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Scavenger Hunt at Mix Nashville — Vintage King, Avid and MBox Giveaways!

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Nashville, TN (May 16, 2023)—Vintage King and Avid have partnered to host a scavenger hunt throughout the nighttime Studio Crawl at Mix Nashville: Immersive Music Production, going down this Saturday, May 20.

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To take part within the hunt and be eligible to win one in all three Avid MBox interfaces, gamers should discover the Vintage King and Avid setups every at Blackbird Studio, Imogen Sound and Sputnik Sound. At every studio, attendees can have an opportunity to seize swag, speak gear and enter the giveaway.

The Vintage King – Avid Scavenger Hunt will happen within the Berry Hill neighborhood of Nashville, which options the best focus of immersive music combine studios within the nation. All studios listed are inside a three-block radius of Host Partner Blackbird Studios, and all through the night, shuttle buses will run in 15-minute loops in order that attendees can go to a wide range of immersive combine environments.

The Studio Crawl amenities embody Host Partner Blackbird Studio (the place the get together begins), Imogen Sound, Sputnik Sound, Westlake Pro, Addiction Sound Studios, and the ADAM Audio Nashville showroom.

The Scavenger Hunt, Studio Crawl and Listening Sessions in Berry Hill are a part of the all-day Mix Nashville: Immersive Music Production occasion, which begins Saturday, May 20 at 9:30 a.m. in Columbia Studio A, alongside the town’s famed Music Row.

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Mix Nashville: Immersive Music Production is produced at the side of Host Partners Curb Studios, Belmont University and Blackbird Studio. During the day, Host Partner Curb Studios, together with Black River Entertainment, Columbia Studio A and Starstruck Studios, will function a collection of professional panels, mission profiles, expertise exhibitions and demonstrations, interviews with high engineers and producers, immersive listening classes, and rather more. At evening, the occasion strikes to the close by Berry Hill neighborhood for a celebration at Blackbird Studio, at the side of a Studio Crawl that includes immersive music Listening Sessions at quite a lot of close by studios, together with Imogen Sound, Sputnik Sound, Addiction Sound Studios, Westlake Pro and the ADAM Audio showroom.

Full programming and exhibition particulars proceed to be introduced, so go to the occasion web site for probably the most up-to-date info.

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Mix Nashville Panel Highlight: Creating Immersive Mixes

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Nashville, TN (May 12, 2023)—There’s a slew of nice panels on faucet for subsequent week’s  Mix Nashville: Immersive Music Production occasion, going down Saturday alongside Music Row earlier than shifting on to Berry Hill for the night’s festivities. All the day’s panels are value testing (all killer, no filler!) and among the many excessive factors is the aptly titled “Creating Immersive Mixes,” introduced by Westlake Pro and Avid.

Taking place at Starstruck Studios’ The Gallery at 4 PM, Creating Immersive Mixes will examine the technical and artistic approaches to mixing Immersive Audio. The featured panelists will focus on their approaches to things and beds, navigating massive classes, mixing back-catalog, staying true to the supply materials, and learn how to get essentially the most out of pre-mixed stems.

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Sharing their insights on the panel are:

Jeff Huskins — Producer/Dolby Atmos Engineer, BMG

Jeff Huskins has produced, performed on, or engineered over 20,000 records ensuing within the gross sales of over 110 million records worldwide during the last 30 years. In 2017, Jeff started a journey into the Dolby Atmos mixing and mastering world and has produced over 2,500 songs on this specialised listening format. With the first studio positioned within the BMG’s Nashville headquarters, Jeff’s latest credit embody Jason Aldean’s “Georgia”, “Macon” document, Ashley McBryde’s “Girl Going Nowhere” and “Never Will” records, Lainey Wilson’s “Bell Bottom Country” document, Mammoth WVH’s ‘Mammoth II” document, Waterparks’ “Greatest Hits” document, Hollywood Undead’s “Hotel Kalifornia” document, and the overwhelming majority of the Eric Church catalog (together with “Mr. Misunderstood”, “The Outsiders”, “Desperate Man”, “Heart”, and “Soul”), in addition to cuts from Parmalee, Jimmie Allen, Jelly Roll, Kolby Cooper, LoCash, Blanco, Willie Jones, John Morgan, Madeline Merlo, Everette, Pardyalone, Brooks & Dunn, Little Wayne, Little Big Town, Carrie Underwood, King Calaway, Papa Roach, Ledesi, Ambar Lucid, HunterGirl, Track45, and Frank Ray.

Mills Logan — Recording/Mix Engineer & Producer, Universal Music Group

Mills Logan is a two-time Grammy Award and Emmy-winning recording-mixing engineer and producer. He fell in love with recording music whereas enjoying in a rock band as an adolescent, entranced by the studio world the minute he stepped into his first studio to document guitar for the band. Mills determined to pursue engineering and moved to Nashville to start his profession. He started figuring out of Creative Recording Studios, the place he primarily engineered radio spots and jingles with certainly one of his mentors, Jim McKell. From that time on, he has labored with a plethora of proficient artists, together with Toby Keith, Luke Bryan, Taylor Swift, Billy Gibbons, Joe Walsh, Cole Swindell, Josh Turner and lots of extra. Mills has additionally combined tracks in Dolby Atmos for Luke Combs, Morgan Wade, Mary J Blige, Ryan Hurd, Toby Keith, Luke Bryan, Supertramp, Barry White, Shania Twain, Blink 182, Josh Turner, Keith Urban, Halsey, and Sheryl Crow. As of spring 2023, Mills has combined over 1,000 tracks in Atmos.

Dustin Richardson — Audio Engineer & Producer

Dustin Richardson has been an audio engineer and producer since 2012, engaged on a mess of initiatives for Grammy-nominated and award-winning artists. Growing up enjoying drums in his hometown of Terre Haute, Indiana, he moved right down to Nashville and shortly discovered his ardour for engineering and producing. In his early profession, he assisted on classes with acts like Parachute, Hunter Hayes, The Milk Carton Kids, Joy Williams, For King & Country, and Jo-Dee Messina. From there, he engineered and combined records for producers equivalent to Michael Omartian, Claude Kelly, Chuck Harmony and lots of Nashville-based legends. As Dolby Atmos got here into the music scene, Dustin was recruited by Universal Music Group and has since carried out Dolby Atmos mixes for artist together with Olivia Rodrigo, Morgan Wallen, Rihanna, Samara Joy, Shawn Mendez, Shania Twain, The Supremes, Coin, Thomas Rhett, One Republic, Hanson, Post Malone and lots of extra, nearing nearly 1,000 mixes up to now. Currently, Dustin continues to combine and engineer out of UMG’s East Iris Studios in Nashville.

The daytime panels are solely half the occasion at Mix Nashville, so while you head to Berry Hill for the nighttime Studio Crawl, swing by Westlake Pro’s Berry Hill Showroom for an Atmos Listening occasion! Grab a chew from Westlake Pro’s featured meals truck, sit back with a beer, and listen to the most recent in Immersive Audio.

The skilled Westlake Pro group will stroll you thru turnkey options that can assist you get your combine room prepared at any funds. And if you wish to get hands-on along with your Immersive mixes, you possibly can demo Avid’s industry-leading management surfaces, together with the flagship Avid S6, the moveable S1, and the indispensable Pro Tools | Dock. Join the occasion at 515 E Iris Dr. on May twentieth from 6-9 pm throughout Mix Magazine’s Berry Hill Studio Crawl!

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Mix Nashville: Immersive Music Production is produced along with Host Partners Curb Studios, Belmont University and Blackbird Studio. During the day, Host Partner Curb Studios, together with Black River Entertainment, Columbia Studio A and Starstruck Studios, will characteristic a sequence of skilled panels, venture profiles, know-how exhibitions and demonstrations, interviews with prime engineers and producers, immersive listening classes, and way more. At evening, the occasion strikes to the close by Berry Hill neighborhood for a celebration at Blackbird Studio, along with a Studio Crawl that includes immersive music Listening Sessions at quite a few close by studios, together with Imogen Sound, Sputnik Sound, Addiction Sound Studios, Westlake Pro and the ADAM Audio showroom.

 

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Blog: Building The ‘Mix Nashville: Immersive Music Production’ Event

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Martina and John McBride inside Blackbird Studios, which will host the evening festivities of Mix Nashville: Immersive Music Production on May 20.
Martina and John McBride inside Blackbird Studios; the facility will the Host Partner for Mix Nashville: Immersive Music Production’s evening festivities on May 20, 2023.

I’ll say this about Nashville engineers and producers: They call you right back. And it doesn’t usually take too long, maybe 30 seconds. If they’re in a session and can’t talk, it’s not uncommon to get a boomerang text that says as much, promising to call when they get a break. Then again, all of this might not even happen because they already answered the phone and asked me how I’m doing, even though I’m quite sure that my 510 doesn’t ring any bells.

This has happened so often over the past two weeks that by the time I texted Vance Powell with a “Tom Kenny here. Can you give me a quick call when you get 2 mins free? It won’t take long. Promise,” and then saw his number lighting up my iPhone within 20 seconds, I picked up, and the first words out of my mouth were, “What the f-#* is it with you Nashville engineers?! You all call right back! We don’t do that in California! My daughters don’t even do that! What the f-#!%?”

Without missing a beat, Vance shot back, in that signature rapid-yet-deadpan delivery: “It’s ’cause we’re all out of work, looking for a gig.”

I laughed out loud, my faux rage dissipating as I told him that the fact that people still pick up their phone is one of the things that I love about Nashville. He was standing outside a Starbucks in Seattle, about to head back to the truck for a line check/sound check and then a live mix of that night’s Phish show, which would be streamed to fans, same as it is for every performance. Vance is a busy boy. It now looks like I’ll be seeing Phish and Vance this Monday at the Greek Theater in Berkeley, my all-time favorite venue. That invitation wouldn’t have happened over text. It’s all because Vance picks up his phone.

Vance was merely the tipping point in my Nashville-engineer-and-phone theory. Over the past few weeks, I’ve learned that if he’s not buried in a mix, Jeff Balding will almost always pick up his phone. Julian King, whom I’ve met once or twice over the years, texted back: “Sure, Tom. Is tomorrow morning at 9 good?” I texted, “Suuuuure, though if I sound a little foggy it’s only because I’m in Oakland and I still prefer musician’s hours.” He texted back: “Is now good?” I would learn that he was on a rare three-day camping vacation with his wife and about to put steaks on the grill.

Mix Nashville: Shani Gandhi, Michael Romanowski Join Speaker Lineup

Gena Johnson took a couple of hours to get back to me, but when she did, around 11 p.m. Nashville time, she apologized profusely and said that the session didn’t stop for a break that night. She promised to call in the morning, and she did.

I was a bit nervous about cold-texting Dann Huff. He’s at the level where I typically have to go through two layers of publicity to say hello. But John McBride told me, “F-*# that. He’s a regular guy. Just text him.” So I did, and he called within 30 seconds, remembered our meeting from 10 years ago in Blackbird Studio F, and within five minutes had agreed to be one-half of the Keynote Conversation, addressing “Art and Commerce” at the upcoming May 20 Mix Nashville: Immersive Music Production event.

It’s the Mix event that triggered all these engineer calls. And by now you’ve all figured out that the phone, though all of the above is entirely true, is simply a metaphor for the absolute openness and level of engagement I’ve encountered in the recording community each and every time I’ve come to Nashville.

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The Mix Nashville event is happening only because Pat McMakin, a good friend for many years, took me down to Curb Studios one morning in October. Aaron Bowlin was our host, and I was taken through the renovated studios by Craig White and David Bates. They didn’t know me until that morning, but by the end of lunch at King Siam, we had worked out a plan whereby Curb Studios would be our Host Partner on Music Row, with Blackbird Studio our Host Partner for the evening party in Berry Hill.

Speaking of Blackbird, John McBride always picks up his phone. Always. Even at midnight Pacific time. He has an amazing new venture launching this month, Inside Blackbird, as you can read about in our cover story. When talking about the cover image, I soon realized that it was important to me (and to John) that Martina be on the cover with him. Mix always talks to John, but John always talks to Martina.

Over the 20 years I’ve known them, dating back before their youngest daughter’s first birthday party at the Oakland Coliseum, I’ve looked at John and Martina as true partners in all the things that matter in life—family, friends, music, business, pleasure and so much more—and they have been nothing but genuine and open in welcoming this rogue editor whenever he comes to town. Just like Nashville itself.

I can’t wait for May 20, when Mix opens up the conversation about immersive music and I get to hang out with some damn fine engineers, producers and friends. Come on down to Curb, then join us at Blackbird. See you there!

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Mix Nashville: Immersive Music Production is produced in conjunction with Host Partners Curb Studios, Belmont University and Blackbird Studio. During the day, Host Partner Curb Studios, along with Black River Entertainment, Columbia Studio A and Starstruck Studios, will feature a series of expert panels, project profiles, technology exhibitions and demonstrations, interviews with top engineers and producers, immersive listening sessions, and much more. At night, the event moves to the nearby Berry Hill neighborhood for a party at Blackbird Studio, in conjunction with a Studio Crawl featuring immersive music Listening Sessions at a number of nearby studios, including Imogen Sound, Sputnik Sound, Addiction Sound Studios, Westlake Pro and the ADAM Audio showroom.

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Mix Nashville: Shani Gandhi, Michael Romanowski Join Speaker Lineup

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Mix Nashville: Immersive Music Production

Nashville, TN (May 10, 2023)—MixNashville is barely 10 days away, however increasingly more revered professionals are becoming a member of the speaker lineup for the occasion! Recording engineer Shani Gandhi and mastering engineer Michael Romanowski have joined the record of professional panelists on the upcoming Mix Nashville: Immersive Music Production occasion, to be held all day alongside Music Row on Saturday, May 20.

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Since shifting to Nashville a bit of greater than a decade in the past, Gandhi, who was nominated for a Best Engineered, Non-Classical Grammy in 2021 for her work on Sierra Hull’s 25 Trips and in 2017 for Sarah Jarosz’s Undercurrent, has amassed a shopper record that spans Americana, Folk and Country, working with artists Sarah Jarosz, Kelsea Ballerini, The Arcadian Wild, Parker Millsap and plenty of others. Gandhi can be showing in Columbia Studio A at 12:15 on the panel titled “Separate But Equal: The Stereo and Immersive Mixes.”

Romanowski, who was a part of the engineering group on Alicia Keys’ 2022 Grammy Award-winner for Best Immersive Audio Album, has for the previous 5 years been main nationwide name for mastering as a part of the immersive audio course of. He has spoken at quite a few conferences and occasions to assist educate each audio professionals and music trade executives. He has additionally mastered a whole bunch of immersive audio initiatives from his Coast Mastering facility in Berkeley, Calif.

Romanowski can be talking all through the day as he curates the immersive music listening periods within the Neumann/Sennheiser 7.1.4 setup within the Front Stage Studio at Black River Entertainment. He may also be a part of the professional panel sequence within the Focusrite-sponsored programming at Curb Studios, showing from 11:00 – 11:45 on the panel titled: “Why You Need Immersive Mastering (Despite What You May Hear).”

Mix Nashville: Immersive Music Production is produced together with Host Partners Curb Studios, Belmont University and Blackbird Studio. During the day, Host Partner Curb Studios, together with Black River Entertainment, Columbia Studio A and Starstruck Studios, will characteristic a sequence of professional panels, undertaking profiles, expertise exhibitions and demonstrations, interviews with prime engineers and producers, immersive listening periods, and rather more. At evening, the occasion strikes to the close by Berry Hill neighborhood for a celebration at Blackbird Studio, together with a Studio Crawl that includes immersive music Listening Sessions at quite a few close by studios, together with Imogen Sound, Sputnik Sound, Addiction Sound Studios, Westlake Pro and the ADAM Audio showroom.

Full programming and exhibition particulars proceed to be introduced, so go to the occasion web site for essentially the most up-to-date data.

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Mix Nashville: SSL and ATC to Team Up at Starstruck Studios

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Mix Nashville: SSL and ATC to Team Up at Starstruck

Nashville, TN (May 8, 2023)—Solid State Logic was the primary sponsor to enroll in the upcoming  Mix Nashville: Immersive Music Production occasion, adopted quickly after by monitor producer ATC. The in-person occasion, happening in Music Row on Saturday, May 20, is bringing collectively leaders within the area, from prime mixers and engineers to the cutting-edge corporations creating the audio gear bringing spatial audio to life. But there’s different causes, too, why SSL is part of Mix Nashville.

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SSL has an extended affiliation with Starstruck Studios, relationship again to the ability’s opening within the early Nineteen Nineties, and Phil Wagner, the pinnacle of SSL within the U.S., was one of many early supporters of immersive audio, relationship again to 2013 when the format first appeared in high-end post-production.

On Saturday, May 20, SSL and ATC will host listening periods and casual immersive music mixing tutorials on the all-day occasion, main attendees by Starstruck’s new 7.1.4 Dolby Atmos combine room that facilities round an SSL System T S500 console and ATC monitoring system that features (3) ATC SCM110 for the left-center-right, (4) SCM45i for the surrounds, (4) ATC SCM25i for the heights, and (2) SCM0.1/15sl for LFE.

“When Starstruck opened, it was instantly one of many prime studios within the nation, and I can keep in mind when Don Wersheba offered them the 2 9000 J Series boards for the Pond and the Gallery,” Wagner says. “They’re nonetheless there, and so they’re working superb. So it solely made sense that when Starstruck needed to construct a world-class immersive music studio, they might come again to SSL. It’s an amazing relationship we’ve developed.”

Mix Nashville: Immersive Music Production is produced along side Host Partners Curb Studios, Belmont University and Blackbird Studio. During the day, Host Partner Curb Studios, together with Black River Entertainment, Columbia Studio A and Starstruck Studios, will characteristic a sequence of professional panels, mission profiles, know-how exhibitions and demonstrations, interviews with prime engineers and producers, immersive listening periods, and far more. At night time, the occasion strikes to the close by Berry Hill neighborhood for a celebration at Blackbird Studio, along side a Studio Crawl that includes immersive music Listening Sessions at numerous close by studios, together with Imogen Sound, Sputnik Sound, Addiction Sound Studios, Westlake Pro and the ADAM Audio showroom.

Full programming and exhibition particulars proceed to be introduced, so go to the occasion web site for probably the most up-to-date info.

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Mix Nashville: SSL and ATC to Team Up at Starstruck Studios

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Mix Nashville: SSL and ATC to Team Up at Starstruck

Nashville, TN (May 8, 2023)—Solid State Logic was the primary sponsor to enroll in the upcoming  Mix Nashville: Immersive Music Production occasion, adopted quickly after by monitor producer ATC. The in-person occasion, happening in Music Row on Saturday, May 20, is bringing collectively leaders within the discipline, from high mixers and engineers to the cutting-edge firms creating the audio gear bringing spatial audio to life. But there’s different causes, too, why SSL is part of Mix Nashville.

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SSL has an extended affiliation with Starstruck Studios, courting again to the ability’s opening within the early Nineteen Nineties, and Phil Wagner, the top of SSL within the U.S., was one of many early supporters of immersive audio, courting again to 2013 when the format first appeared in high-end post-production.

On Saturday, May 20, SSL and ATC will host listening classes and casual immersive music mixing tutorials on the all-day occasion, main attendees by Starstruck’s new 7.1.4 Dolby Atmos combine room that facilities round an SSL System T S500 console and ATC monitoring system that features (3) ATC SCM110 for the left-center-right, (4) SCM45i for the surrounds, (4) ATC SCM25i for the heights, and (2) SCM0.1/15sl for LFE.

“When Starstruck opened, it was instantly one of many high studios within the nation, and I can keep in mind when Don Wersheba offered them the 2 9000 J Series boards for the Pond and the Gallery,” Wagner says. “They’re nonetheless there, they usually’re working high quality. So it solely made sense that when Starstruck needed to construct a world-class immersive music studio, they’d come again to SSL. It’s an awesome relationship we’ve developed.”

Mix Nashville: Immersive Music Production is produced along side Host Partners Curb Studios, Belmont University and Blackbird Studio. During the day, Host Partner Curb Studios, together with Black River Entertainment, Columbia Studio A and Starstruck Studios, will function a sequence of skilled panels, venture profiles, expertise exhibitions and demonstrations, interviews with high engineers and producers, immersive listening classes, and way more. At night time, the occasion strikes to the close by Berry Hill neighborhood for a celebration at Blackbird Studio, along side a Studio Crawl that includes immersive music Listening Sessions at quite a lot of close by studios, together with Imogen Sound, Sputnik Sound, Addiction Sound Studios, Westlake Pro and the ADAM Audio showroom.

Full programming and exhibition particulars proceed to be introduced, so go to the occasion web site for probably the most up-to-date info.

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Mix Nashville: Focusrite Pro Goes Immersive at Curb Studios

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Mix Nashville: Immersive Music Production Focusrite Pro Goes Immersive at Curb Studios

Nashville, TN (May 4, 2023)—A pioneer from the early days of organising immersive audio combine methods, Focusrite Pro will take over the newly renovated Curb Studios on the coronary heart of Music Row on May 20 and current a collection of knowledgeable panel discussions on mixing and mastering immersive music as a part of  Mix Nashville: Immersive Music Production.

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As Dave Rieley, director of Focusrite Professional Group, North America, mentioned in signing up, “We wish to speak about what folks speak about once they’re sitting down with others within the studio.” They are doing simply that, with three scheduled panels through the day that includes a group of Nashville’s best mixing and mastering expertise. The lineup contains:

Why You NEED Immersive Mastering (Despite What You May Hear): Panelists: Daniel Bacigalupi and Pete Lyman

Do’s and Don’ts of Working in Immersive: Panelists: Daniel Bacigalupi and Brandon Towles

Immersive: Past, Present & Future: Panelists: Rob Burrell, J. Clark, F. Reid Shippen, Colin Heldt

“In my time working in music, I’ve met a number of nice individuals who really love working in audio,” Rieley mentioned. “So I made certain that our panels are purely about serving to to enhance the immersive group. These are the matters that we have to be speaking about to maneuver immersive music ahead in a optimistic manner—and never go the best way of 5.1.”

During the night portion of the occasion, which takes place within the close by Berry Hill neighborhood, ADAM Audio, a member of the Focusrite Pro Group, will open up its showroom and play again Dolby Atmos tracks on the corporate’s new A Series monitor system.

Full programming and exhibition particulars to be introduced shortly. Visit the occasion web site for probably the most up-to-date info.

Mix Nashville: Immersive Music Production is produced along side Host Partners Curb Studios, Belmont University and Blackbird Studio. During the day, Host Partner Curb Studios, together with Quonset Hut, Starstruck Studios, and Front Stage/Back Stage Studios, will function a collection of knowledgeable panels, venture profiles, expertise exhibitions and demonstrations, interviews with high engineers and producers, immersive listening classes, and far more. At night time, the occasion strikes to the close by Berry Hill neighborhood for a celebration at world-renowned Blackbird Studio, along side a Studio Crawl that includes immersive music Listening Sessions at plenty of close by studios.

More info will be discovered on the Mix Nashville: Immersive Music Production web site.

For info on sponsorship alternatives, contact Mix writer Janis Crowley.

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Dann Huff, David Leonard to Keynote at Mix Nashville!

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Mix Nashville keynote conversation

Nashville, TN (May 2, 2023)—Two of Nashville’s most proficient studio professionals over the previous 30 years, producer/artist Dann Huff and producer/engineer David Leonard, will settle into director’s chairs at Columbia Studio A on Saturday, May 20, and kick off Mix Nashville: Immersive Music Production with a free-ranging dialogue on the artwork and enterprise of the still-new audio codecs, moderated by producer/engineer F. Reid Shippen.

The Keynote Conversation, “Immersive Music Production—Art Meets Commerce,” opens the all-day professional audio occasion, which takes place alongside Music Row in the course of the day with a collection of knowledgeable panels and sponsored programming, together with Host Partner Curb Studio, and in Berry Hill at evening, with a social gathering, studio crawl and immersive listening periods beginning at Host Partner Blackbird Studio.

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“Nashville has a ridiculous quantity of studio expertise—engineers, producers, musicians, singers, songwriters—and Dann Huff and David Leonard have earned their spots on the prime of any record that features the phrases ‘recording’ or ‘music,’” says Tom Kenny, co-editor of Mix. “The mixture of Dann’s artist/producer perspective and David’s huge mixing expertise, which incorporates a whole bunch of immersive tracks, is an ideal match for what’s happening in recording right now. Throw within the technical information, inventive sense and enterprise acumen of Reid Shippen guiding the chat, and it guarantees to be a full of life and informative session.”

Dann Huff, a Nashville native, has been one in all nation and rock music’s most in-demand producers and session guitarists since debuting as a member of the band White Heart along with his brother David within the early Eighties, and later within the band Giant. He is a three-time CMA Musician of the Year, in addition to a two-time Academy of Country Music Producer of he Year, working with artists equivalent to Faith Hill, Megadeth, Martina McBride, Rascal Flatts and Lonestar, amongst many others.

Grammy-winning engineer David Leonard has quietly put collectively one of many most interesting recording/mixing resumes of anybody in any metropolis, over the previous 30-plus years, together with the early Prince albums and almost your complete John Mellencamp assortment. Since transferring to Nashville in 1992, he has labored primarily out of East Iris Studios, the place over the previous 5 years, he has combined a whole bunch of Dolby Atmos tracks for Universal Music Group, whereas additionally working along with his personal purchasers on their immersive remixes, together with the Prince property, Mellencamp and lots of different artists, each legacy and new.

Previously, Mix introduced a collection of knowledgeable panels titled “Separate But Equal: The Stereo and Immersive Mixes” and “Monitoring the Mix: Speakers and Headphones,” which may also happen in Columbia Studio A. Panelists embody Jeff Balding, Vance Powell, Matt McClure, Will Kienzle, Pete Lyman, Chuck Ainlay and others to be introduced quickly.

Participating studios on Music Row embody Curb Studio, Columbia Studio A, Starstruck Studios (Gallery, Pond and new immersive combine studio), and Black River Entertainment (Front Stage, Back Stage, new immersive combine studio). Participating studios in Berry Hill embody Blackbird Studio (Studio C, Studio F), Imogen Sound, Sputnik Sound, Addiction Sound Studios, Westlake Pro, and the ADAM Audio showroom.

For extra info and a reduction on tickets, please go to Mix Nashville: Immersive Music Production.

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Mix Nashville: Immersive Music Production Sets Party Agenda

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Blackbird Studios is just one of the many studios involved in the evening party and studio crawl at Mix Nashville: Immersive Music Production.
Blackbird Studios is simply one of many many studios concerned within the night occasion and studio crawl at Mix Nashville: Immersive Music Production.

Nashville, TN (April 28, 2023)—The incredible Mix Nashville: Immersive Music Production occasion is barely three weeks away, and now extra particulars will be shared in regards to the thrilling night that can cap off a day of pro-level studying and listening. Taking place Saturday, May 20, in Berry Hill, the night will embody meals and drinks, a studio crawl, listening classes and even a scavenger hunt! Don’t miss it—register immediately!

NIGHTTIME IN BERRY HILL

After an entire day of unbelievable panels and seminars inside Columbia Studio A, Curb Studios, Starstruck Studios and Black River Entertainment on Music Row, Mix Nashville heads over to Berry Hill for heaps extra!

6:00 – 9:00 P.M. Blackbird Studio

The night begins at Host Partner Blackbird Studio, one of many world’s main recording amenities, the place attendees will have fun the day with meals, drinks, stay band, trade networking and immersive music listening classes.

Curated tracks, in addition to on-demand requests from the streamers, will probably be performed constantly in each Studio C, which incorporates a twin combine surroundings, with a 9.1.4 Dolby Atmos system (Avid S6 console, ATC displays) in a single path and an API/Genelec-based Sony 360RA setup within the different, and Studio F, that includes a 9.1.4 Dolby Atmos (ATC displays) immersive music combine surroundings.

6:00 – 9:00 P.M. Studio Crawl and Listening Sessions

The Berry Hill neighborhood of Nashville options the very best focus of immersive music combine studios within the nation! All taking part studios listed are inside a three-block radius of Blackbird, and all through the night, shuttle buses will run in 15-minute loops in order that attendees can go to a wide range of immersive combine environments. The Studio Crawl amenities embody:

    • Blackbird Studio: See above. The occasion begins right here!
    • Imogen Sound: Jeff Balding’s 9.1.4 Genelec-based combine studio.
    • Sputnik Sound: Vance Powell showcases his new 9.1.4 ATC Dolby Atmos system
    • Westlake Pro: Retailer’s in-house Design Group constructed an in-house showcase immersive music combine studio
    • ADAM Audio: Speaker-maker’s showroom with a brand-new 7.1.4 ADAM Audio A Series playback system
    • With extra to be introduced!

Additionally, Vintage King and Avid have partnered to host a scavenger hunt in the course of the studio crawl. Look for the Vintage King and Avid set-ups at Blackbird Studio, Imogen Sound, and Sputnik—at each, you’ll have an opportunity to seize swag, speak gear, and enter to win certainly one of three Avid MBox interfaces.

DON’T MISS IT—REGISTER TODAY!

*Note: To lower down on parking, buses will probably be offered at 5:30 and 5:45 p.m. for the 15-minute drive from Columbia Studio A (Music Row) to Blackbird Studio (Berry Hill). No return buses will probably be offered.

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Mix Nashville: Immersive Music Production Announces First Panels

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Mix Nashville: Immersive Music Production
Mix Nashville: Immersive Music Production

Nashville, TN (April 20, 2023)—Mix Nashville: Immersive Music Production, an all-day event focused on the emerging technologies, techniques and artistic opportunities driving the surge in Dolby Atmos and Sony RA360 content, has announced its first programming offerings, with more to be announced in the coming weeks.

The event, which will take place along a one-block stretch of Nashville’s Music Row, followed by a nighttime networking party and listening sessions in nearby Berry Hill, will take place on Saturday, May 20, 2023, opening with a Keynote Conversation in the historic Columbia Studio A. Numerous top pro-audio brands are involved with the event, so they will be on-hand, too. The Early Bird Registration Price ends on Saturday, April 22, so book now to secure your ticket for just $99!

Separate But Equal: The Stereo and Immersive Mixes

Which comes first? The stereo mix or the immersive mix? Or can they take place simultaneously? For many, stereo comes first, with the immersive mix becoming a “blown-up” version of the two-channel spread. For others, the immersive mix offers an opportunity for an entirely new approach to the song. Still others work on both at the same time. No matter the approach, all engineers agree that it should be the artist’s intent and vision that drives the process.

Panelists: Chuck Ainlay, Matt McClure, Jeff Balding and Will Kienzle

Moderator: Tom Kenny, Co-Editor, Mix

 

Monitoring the Mix: Speakers and Headphones

Nothing beats the experience of listening to an immersive mix on a properly tuned 7.1.4, 9.1.4, or even 13.1.6 monitor system, but statistics show that more than 90 percent of consumers will be listening through headphones or soundbars. For the mix engineer, headphones have become much more than a tool to “check” a mix or keep an ear on the binaural version; they’ve become an integral part of the production process, from the initial mix on through the approvals. With recent technology advances from Sony, Sennheiser, Apple and others, both mobile production and studio-based workflows are taking advantage and edging ever closer to providing an optimum consumer playback experience.

Panelists: Vance Powell, Pete Lyman and more to be announced

Moderator: Clive Young, Co-Editor, Mix

Book your early bird pass today – offer ends this Saturday, April 22!

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