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News & Analysis 4 Leader 4 News Sales, contracts, appointments and biz bites.

14 Products New introductions and announcements.

57 Broadcast aside There’s always something new coming down the

pipe that we have to get a grip of.

58 Headroom Horns, books, dates (again) and the cause, of

course.

Craft 12 Pama 3 Studio An original studio reopens in a former mission

church in the beautiful Swedish coastline area of Kristianopel.

30 Steve Power Production breadth and variety don’t come much

broader and with more pedigree than Steve Power. Here’s how he produces and mixes.

34 Tom Dalgety A young producer with some solid success in rock

shares his ideas on mics and drums and cabs.

38 Askan Siegfried He’s a sound composer, a tonmeister and is

involved in various technical issues and solutions in German broadcasting. We ask about the practical side and the details.

42 Meet your maker: Lectrosonics The Rio Rancho-based purveyor of radio mic

systems to the TV and film industries is a full service manufacturer and developer. We take a look inside Lectrosonics.

46 Audio Networking Forum Photos and words from our inaugural Audio

Networking event.

51 Sweet spot New Latvian monitor manufacturer Square Audio

explains the thinking behind its unusual product.

Business 48 Vinyl phenomenon Sales of those black scratchy sounding things

continue to grow and manufacturing capacity is close to the limit. We consider the appeal and the practical aspects.

56 Your business Algorithmic/remote record production, mixing

and mastering isn’t science fiction — it’s also a sign of the times, says Dan.

Technology 54 Slaying dragons Given that loudspeakers are intended for human

listeners then they should be constructed in accordance with the way human hearing works..

Reviews 18 Softube Console 1 20 Antelope Audio Satori 22 Rode Stereo VideoMic X 24 Tascam CG-2000 26 A-Designs Ventura 27 TC Electronic DB6 aNorm 28 Genelec M040

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