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Mix Nashville 2008
Join the editors of Mix on May 20-21, 2008 for an intensive look at Nashville, the hottest recording market in the country today. The place where studio meets live. Where country reigns and rock and blues come to play. Where churches and clubs sit side by side, both pumping out quality sound. Two days of studio, live, songwriting, production. Two days of networking, demos, education and performance. Be sure to visit Mix's special Nashville event page at http://mixonline.com/ms/nashville08.

RSPE Audio Solutions Hosts Pro Tools Classes
Beginning April 3, RSPE Audio Solutions is offering new Pro Tools training classes in the Los Angeles area. For more information, call 818/776-8665 or go to www.rspe.com/training.

Central Region AES Student Summit April 4-6
Webster University in St. Louis, Mo. will host the second annual Central Region AES Student Summit April 4-6, featuring guest speakers Bob Heil, founder and president of Heil Sound Ltd., and top mastering engineer Bob Katz. The summit will offer panels, tutorials, demos, networking opportunities and more. Students may pre-register for $20. For more information and to register, go to www.webster.edu/aes.

Manhattan Producers Alliance Announces Training Seminars
The Manhattan Producers Alliance (ManHatPro) in New York City is offering new seminars and master classes for professional development, beginning April 12. A working knowledge of digital audio workstations and experience as a working professional are prerequisites for all pro seminars. For information on specific offerings and to register, click here.

Redmatica 'Loops and Linguini' Tour Dates
MV Pro Audio announces a U.S./Canadian clinic tour that begins Monday, April 14 in New York City, showcasing Redmatica Srl’s Compendium Bundle suite of sampled instrument creation, editing and management tools. Redmatica founder Andrea “Gnocci” Gozzi and Dino “Mozzarella” Virella will hold public clinics at retail music stores in Midwestern and Eastern states and Eastern Canada. Seating is very limited; Redmatica advises that you contact venues to register prior to attending. For a list of scheduled clinics, go to www.mvproaudio.com/News/newsredlnl.html.

AES Nashville Presents C2 Conference April 18-19
The AES Nashville Section has developed the C2 (Capturing Creativity) conference and gear expo for achieving professional results in personal studios, scheduled for April 18 and 19 at the Musician’s Hall of Fame and Museum. Participants will include leading producer/engineers Jeff Balding, Chuck Ainlay, Russ Long, Pat McMakin and Bil VornDick, and Lynn Fuston of 3D Audio. Early registration is open through April 4 and is $149 for AES members, $199 for non-members, $59 for non-member students and $39 for student members. For more information, visit www.aesnashville.org/c2con.htm.

Waves On Tour Presents Eddie Kramer
Waves' "Studio Classics Collection Experience" is an educational tour that is visiting cities across the U.S. during March, April and May. Renowned producer/engineer Eddie Kramer and Waves product specialists are presenting lectures and demonstrations of Waves' Studio Classics Collection plug-in bundle, which comprises Waves' SSL 4000, V-Series and API Collections. For the latest tour updates, click here.

Here, Dodd offers his personal Top 10 recording tips:

1. Do no harm, step back and make sure that you are not getting 'in the way’ of a good 'sound.'
2. Change, don’t 'tweak;' no one hears 'tweaks.'
3. If someone asks for the vocal up 0.2 dB, laugh as if it’s the funniest joke you’ve ever heard, burst out laughing later, too, and quote the joke. Repeat as needed.
4. Don’t use 'brickwall limiting' on your mix for any reason other than you like it. A good mastering engineer can make it louder/better than you can, but they can’t remove an inappropriate decision.
5. If in doubt, don’t.
6. If it’s 'right,' do it.
7. Be ready: The 'wrong' gear choice that is ready beats waiting past the 'best available performance window.'
8. Share your knowledge.
9. Keep something secret.
10. Stop when you aren’t having fun anymore.

Plus we take a hard look at what it takes to complete the HD facility transition, from a nuts-and-bolts systems approach.

Klein was an ideal collaborator to produce Hancock’s recent River: The Joni Letters—a double Grammy winner as Album of the Year and Best Contemporary Jazz Album. Though he is perhaps best known for his bass playing and/or production work with Mitchell (who is also his former wife), and other album rock faves such as Don Henley, Tracy Chapman, Peter Gabriel and Madeleine Peyroux, Klein began his career as a jazz player. So, where does Herbie Hancock’s path connect with Joni Mitchell’s? In Larry Klein. As the producer recently told Mix’s New York editor, David Weiss, “I realized it would be such a great way to braid together so many important elements: the jazz world and the huge part of my life that Joni’s music has played.”