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Record label EMI this week announced that it will begin
selling on-the-spot recordings of concerts. The name of the initiative,
Abbey Road Live, is a bit misleading—it doesn't have anything to do
with the Beatles' album or the recording studio after which it was
named. Rather, EMI is using its Abbey Road brand to indicate that these
aren't low-quality bootlegs but professional multitrack recordings,
mixed and mastered on the spot, and sold on CDs, DVDs, or flash drives
to fans at the venue. Read the entire story.
Windows 7 Improvements to Help Audio Recording
Most of the audio engineers I've met—both home and
professional—are Mac people, and Avid's ProTools running on a Mac
is often cited as the industry standard. But there are Windows loyalists
out there. In late 2007 I took an introductory audio production class
taught by David Huber (who wrote one of the bibles on the subject,
Modern Recording Techniques) and Scott Colburn (who has produced
albums by The Arcade Fire, Animal Collective, and Sun City Girls, among
many others). Both of them used Nuendo from Steinberg (which is
basically the upmarket version of Cubase) as their primary digital audio
workstation (DAW), and they ran it on a Windows PC. Read the entire story.
Michael Jackson Recordings Claimed By Studio
The Michael Jackson estate continues to fend off more lawsuits. The
latest comes from a Southern California recording studio that says it
has hours of tape from Jackson's final recording sessions, while the
studio time was never paid for.
Read the entire story.
In-Home Recording Studios Abound in Cabins or Mansions
Anyone who wants to be a recording star in the comfort of their own home
can buy into their dream nearly any given day in Williamson County,
where it seems there's always a house for sale with a studio in it. A
recent check turned up six such houses for sale in October, plus a
seventh that is also available for lease. And the homes themselves are
as different from each other as they can be. Read the entire story.
In the Classroom: Manipulating the Beats
You could spend an entire semester on any one thing taught in Jon and
David Siebels’ recording engineering course at their home studio in
Montrose. However, because the course is only 10 weeks, the
father-and-son team can only offer a “crash course” into the fine
art of studio recording. The musicians-turned-engineers are teaching a
class through Glendale Community College’s Community Services
Education program. Twice a week, about eight students gather in the
Siebels’ tiny recording studio for a one-hour lecture and
demonstration. Read the entire story. | 
This week marks the debut of a new newsletter from
mixonline.com, to appear every other week in your inbox. Written by
Mix
Technical Editor Kevin Becka, MixTech goes inside new-product
announcements, tech buzz, mini reviews
and production techniques to provide the context necessary for a working
engineer. Enjoy. 
The popular Tilt equalizers from Tonelux’s MP1a preamplifier modules
are now available in a stand-alone, 8-channel rackmount version. The
Tilt circuit offers a clever solution to tonal shaping and equalization
that gets results quickly, requiring only the turn of a single rotary
knob. 
At the recent 2009 AES show in New York, Yamaha unveiled its "Rolling
Showroom," a 53-foot, double-expanding trailer that will make
appearances at national tradeshows and events throughout North America.
The unit is loaded with the latest pro audio gear from Yamaha and NEXO,
and Yamaha's Marc Lopez gives us an exclusive tour. 
