http://blog.mixonline.com/audiobites Mix magazine's George Petersen's rants, musings and general commentary about recording, live sound and professional audio in general Wed, 09 Sep 2009 18:32:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en By George Petersen Original Sgt. Pepper’s session master tapeCLICK ON IMAGE TO SEE LARGE VERSION NORMALLY, LOOKING AT A TAPE BOX IS NO BIG DEAL, but when it’s an original multitrack master tape from a Beatles session, we’re dealing with pure audio archaeology. And with today’s 09/09/09 Beatles hoopla, I thought ... http://blog.mixonline.com/audiobites/2009/09/09/unearthing-beatles-archaeology/ By George Petersen LES PAUL, THE AVIATOR??? Here’s another astounding story about a side of master guitarist/inventor Les Paul that’s never been referenced anywhere and here it is for the first time. Interestingly, the link to this whole episode starts years ago in my studio. Stay with me for a bit ... http://blog.mixonline.com/audiobites/2009/08/31/remembrances-of-les-paul-untold-tales-2-recording-sessions-and-fluids-hydraulic-and-other/ By George Petersen HAVING BEEN A FRIEND OF LES PAUL FOR 25 YEARS, I have many good memories about him and I’d like to share a few of these. I called Les up once in April, 1994 (for some reason I still don’t remember) and as we made some ... http://blog.mixonline.com/audiobites/2009/08/24/remembrances-of-les-untold-tales-1/ By George Petersen WE OFTEN GET A LOT OF STRANGE ITEMS IN THE MAIL at the Mix offices here, but the other day we were intrigued by the arrival of a rather odd parcel. Within the ordinary-looking outer packaging was an unmarked black box (somewhat reminiscent of the black monolith from ... http://blog.mixonline.com/audiobites/2009/08/08/the-mackiepro-tools-mystery/ By George Petersen EVER WONDER IF SOMEONE’S PUTTING YOU ON? We always appreciate getting e-mails and comments about Mix and the industry in general, but every once in a while, we just gotta wonder whether someone’s putting us on. It’s the web equivalent of the phrase “O.K., Where’s the hidden camera?”—wondering ... http://blog.mixonline.com/audiobites/2008/11/18/the-weird-wide-web/ By George Petersen THIS HASN’T BEEN THE BEST WEEK. Jim Cowan, an old friend just passed away after a bout with cancer. Just 52 years young, he was a 20-year veteran of Neutrik USA (in fact, he was the company’s first employee), starting out as general manager and eventually becoming company ... http://blog.mixonline.com/audiobites/2008/11/11/farewell-jim/ By George Petersen DURING MY 28-YEAR TENURE HERE AT MIX, I’ve done hundreds of interviews with people in all aspects of pro audio–engineers, producers, live sound mixers, artists, educators, studio owners, manufacturers, designers–you name it. But it isn’t very often that I’m the one being interviewed, although a couple of these ... http://blog.mixonline.com/audiobites/2008/11/01/im-famous/ By George Petersen YOU CAN TELL IT’S AN ELECTION YEAR. Members of the Senate and House of Representatives in Congress are considering the Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act, which would require the Federal Communications Commission to prescribe a standard to preclude commercials from being broadcast at louder volumes than the program ... http://blog.mixonline.com/audiobites/2008/09/15/use-a-compressor-go-to-jail/ By George Petersen I HAVE MASTERS–LOST MASTERS–ON MY MIND THIS WEEK. A couple days ago, I got a blog reply from a guy named Tony Vick, who once upon a time, was in a band called “The Din.” So far so good, but the bad part comes in because the group ... http://blog.mixonline.com/audiobites/2008/06/25/master-wheres-my-master/ By George Petersen THIS WAS NEVER SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN. Former Mix and Electronic Musician associate publisher Carrie Anderson passed away this week, following injuries from an automobile accident near her home in San Jose. Carrie was one smart cookie. A Magna Cum Laude grad of Boston University, Carrie first worked at Yankee, ... http://blog.mixonline.com/audiobites/2008/06/12/goodbye-carrie/