MUSIC
MIX MOBILE EMPLOYS WAVES DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING FOR THE ROCK
& ROLL HALL OF FAME’S 25TH ANNIVERSARY CONCERT
—
Waves’ critically acclaimed bundles allow remote recording
specialists Music Mix Mobile to take live recordings straight
into post-production with all processing parameters intact, saving
time and money while ensuring a great-sounding show —
TEL
AVIV, ISRAEL, December 4, 2009 — The Rock & Roll
Hall of Fame’s 25th Anniversary Concert brought together
some of the most legendary names in music, including Crosby, Stills
& Nash, Jackson Browne, James Taylor, Simon & Garfunkel,
Dion, Stevie Wonder, Sting, Smokey Robinson, Bruce Springsteen
& the E Street Band, Aretha Franklin, Lou Reed, Ozzy Osbourne
and U2. The concerts took place over two nights, October 29th
and 30th, 2009, at Madison Square Garden in New York City, and
on November 30th were broadcast on HBO. Creating a consistent
sonic context for such a wide range of performers was the challenge
faced by Music Mix Mobile,
a New Jersey/California-based remote facilities company combining
the talents of award-winning production professionals and state-of-the-art
audio solutions. The Music Mix Mobile team includes industry veterans
John Harris, Jay Vicari, Joel Singer, Mitch Maketansky and newly
added West Coast-based partners Bob Wartinbee and Mark Linett.
For this prestigious concert, they relied on plug-ins from Waves
Audio, a leading provider of digital signal processing solutions.
The
broadcast music mix for the concert was handled by John Harris
and Jay Vicari, working out of their M3 truck and also using their
M1 Flightpack system; the audio was supervised by Technical Producer
Gayle DePoli; and Firehouse Productions provided the sound system,
with guest Front-of-House mixers for each respective act. Carl
Glanville did the remix in post-production for the broadcast on
behalf of Music Mix Mobile.
Waves’
SSL 4000 Collection and V-Series provided vintage EQ, compression,
dynamics and other processing, modeled on classic SSL and Neve
consoles. But in addition to providing state-of-the-art signal
processing, the Waves bundles also gave the process an ergonomic
workflow boost. “The whole premise was that we would take
the capture of these performances seamlessly from recording to
post-production, and the Waves was key to that,” explains
Joel Singer, Co-Founder and Vice President of Engineering for
Music Mix Mobile. “The settings on all of the processing
were part of the Pro Tools sessions, so John and Jay were able
to hand the sessions over to Carl just as they had recorded them.
When Carl hit play, all the sounds were right there. This is workflow
at its finest: saving time and money but never cutting any corners.”
This
was the same way that Music Mix Mobile has been able to deliver
such pristine performances at other recent broadcast events, including
the CMA Awards, the Foo Fighters on VH1 and U2’s performance
from the Rose Bowl in Pasadena. “We couldn’t do everything
we’re able to without the Waves plug-ins – they make
the job so much easier,” says Singer. “They’ve
become part of our workflow. For instance, the Renaissance Maxx
Bundle is a staple of the vocal chain, and the Waves MV360°
Surround Dynamics Processor is an outstanding multichannel compressor
that’s infinitely tweakable and lets us deliver consistency
in 5.1. Waves have become our go-to processors of choice. They’ve
become indispensable.”
For
more information, please visit www.waves.com.
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About Music Mix Mobile, LLC
New Jersey/California-based Music Mix Mobile, LLC, is a full-service
remote recording company that combines the talents of award-winning
production professionals and state-of-the-art audio solutions,
resulting in superior audio recordings, streamlined production
values and long-term customer relations. For more information,
visit the Music Mix Mobile web site at: http://www.musicmixmobile.com.
About
Waves Ltd.:
Waves is a leading provider of audio DSP solutions for professional,
broadcast, and consumer electronics audio markets. Waves has over
15 years of expertise in the development of psycho-acoustic signal
processing algorithms that leverage knowledge on the human perception
of hearing to radically improve perceived sound quality. Waves’
award-winning processors are utilized to improve sound quality
in the creation of hit records, major motion pictures, and popular
video games worldwide. Waves offers computer software solutions
as well as hardware plus software solutions for the professional
and broadcast markets. Under its Maxx brand, Waves offers semiconductor
and licensable algorithms for consumer electronics applications.
Waves’ Maxx technologies dramatically enhance audio performance
and are used by industry leaders such as Sony, Sanyo, JVC, Toshiba,
and many others. For more information, visit the Waves web site
at http://www.waves.com.
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