Video: Solid State Logic Duality SE
At AES 2009, Solid State Logic unveiled its new console, the Duality SE, and SSL's Dan Duffell gives us a quick tour. Watch the video now!

Video: Dangerous Music Mastering Gear
At AES 2009, Dangerous Music showed a full line of mastering hardware solutions, including the new BAX equalizer, based on the classic Baxandall filter circuits. Watch the video now!

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Mix Announces ‘Certified Hits’ of AES
This year’s Audio Engineering Society show may have seemed small, but it was certainly mighty, with 18,162 attendees making the trek to New York City’s Javits Center. There was plenty to see, with a whole lot of innovation crammed into the booth spaces of the 321 exhibitors. Choosing a few from hundreds of great debuts was tough, but here (listed alphabetically) are our selections of Certified Hits—the Top-20 new products from AES, chosen by the editors of Mix.

The Dragon offers three "character" settings: Boom (for adding sub-bass harmonics), Bite (a gentle "forward" characteristic) and Sheen (which adds adds "an airy gloss" to the source). The unit's "Vintage" button enables circuitry for "more harmonics, a bit of 'grit' and an overall more aggressive tone." The Dragon also contains a 2-inch tape saturation emulation with three distinct drive settings, a highpass detection filter, an "all buttons in" squash mode, a gentle 2:1 setting for mix bus and mastering duties, and a wet/dry Mix Ratio knob.

Vintage King Audio states that it will begin shipping the Dragon in November 2009. For more information, visit www.slateproaudio.com or Vintage King Audio.

GC Pro Announces New Ocean Way Impact Monitor System

MusicBoxMobile iPhone App Developed By Production Music Publishing Company

To clean up the bass without ducking, use a highpass filter on the bass track and use the kick on the sidechain input to trigger the filter envelope. Set the cut-off frequency as low as possible and use a fast attack (10 ms or so) and a long decay (about 500 ms), and then adjust the envelope depth by ear. This will reduce the low frequencies of the bass when the sidechain triggers—an effect similar to ducking that can sometimes feel more subtle.

If your noise gate offers positive gain reduction, use this as an alternative to a compressor for that ducking-pad sound. Use the kick as the sidechain input, set the reduction level to a positive value (+8 dB is a good starting point) and then set a fast attack (10 ms or so) and a medium release (about 150 ms). Next, adjust the threshold level until you get the required depth of effect. Depending on the sound of the kick drum, you may need to adjust the sidechain input filters (highpass and lowpass) to get the desired effect.

Recording Studio in Your Pocket
When the band The 88 decided to record a song on their iPhone they never knew it would become their best-selling single. The CyberGuy gives us a behind-the-scenes look at the technology that is transforming the music industry and giving bands a recession proof way to top the charts. Watch the video.

Google to Blend Search, Music in One Box
Google will soon launch a music initiative, which the company at this point is calling a One Box for music, to offer song previews, artist bios, graphics and video. The search engine, however, will not be selling downloads or offering subscriptions. TechCrunch reported on Tuesday night that Google is entering the music business but said the search engine would launch a music service. That's not really what the One Box for music is, said sources familiar with the deal. Read the entire story.

SPL Giving Away Attacker MicroPlug Until November 15
Until November 15, 2009, German manufacturer SPL is celebrating the first anniversary of its software division by giving away for free a MicroPlug from its Analog Code Series: the Attacker, which provides the Transient Designer's attack enhancement function. The promotion is limited to one full-version download of the Attacker MicroPlug (worth approximately $88 excluding VAT) per computer. To learn more, go to www.theanalogcode.com.

Bruce Swedien Offers Critical Listening Workshop in November
Ten students will be selected to attend Bruce Swedien’s Critical Listening Workshop, to be held November 16-21, 2009, at his private home studio in Central Florida. The workshop will explore all phases of world-class, state-of-the-art music recording right up to and including the final mix. For more information, visit www.criticallistening.net/workshop.html.

SF MusicTech Summit Takes Place December 7
The fifth SF MusicTech Summit will take place Monday, December 7, 2009 at the Hotel Kabuki in San Francisco. This growing international music, entertainment and technology culture and commerce conference brings together close to 700 prominent and influential visionaries and leaders, including developers, entrepreneurs, musicians, investors, labels, attorneys, managers, service providers, press and organizations in an unparalleled deal-making environment. Tickets can be ordered at www.sfmusictech.com.

Mix Remembers Les Paul
In remembrance of Les Paul, who passed away on August 13, 2009 in White Plains, N.Y., the editors of Mix created a special page featuring videos and podcasts, including podcasts with Stevie Wonder and Steve Miller. Click here to visit Mix magazine's special Les Paul tribute page.

Get Listed for Free in the 2009 Mix Master Directory
The MMD is the audio industry's premier listing of professional services! Get listed for free in this essential guide!

Coverage of the Fab Four from Mix and Electronic Musician
Welcome to BeatleTech, where you will find Fab Four-related articles and interviews from the pages of Mix and Electronic Musician magazines, as well as exclusive video content with artists and engineers who have worked with The Beatles. Check Out the BeatleTech Site!