MIX BLOGS AT AES!
Missed AES this year? No worries, visit www.mixonline.com/aesny to read the Mix AES 2005 Blog, sponsored by Intel. Check out minute-by-minute reports from the show floor, including "celebrity" guest bloggers, hot product hits, press conference reports and much more! Also, look out for our product-loaded AES Show Report in the November issue of Mix.

CHECK INTO REMIX HOTEL--L.A. STYLE!
Join Remix in Hollywood for our first annual Remix Hotel Los Angeles, with technology Partners Apple, Digidesign, M-Audio, Vestax, Propellerhead, Allen and Heath, Stanton, Edirol, Cakewalk, Access, Novation, Numark and many more. Hank Shocklee, Tricky, DJ Muggs, Francis Graham (Kanye West), Steve B (Eminem, 50 cent, The Game) are just a handful of artists, engineers, producers and DJs who will make appearances and sit in on panel discussions. Walk-ups are welcome. For info, visit remixhotel.com/la/schedule/.

Korg SP-250
Korg is now shipping the SP-250 keyboard, which offers stereo piano sound that is matched to the company's newest RH3 keyboard action. MORE

MXL 2010 Studio Microphone
MXL announced the new MXL 2010 multipattern studio microphone, featuring Class-A FET circuitry, and is scheduled to ship this fall. MORE

Rupert Neve Designs Portico 5032 Mic Pre/EQ
Rupert Neve Designs has launched the new single-channel Portico 5032 mic pre/EQ, which shares the same half-rackspace form factor and features the Portico 5012 Mic Pre Duo with the addition of a 3-band equalizer. MORE

SmartSound Film Composer Series
SmartSound Software has launched the Film Composer Series, a royalty-free music library that provides filmmakers with access to scores created by leading industry composers. MORE

MixLine Feature: Ryan Greene Opens Crush Recording
Producer/engineer Ryan Greene, known for producing punk and rock bands such as NOFX, Dishwalla, Lagwagon, No Use for a Name, Nerf Herder and The Dickies, among others, has relocated to Scottsdale, Ariz. and opened Crush Recording, a tracking and mixing facility armed with an SSL 9000 J Series console. MORE

Sounddogs.com Gets the "Hollywood Edge"
Sounddogs.com announced that The Hollywood Edge (an Ascent Media Company) production music and sound effects catalog of 43,000 tracks is now available for immediate download at Sounddogs.com, an Internet resource for sound and music. MORE

Sessionplayers.com Signs New Talent
Sessionplayers.com, an online resource for hiring session musicians, welcomes Robben Ford, Jimmy Johnson and David Garibaldi to its roster of talent, which is now available via the Internet for various recording projects. MORE

Alan Audio Works Expands With MW Audio
MW Audio in Marina Del Rey, Calif., recently supplied production equipment and acoustic treatment products to Alan Audio Works, a new project facility for composer/sound designer Jeffery Alan Jones in midtown Hollywood. MORE

Media Supply Inc. is hosting a seminar on live event audio and video recording and copying on November 9, 2005 at the Penn State Great Valley campus in Malvern, Pa. The free event will feature sessions led by industry professionals from Primera, Microboards, Rimage, Verbatim, MAM-A/Mitsui and Media Supply. Register online at www.mediasupply.com/fallseminar05.html or call 610/884-4400, ext. 114.

Open to university and college students nationwide, registration for Shure's second "Fantastic Scholastic" recording competition continues through November 14, 2005, with a random drawing to be held November 17, 2005, to select 10 competing schools. Visit www.shure.com/artists/contest/fantastic.asp for complete rules and entry form.