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Table Of Contents
Get Ready for Mix Nashville • May 20-21, 2008
SHARE YOUR NASHVILLE STORIES
Mudcrutch Records Debut in Tom Petty’s Rehearsal Space
Antares Auto-Tune 5 Now Available on Muse Receptor
On Demand Webcast: Optimizing Speaker Performance in Your Studio
Mix L.A. Open Takes Place May 12!
Enhancing Signal Processing with Lawo's Plug-In Server
It's All About Nashville
Cool Spins — New Releases
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MIX NASHVILLE EVENT
Get Ready for Mix Nashville • May 20-21, 2008
Studio. Live. Songwriting—Nashville on Nashville

Come join the editors of Mix as we pull into Soundcheck Nashville for two full days of panels, master classes and how-to programming. Presented by Apple, Digidesign and Meyer Sound, Mix Nashville features Nashville’s movers and shakers, including:

Tony Brown, Jeff Balding, Bob Bullock, Bill VornDick, Andrew Kautz, Chuck Ainlay, Marc Repp, Robert Scovill, Michael Wagener and many others.

Mix Panels include: Recording the Show, Plug-Ins Go Live, Keeping the Rooms Filled and Making Money, Recording Guitar, The Full-Blown Demo, Anatomy of a Hit, and many more.

Also, in conjunction with American Songwriter magazine, Mix Nashville includes two full days of songwriters on stage, complete with Demo Derby, Q&As and GarageBand demos.

Don’t miss it! Visit http://mixonline.com/ms/nashville08 to register today.

TALKBACK
SHARE YOUR NASHVILLE STORIES
We'd like to hear from anyone who has worked in Nashville. Tell us about your most memorable Nashville session! And if you've worked in Nashville for several years, tell us about how the scene has changed. E-mail us at mixeditorial@mixonline.com.
FEATURE STORY
Mudcrutch Records Debut in Tom Petty’s Rehearsal Space
On April 29, Reprise Records released the self-titled debut album from Mudcrutch, a country-rock band that originally formed in the early ’70s in Gainesville, Fla. comprising Tom Petty (bass), Benmont Tench (keyboards), Randall Marsh (drums) and guitarists Tom Leadon and Mike Campbell. Having succeeded in Florida, Mudcrutch relocated to Los Angeles in search of a record deal and national recognition, but disbanded in 1975, giving rise to the formation of Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers, with a nucleus of Petty, Campbell and Tench joined by bassist Ron Blair and drummer Stan Lynch.

In August 2007, Petty was inspired to reunite Mudcrutch at his Los Angeles rehearsal space, The Clubhouse, for informal jam sessions that quickly evolved into recording sessions when Petty and Campbell found that the band’s chemistry was working. MORE

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NEW PRODUCTS
Antares Auto-Tune 5 Now Available on Muse Receptor

The Antares Auto-Tune 5 vocal processing plug-in from is now officially supported on the Muse Research Receptor hardware plug-in player. The fifth generation of this industry standard for pitch correction/manipulation software includes automatic and graphical tune modes, making the program even easier to use, while an improved algorithm allows the pitch detection even in noisy environments. Auto-Tune 5 can run on any Receptor simply downloading and installing the program from Muse Research’s Website.

“The Receptor is a very powerful solution for musicians who want to use world-class Antares processing technology in a live environment, or use it in the studio where it is instantly available in hardware form” says Antares marketing VP Marco Albert. “We’re pleased to offer Antares software tools in this unique environment.”

Also pleased about the development was Bryan Lanser of Muse Research, particularly from the live performance aspect. “Now vocalists can benefit from the same power and convenience that Receptor has provided keyboardists, guitarist and drummers for some time, And we’re pleased to be able to expand the flexibility of such a great product from our friends at Antares by offering it in hardware form.”

Be sure to watch Mix's exclusive new product demo at http://mixonline.com/video.

To learn more about Receptor visit www.museresearch.com, or send an e-mail to info@museresearch.com, or call 650/326-5400.

For more information about Antares' range of vocal processing software technology, visit www.antarestech.com.

EASTWEST ADDS SOME HIP-HOP AND R&B FLAVOR WITH ZERO-G’S URBAN AMMUNITION

Dangerous Music Ships DAC-ST Digital-to-Analog Converter

MORE NEW PRODUCTS FROM THE BRIEFING ROOM

ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM MIX
On Demand Webcast: Optimizing Speaker Performance in Your Studio
GC Pro brings you this webcast hosted by veteran acoustic consultant Bob Hodas, who has tuned thousands of studios around the world, from Abbey Road to the Record Plant to Lucasfilm. Click here to view this free on-demand webcast.

Mix Sound for Film Feature: Iron Man

In the Studio on Brian Culbertson's "Bring Back the Funk", Mix's Exclusive Musikmesse 2008 Videos and more!

Remix Hotel Miami 2008: See All the Action!

Manhattan Producers Alliance (ManHatPro) offers Spring 2008 Pro Seminar Series.

RSPE Audio Solutions is offering new Pro Tools training classes in the Los Angeles area.

Waves' 'Studio Classics Collection Experience' educational tour presents Eddie Kramer during April and May.

Native Instruments announces KORE 2 workshop tour.

Check out the current issue of Game Audio Digital Magazine.

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TEC UPDATE
Mix L.A. Open Takes Place May 12!
Want to go home in a new Land Rover Sport? How about driving a Porsche Carerra for a weekend getaway? Or maybe end the day $10,000 richer? It's all possible at the 13th Annual Mix LA Open, sponsored by Guitar Center Professional! MORE.
RECORDING TIP
Enhancing Signal Processing with Lawo's Plug-In Server
MTV Networks’ Remote Unit 8 truck—equipped with a 56-fader Lawo mc²66 console that serves as the truck’s primary mix station, coupled with a second, smaller mc²66—installed Lawo’s new Plug-In Server to add more signal processing capability. The system was first placed into service for the 2008 CMT (Country Music Television) Music Awards on April 14.

Lawo’s Plug-In Server is a dedicated environment for VST-type audio processing plug-ins that integrates with the company’s mc² Series third-generation consoles while providing greater flexibility in the use and routing of processed signals—all while freeing the host recording platform from the system overhead typically associated with numerous plug-in processors.

“We mix a lot of multiple-act TV shows and recordings,” says Marc Repp (pictured), audio operations engineer for MTVN, “and if you’re setting up an outside processor on an act-to-act basis, somebody has to keep up with all those settings so they can be reset as you move from one act to another. By contrast, if the signal processing is saved as part of the console’s automation, it gets recalled as part of the snapshot and is ready to go instantaneously. In addition to dynamics processors such as compression and limiting, we can just as easily deploy reverbs, delays and other effects that previously were only available via the outboard gear.

“We have a large assortment of outboard signal processing gear on the truck,” Repp continues, “though using it isn’t necessarily as convenient as one might expect—particularly because of the time constraints involved in accessing an external processor. For this reason, there has always been a tendency to use the console’s onboard processing, but in doing so, we were limited in our choices of dynamics processing and, like any other digital console, had to closely monitor system resources. Our new plug-in server opens the door to far greater choices since it can be configured for any type of VST plug-in without taxing system resources.”

For more information on Lawo's Plug-In Processor, visit Lawo's Website.

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THIS MONTH IN MIX
It's All About Nashville
Between his tenure as president of MCA Nashville and his production of hit records for Vince Gill, George Strait, Reba McEntire, Trisha Yearwood and Wynonna Judd and countless others, you could say Tony Brown is largely responsible for the resurgence of country music. This month, Brown sits down with Mix to share his thoughts on country music and the Nashville scene—

on keeping musical traditions alive while staying relevant

on the “Garth years," when country went mainstream

on the day he met George Massenburg

Read the complete article here, and catch our complete May Nashville coverage.

COOL SPINS
Cool Spins — New Releases

Elvis Costello and The Imposters: Momofuku (Lost Highway)
In a February interview for The Word magazine, Elvis Costello told David Hepworth that he had little intention of recording any more albums. But it’s an artist’s prerogative to change his mind... MORE

Missy Higgins: On a Clear Night (Reprise Records)
Australian singer/songwriter Missy Higgins has hit her stride with this latest offering, where she combines the melodic sensibilities of Sarah McLachlan with the more up-tempo feel of Alanis Morissette and creates a sound that is rich in its lyrical content and beautifully stirring... MORE

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