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AUDIO FOR BROADCAST,
POST, RECORDING AND
MULTIMEDIA PRODUCTION
V13.7 OCTOBER 2014 • ISSN 1477-4216
News & Analysis
4Leader
4News
Sales, contracts, appointments and biz bites.
14Products
New introductions and announcements.
69 Broadcast aside
Dennis says that we instinctively know when
something’s not right.
Craft
Business
62 Rating the business out of 100
After 100 issues, Nigel brings us up-to-date
on key industry sectors and scores them for
performance and potential.
68 Your business
Audio is everywhere and a career in audio is
possible if you look everywhere and don’t place
all your chips on music.
Technology
28 Neil Comber
64 Loudness metering in music
An engineer with respect for all stages of the
recording process explains the nature of his ‘finishing
operation’.
Circumstances have conspired to impose
loudness control on your music output so you
really need to meter correctly.
32 Liam Howe
66 Slaying dragons
Production with songwriting refined to the point of
science, we discuss writing weeks and carousels.
36 Andy Whitmore
A keyboard playing producer shares his thoughts on
production and his new rooms.
40Ten
Games with audio
41 Awards Winners’ Supplement
Celebrating the success of products and people.
51 Sweet spot
Genelec’s revolutionary new 8351 coaxial 3-way
active monitor explained and the new smaller SAM
monitors introduced.
The 100th Slaying Dragons article. John marks
the occasion by considering where dragons come
from, why there will always be a supply and what
to do about it.
Reviews
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Solid State Logic XL-Desk
Dspecialists Isostem Expert
Steinberg Nuendo V6.5
Analogue Tube AT-1
Antelope Audio Zen Studio
54 Early music, modern tech
How to record La Folia Baroque Orchestra in the
historic setting of the Palais in Dresden’s Great
Garden.
Featuring the same sonic signature
as the original, critically acclaimed
ATH-M50 headphone, across the
whole range.
Whether Recording, Mixing, DJing,
performing Live or simply out on
the road, the new M-Series
continue to deliver accurate audio,
everywhere.
57 Broadcasting Formula E
The creation and planning of the broadcast rig that
is following the new ‘eco’ motor racing series around
the world.
59 Sweet Spot
We look at the merits of the extra driver in a 3-way
system and introduce the KH 420 monitor.
70 Meet your maker
James Gordon, CEO of the ProAudio Group, explains
the console supergroup strategy.
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