News & Analysis
Craft
Business
Technology
v11.8 Nov/Dec 2012
issN 1477-4216
AUDIO FOR BROADCAST, POST, RECORDING AND MULTIMEDIA PRODUCTION
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4 Leader
4 News Sales, contracts, appointments and biz bites.
14 Products New introductions and announcements.
61 broadcast aside Dennis balances idealism against realism
to see which is smarter.
62 Headroom
18 merging Technologies Horus 20 ceDAR Audio DNs8 Live 22 Focusrite Forte 24 waves Non-Linear summer
26 RND 5024 28 Allen & Heath Xb-10 30 Neumann KH120A
56 Rooms and eQ Arguments rage about the use of EQ for
acoustic ‘standardisation’ but another factor has emerged — the human influence.
58 slaying Dragons Believing that a mic is just like an ear is a
recipe for failure. John explains why.
46 Going direct in Tv TV producers will get the opportunity to
reach their audience directly, just like music producers did before them.
60 Your business Plenty of outrageous music but very little
actual outrage, according to Dan.
12 360 mastering A move to the UK’s south coast for this
former London facility has been all about positives.
32 Don was He has worked with many of the best and
rates highly in many people’s list of top producers. He now also runs Blue Note.
36 stuart wilson James Bond’s Skyfall and beyond for this
feature film and documentary production sound mixer/sound recordist.
40 Adrian bushby He has a tape-based background but now is
pretty much strictly in-the-box. His plans and processes for mixing explained.
44 made in Finland A monitor can be for ever and not just for
Christmas, according to Genelec who explain sustainability and being green.
48 25 years of Riedel Thomas Riedel on a quarter century of
technology, innovation and providing solutions for customers.
50 sweet spot Room correction and enhancement
with Dirac Live.
52 studio furniture George’s quest for a nice bit of studio
furniture documented and explained.
55 Ten Visits to the opera.
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