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ISSUE 62


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 		FEATURES
RECORDING SUMMER AT EUREKA
Andy Stewart travels to Pete Murray’s home studio in northern NSW, to get the low down on the recording of yet another No. 1 album.

(WHAT’S THE STORY) BRUCE JOHNSTON?
Melbourne sound engineer and international live mix legend, Bruce Johnston, talks about what it takes to make it in the bigtime.

THE FINAL STRAW: CONSTRUCTING A STRAWBALE STUDIO
Michael Gissing takes us through the trials and tribulations of the construction of his new strawbale home studio in rural Tasmania. Conventional it aint!
 REVIEWS
KURZWEIL PC3X
Stage Piano

DPA 4017
Shotgun Microphone

USE AUDIO PLUGIATOR
Hardware/Software synth

PRESONUS MONITOR STATION
Desktop Controller

AUDIO-TECHNICA ATM 250DE
Instrument Microphone

BROADCAST PRO AUDIO
HARD-ON, TRANSLATOR & PASSIVE LINK
Connectivity Devices

M-AUDIO PROFIRE 2626
Digital Interface

REGULAR COLUMNS
HOME GROWN
Brad Watts takes on Home Grown duties and quickly discovers a local act working behind the scenes armed with some great gear.

ON THE BENCH
This issue Rob Squire lifts the lid on ‘passive’ and ‘active’ EQ designs.

PC & MAC AUDIO
Martin Walker asks: how much RAM is too much?
Meanwhile, Brad Watts looks forward to the arrival of a new feline.

THE FUTURE IS RINGING LIKE A BELL (BIRD)
Rick pulls over to the side of the road and re-discovers the voice of an old friend.

TUTORIALS
STAV’S WORD: RECORDING A 90-PIECE ORCHESTRA
Stav records an orchestra sporting his (until-now) top secret weapon: the ‘double mic’.

STEREO MIXING: THE ART, THE SCIENCE, THE FICTION
Mixing is becoming more and more complicated as the years progress. Andy Stewart offers us a few handy hints to keep us on track.

VINYL TRANSFER & RESTORATION USING WAVELAB 6
If you’re ‘restoring’ old vinyl masters, how far do you take it? Cal Orr gets us into the groove.

PAG-NAG
Hugh Covill explores a basic concept close to every live engineer’s heart: feedback and acoustic gain.