meg & Dia, Lorie Line
Feb 1, 2008 12:00 PM
Joe Cocker Sound Company: Concert Sound FOH Engineer/Board: Chris Madden/Digidesign VENUE Monitor Engineer/Board: Niall Slevin/Digidesign VENUE D-Show…
Technomad Donates to Extreme Makeover
Feb 1, 2008 12:00 PM
Technomad Associates has donated a turnkey P.A. system to ABC’s Extreme Makeover: Home Edition for a show scheduled to air in February 2008. The Hughes…
Tour Profile: Chris Brown’s Holiday Exclusive
Feb 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By George Petersen
Chris Brown may be one of the fastest rising acts in R&B, but with his Holiday Exclusive tour which wraps up February 3, 2008, in Honolulu, after a two-month…
New Sound Reinforcement Products
Feb 1, 2008 12:00 PM
AVLEX MX8-1RM MIC LINE MIXER Designed for multiple applications, the single-rackspace MX8-1RM mixer from Avlex (www.avlex.com) supports eight mic/line…
Recording Notes
Joe Jackson’s Rain
Feb 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Barbara Schultz
Joe Jackson doesn’t waste time with nostalgia. Look Sharp may have been your favorite album in 1979, but when Jackson reunited his original band a few…
Cowboy Junkies Go Back to Church
Feb 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Blair Jackson
Twenty years ago, an album called The Trinity Session put a largely unknown Canadian band with the unlikely name of the Cowboy Junkies firmly on the musical…
Classic Tracks: Minnie Riperton’s “Lovin’ You”
Feb 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Gary Eskow
Let’s check out the formula: You grow up loving literature, pick up the guitar in college and then, while you and your young wife whom you adore are looking…
Cool Spins
Feb 1, 2008 12:00 PM
Nick Lowe Jesus of Cool 30th Anniversary Edition(Yeproc) I guess I’m officially elderly, because I still have my vinyl LP of the album that was released…
Coast to Coast
L.A. Grapevine
Feb 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Bud Scoppa
During the course of this rough-and-tumble decade, many record makers have been faced with the challenge of doing more with less. This month, we take…
Nashville Skyline
Feb 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Barbara Schultz
A couple of months ago, Omnisound Studios (www.omnisoundstudios.com) was acquired by Billy Austin’s Platinum Pen company. The new owner has made good…
New York Metro
Feb 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By David Weiss
Don’t call them, they’ll call you. Well, maybe the owners of the studios in this month’s column aren’t that exclusive, but they’re not exactly beating…
Mastering Lab Milestone
Feb 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Barbara Schultz
If you work with Doug Sax on a project this year, be sure to wish him a happy anniversary. The Mastering Lab (www.masteringlab.com) is celebrating 40…
Vampires at the Lodge
Feb 1, 2008 12:00 PM, Compiled by Barbara Schultz
African-influenced indie band Vampire Weekend visited The Lodge (New York City), where studio founder/chief engineer Emily Lazar was mastering their debut…
Star of the Sea
Feb 1, 2008 12:00 PM, Compiled by Barbara Schultz
Alternative rocker Nicole Atkins and her band The Sea recorded a version of The Mamas and The Papas’ hit Words of Love at Retromedia Studios (Redbank,…
Tangerine Opens
Feb 1, 2008 12:00 PM, Compiled by Barbara Schultz
Roger Johansen and Gene Holder are the proud owners of a new John Storyk-designed mastering studio in Weehawken, N.J. The lead mastering engineer will…
Coming Soon: Avron’s New Studio
Feb 1, 2008 12:00 PM, Compiled by Barbara Schultz
Delta H Design reports that the firm has designed a Hollywood studio for producer/engineer Neal Avron (Linkin Park, Fall Out Boy, Everclear). The facility,…
Track Sheet, February 2008
Feb 1, 2008 12:00 PM, Compiled by Barbara Schultz
NORTHEAST At Avatar Studios (NYC), My Morning Jacket spent a month in Studio A recording their upcoming album with producers Jim James and Joe Chiccarelli…
Insider Audio
Late for the Future
Feb 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Paul D. Lehrman
I guess I first noticed it a couple of years ago while I was watching an HD documentary on my local PBS channel. Welcome to the future! said the breathless…
AudioNext
The Importance of Being Earnest
Feb 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Alexander Brandon
People are beginning to take games seriously, but not as seriously as they regard film in terms of dramatic presentation. This is in large part because…
Project Studio
Persist Music
Feb 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Heather Johnson
West Norwalk, Conn., is a quiet town located less than an hour from New York City. This time of year, a foot of snow covers the barren foliage and the…
Tech’s Files
The Kit Is It
Feb 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Eddie Ciletti
The magic combination of three ingredients do it yourself (D.I.Y.), curiosity and tenacity are essential to the success of audio entrepreneurs who have…
From the Editor
The Pick of Destiny
Feb 1, 2008 12:00 PM, Sarah Jones Editor
When I was a kid, I was addicted to those Choose Your Own Adventure books you know, the stories in which the readers get to determine the outcome themselves,…
Feedback
Letters to Mix
Feb 1, 2008 12:00 PM
THE PRICE OF GOLDEN EARS I felt compelled to write and add my voice to the chorus (Critical Listening, December 2007)! Having just finished recording…
Current/Industry News
In Loving Memory: Joel Dorn, Steve Kusiciel, Ronald J. Scalise
Feb 1, 2008 12:00 PM, Compiled by Sarah Benzuly
JOEL DORN, 1942-2007 Jazz/R&B producer Joel Dorn passed away on December 17 due to a heart attack. Dorn’s numerous accomplishments as a producer all stemmed…
Company Consolidations
Feb 1, 2008 12:00 PM, Compiled by Sarah Benzuly
STUDIO CENTER TOTAL PRODUCTION, TONIC STUDIOS Studio Center Total Production (Virginia Beach, Va.; www.studiocenter.com) has acquired New York City-based…
Have Tapes, Will Play
Feb 1, 2008 12:00 PM, Compiled by Sarah Benzuly
Paul Stubblebine Mastering and valve-electronics manufacturer Bottlehead Corp. have introduced The Tape Project (www.tapeproject.com), a new(ish) music-delivery…
Stanley An AES Fellow
Feb 1, 2008 12:00 PM, Compiled by Sarah Benzuly
The AES Awards Committee and Board of Governors selected Gerald Stanley, Crown Intl.’s senior VP of research, to receive the AES Fellowship Award for…
TEC Awards Date Set
Feb 1, 2008 12:00 PM, Compiled by Sarah Benzuly
The 24th Annual Technical Excellence & Creativity Awards will be held Friday, October 3, 2008, at the Westin St. Francis in San Francisco. For ticket…
P&E Surrounds S.F.
Feb 1, 2008 12:00 PM, Compiled by Sarah Benzuly
The P&E Wing and the S.F. Chapter offered Academy and community members the opportunity to learn about 5.1 surround mixing and speaker technology at the…
On the Move: Ted Leamy
Feb 1, 2008 12:00 PM, Compiled by Sarah Benzuly
Who: Ted Leamy, COO at Pro Media/UltraSound Main responsibilities: running the day-to-day business of Pro Media/UltraSound tour sound and installation…
Quad Names Swan Manager
Feb 1, 2008 12:00 PM, Compiled by Sarah Benzuly
New York City’s Quad Studios, which celebrated its 30th anniversary last year, named Glenn Swan studio manager; he most recently was at Sony Music Studios,…
Bookshelf: Lost Sounds
Feb 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By George Petersen
In Lost Sounds Blacks and the Birth of the Recording Industry, 1890-1919, author Tim Brooks and co-researcher Dick Spottswood have spotlighted a epochal…
Industry News, February 2008
Feb 1, 2008 12:00 PM, Compiled by Sarah Benzuly
Former VP for academic affair/provost at Berklee College of Music, Harry Chalmiers is the new president at McNally Smith College of Music (St. Paul, MN)World…
