http://blog.mixonline.com/mixblog Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:35:53 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Although this has been around for a while, it's the first I've heard of the Acoustic Feedback plug-in from Softube. By instantiating the plug before your amp simulator, you can add a bit of natural flavor that's often lacking with hardware amp wannabes. For a quick listen, check out our ... http://blog.mixonline.com/mixblog/2009/11/05/nurture-your-inner-hendrix/ I was having a pretty good San Francisco audio Monday. The Bay Bridge had reopened, the temps were unseasonably warm, and I had just finished a nice dinner with Michael Romanowski, the Bay Area mastering engineer who will be featured on the December cover. Then I got home, opened my ... http://blog.mixonline.com/mixblog/2009/11/03/scott-singer-rip/ Pro Tools: Love it or hate it? You be the judge after reading about these Pro Tools 8 bugs begging for a fix in the pending 8.0.3 update. Leave a comment with your own experiences. Performing any of the following tasks WILL ERASE YOUR UNDO HISTORY. Duplicating a track Removing a send Using either ... http://blog.mixonline.com/mixblog/2009/10/30/top-3-most-annoying-pro-tools-8-bugs/ 1. Bono and The Edge each have their own monitor engineer. Alistair McMillan and Niall Slevin mix on separate Digico SD7 consoles with dual engines running two identical mixes. If one console fails, the other engineer can mix from the second engine on the working console. Larry Mullen, Adam Clayton ... http://blog.mixonline.com/mixblog/2009/10/22/three-things-you-didnt-know-about-the-u2-360-tour/ Just found a cool site from a company that designs and sells boutique style printed circuit boards of vintage audio recording equipment. Drip Electronics promises that the designs are true to the original schematics, and the prototypes are compared side by side to original vintage units. Most pcbs cost under ... http://blog.mixonline.com/mixblog/2009/10/22/diy-audio-heaven/ Two of the coolest plug-ins at AES were from SoundToys, whose marketing director Mitch Thomas sported spiky purple hair especially for the event. PanMan, as the name suggests, is an auto-panner that makes your stereo field a creative destination for complex modulation. With PanMan’s user-programmable rhythm editor, MIDI sync and ... http://blog.mixonline.com/mixblog/2009/10/14/panning-and-decapitation/ http://blog.mixonline.com/mixblog/2009/10/14/massenburg-on-mp3-and-its-effect-on-music/ Of all the products vying for the biggest buzz at Javits Center, the most labor-saving was almost certainly Vocal Rider, a new plug-in from Waves. Vocal Rider simplifies the job of mixing by automating the normally hands-on process of adjusting the faders on vocal tracks. Instead of manually riding the ... http://blog.mixonline.com/mixblog/2009/10/14/ticket-to-ride/ Interesting article in the LA Times about the state of production in LA. Mix writer Maureen Droney of the NARAS P&E Wing among others are tapped for input. The Times is a bit late to the dance but still a good read. http://blog.mixonline.com/mixblog/2009/10/13/the-sad-tale-of-audio-production/ I just got back from AES in NY and saw a lot of great new gear. One of the best new offerings was offsite at Quad Studios on Times Square where I had the chance to critically listen to the new Guzauski-Swist 3-way active mid/near field speakers. I’ve had the ... http://blog.mixonline.com/mixblog/2009/10/12/guzauski-swist-monitors/