U2 played to a packed house at Phoenix’s Cardinal Stadium on October 20th where Conservatory Director of Education Kevin Becka got a behind the scenes tour for a story he wrote for the December issue of Mix Magazine.

This high-end system from Australia offers full HD video and hi-res audio production at a fraction of the price of other workstations. It’s based on Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) technology currently used in consoles from Digico and Calrec.

Fans and audio pros have been complaining about the sound of Metallica’s new CD, Death Magnetic, in comparison to the same tracks in Activision’s Guitar Hero III. News outlets including NME, UK Mastering engineer Ian Shepard’s blog, The Guardian, and Wired magazine have all carried stories featuring comparisons of the two releases including audio waveforms as evidence of over compression and distortion. You can see the difference in the waveforms below comparing the same song from the CD and GHIII. A mystery Metal producer actually remixed a song from the Guitar Hero stems and fans have circulated a petition calling for the record to be completely remixed.

Could this interactive hologram be used for an audio performance or even a DAW interface? Maybe a virtual studio?

This instructional DVD features over four hours of video footage, with one of Nashville’s top engineers - Shane Wilson. His discography includes Switchfoot, Third Day, Mercy Me, Owsley, and Big Kenny.

During the recent AES show in NY, we shot this video of Jasper Bailey and his amazing street performance