Last year I covered the Atlantis Music Conference and ReMIX Hotel Conference for my students who couldn’t attend.  This year I have a presenter’s showcase to attend and won’t be able to make it to either of these.  This year’s ReMIX  schedule has 2 solid panel presentations:

1.  Mixing by the Numbers;  -Frequency Ranges for Musical elements.  This would be a great one for beginning mix engineers!!  Learn how to carve out space in a mix so that every player sounds like a star!

2. The Path to Enlightenment – Signal Chains for Recording and Live Performance.  There will be some grey areas in recording due to tastes, but I’d really like to hear the panel talk about processing for live venues.  In this age of rack-mounted “do-it-all” processors, just what are the pros using to get a killer club sound?  It’s like that 200 item Chinese buffet I sometimes visit in a nearby town;  –too many choices and putting some combinations on your plate will lead to stomach pains!

Anyway, I know most of my students won’t be able to skip school and go, but if anyone’s interested, here’s the link:

http://www.wantickets.com/EventDetail.aspx?e_id=43320

The All-Access pass this year gets you admission to the Atlantis Music Conference and panels.  (Remember that Grammy U members may get a free upgrade to VIP All-access status;  –they did last year.  Grammy U is also holding a mixer on the 16th of September.  Details here.)

Atlantis has a couple of good panels on getting/keeping jobs in the music industry and touring.  Since the two events go on simultaneously and are within a brief MARTA ride from each other, it makes for a good networking and educational value.  

Got a band?  Wanna play at the conference?  Chances are slim, but there might still be a few spots available here:

http://www.atlantismusic.com/Festival_ShowcaseApp.html

Get on their mailing list and check back next year in July!!

Video remixing intrigues me, but I don’t think I’ll be able to buy any equipment anytime soon…the startup cost is just too high!  Luckily, we can all use simple video editing programs like Windows Movie Maker or I-Movie to mix and mash bits of a/v.

After hanging out with DVDJ UNIQUE, I had to check out the other works at www.videoassassins.com. A Halloween party remix!  (but not for the squeamish!)…

This is big news  if you’ve ever wondered what that track would sound like a few BPM faster but you know that you’d never play that riff that well again.  Digi’s “Elastic Audio” algorithm is ready to hit the market in the next ProTools version! We’re talking about the power to change the tempo of any audio track in real time with NO ARTIFACTS! REALTIME!
They’ve been talking about this for “down the road” (check out Dave Lebolt’s message in the latest DIGIZINE) but my inside source says it’s really close to the street date!

Download Rodney demonstrates the KAOS controller..

Download DVDJay

First we remember the old beat producers…while working on deconstructing a hihat sound…

Download Lofi Hihatz

Then we explain how portable the new generation of Pro Tools rigs are…with cameo by Johnny Andrews…

Download Plus the amazing ICON control surface makes an appearance…

It’s time!  I’m packing the Nova for the big conference trip and will be trying to make my first post tonight after the limo roll at the NARAS party.  I’m guessing it will be too loud and too crazy to make any meaningful interview happen, but we’ll see how it goes…

In the meantime, Faithful Reader,  check out these two excellent resources for the mix artist  here and here.

Remix TV here.

Atlantis Showcase Artists Music Player here.

Peace,

-j

 Atlanta, Georgia –  Here’s the lowdown on the REMIX HOTEL from their website (www.remixhotel.com/atlanta/) :

 REMIX HOTEL ATLANTA 2007

Sept. 20-22, 2007SAE Institute of Technology – Atlanta

Learn From Industry Leaders:

Hank Shocklee hosts interactive panels on hot music industry topics:

Beatology 101: Bring your Freshest instrumental tracks and get feedback from:

- Stoni (International Producer’s Association beat battle Champion),

- Arnaz “The Nazty One” Smith (Young Jeezy),

- Khao (T.I., Paul Wall, Young Dro, Ruben Studdard, Lil Kim)

- Eliot Carter (Chief Engineer for T.I.’s Echo Recording Studio)

Mix Tape VS Radio DJs:

- DJ Jelly, Ray Hamilton, DJ Scorpio (aka Captain Crunk), DJ Kaspa

Digidesign, Roland, Ableton & Yamaha Present Master Classes

The hottest manufacturers will present the latest and greatest music gear and master classes on how to use said gear at RHATL. There’s nothing sweeter than learning from the pros. Here is the class schedule:

Digidesign

Thursday & Friday from 2:30-3:30 p.m., and Saturday from 1:30-2:30 p.m. in the Microsoft Master Class and Lecture Room

Roland

Intro to MV-8800 Production Studio, Thursday & Friday from 5:30-6:30 p.m., and Saturday from 4:30-5:30 p.m. in the Microsoft Master Class and Lecture Room

Ableton

Thursday from 4-5 p.m., and Saturday from 3-4 p.m. in the Microsoft Master Class and Lecture Room

Yamaha

Thursday & Friday from 7-8 p.m., and Saturday from 6-7 p.m. in the Microsoft Master Class and Lecture Room

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Michael Kohler, Master of Sound for ATHF movie & Adult Swim shows, at RHATL

The mic rule-ah behind the sound for the Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters

http://www.adultswim.com/shows/athf/movie/index.html, Michael Kohler, will participate in a Q&A session for Remix Hotel Atlanta on Friday, Sept. 21, from 3:30-4:30 p.m. in the Microsoft Master Class and Lecture Room at the SAE Institute. In addition to Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters, Kohler has worked on the music and sound for other Adult Swim shows such as Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law and 12 oz. Mouse. The Aqua Teen movie involved foley, sound design, editing, recording, composition and finally mixing and mastering at Skywalker Sound.

This video blog is for sharing with my students all the musicians, engineers and technology I’ll encounter at the upcoming Atlantis Music Conference and Remix Hotel Conference in Atlanta, Georgia. Don’t expect a lot to happen until Sept. 19th,  but then watch out!

Check out  http://remixhotel.com and http://www.atlantismusic.com/