RECORDING MAGAZINE SEPTEMBER www.twitter.com/recordingmag 10 16 24 REVIEWS 12 Summit Audio Everest. A world-class channel strip provides ultimate flexibility with four separately addressable modules. REVIEW BY PAUL VNUK JR. FEATURES 10 Ten Steps To Better Mixes. Straight talk on procedures and plans that will make your mixes go smoother and sound better. BY SEAN SHANNON 20 FXpansion DCAM: Synth Squad. Three historic synth designs and a powerful framework to link them up, all in one glorious software package. REVIEW BY MIKE METLAY 16 Mixing in Pro Tools: A 10-Step Program To Get The Job Done. Ten more steps on making mixes happening, this time aimed at the Pro Tools beginner! BY MARK HORNSBY 26 Focusrite Saffire Pro 24 DSP. Can this FireWire interface really help you hear problems your mix might suffer when played back on other systems? Read and find out. REVIEW BY MIKE METLAY 54 It’s Your Money—Know Your Rights. Chapter 6: Income Earned By Songs— Part 1. Mechanical royalties are what you’re owed every time a CD, LP, or download of your song is sold... but what you actually get paid can get pretty murky. Read, learn, and be prepared! 30 Mackie Onyx-i Series Mixers. 26 A leap forward in FireWire integration and analog warmth, with lots of handy extras. REVIEWS BY MIKE METLAY 34 Zoom G2.1Nu. 30 INTERVIEWS BY TODD GASCON WITH BRUCE KAPHAN This handy guitar multieffector also acts as an audio interface with a powerful software punch— and it’s easier to program than ever before. REVIEW BY MIKE METLAY 24 Miking and Mixing a Symphony Orchestra. Mike Pappas tracks and mixes the Colorado Symphony Orchestra—in surround!—from a basement mix suite, and we’re there to fill you in on the details. 38 ADK Microphones Berlin 47 Au and Cremona 251 Au. These solid-state mics are voiced to evoke the flavors of vintage favorites. How do they fare in the studio? REVIEWS BY PAUL VNUK JR. REGULARS 2 Fade In. 6 Talkback. INTERVIEW BY LORENZ RYCHNER 46 Sanyo Xacti Sound Recorder. How small can a portable digital recorder get before it’s too small for serious music work? REVIEW BY MIKE METLAY 48 Recording’s Showcase of Sounds. 34 8 Fast Forward. 56 Readers’ Tapes. BY MARTY PETERS COVER DESIGN BY SCOTT SIMMONDS audiobro LA Scoring Strings. REVIEW BY GARY ESKOW 50 iZotope Alloy. Rejoice! The audio quality that made iZotope’s Ozone mastering software famous, now in a CPUfriendly suite of tracking/mixing plug-ins. REVIEW BY JOHN ROSSI III 64 Fade Out. AES: Calling All Students. GUEST EDITORIAL BY SCOTT DORSEY 57 Advertiser Index. 50 12http://www.twitter.com/recordingmag