Contents
August 2017
Vol.XXVIII No.4
DEPARTMENTS
9 INPUT
10 SIGNALS
Updates from across the
David Angus, Rico Lucia &
David Mohacsi
22 PRODUCT TESTS
Sennheiser’s MK4 Digital
microphone, Rupert Neve
Designs’ acclaimed Shelford
Channel & version 8 of
Acoustica’s Mixcraft Pro
Studio.
44 PRODUCTS
The latest technologies &
tools for pro audio
professionals
53 ADVERTISERS’ INDEX
56 SOUND ADVICE
In Conversation with Peter
McBoyle
58 ITINERARY
Your industry calendar
60 CLASSIFIEDS
62 PROJECT FILE
FEATURES
Canadian pro audio industry
18 PROFILE
Recreating the Woodstock experience with immersive audio, Pg. 30
CITT/ICTS’s New Mentorship
Program
On tour with Linkin Park,
FirstOntario Arts Centre
Milton & more
BILLY TALENT
Roaring Stadium Rock
Returns to Hamilton
26
By Michael Raine
Billy Talent headlined a big night of
hard rock at Hamilton’s Tim Horton’s
Field, featuring the largest Outline GTO
loudspeaker deployment in Canada to date.
REVOLUTION:
THE ‘60S REVISITED
MASTERING MATTERS
38
One-on-One with Lacquer
Channel’s Noah Mintz
By Andrew King
One of the country’s top mastering
engineers offers a candid and compelling
look at the current state of his art.
30
Immersive Sound Transports
Museum Visitors Back in Time
By Michael Raine
An innovative immersive audio design
is central to this unique museum exhibit
currently being hosted by the Montreal
Museum of Fine Arts.
Studio Base Bin founder Albert Chambers (right)
on his brand new creative hub, Pg.34
STUDIO BASE BIN
34
Conception to Production
Under One Roof
By Andrew King
The brand new home for this long-running
Montreal music hub features rehearsal
rooms with state-of-the-art technologies
alongside production and engineering
services and more.
The
Next
Stage
What’s on the
Horizon for
Theatre Sound?
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One-on-One with Lacquer
Channel’s Noah Mintz
You Say You Want a
Revolution?
Travelling Back in Time with
Immersive Audio
Base Bin Studios
Conception to Production
Under One Roof
PLUS: Toron
Linkin Park to’s Revival
’s Monitor Bar,
Rig & More
Cover Photo:
Billy Talent’s Ben
Kowalewicz onstage in
Hamilton by Nic Pouliot,
rockphoto.ca.