Hear Back on Display at "Digital Workstations: From the Garage to the GRAMMYs"

Marin County, California - On July 19, 2003, a capacity crowd of studio pros, home engineers, and artists flocked to "Digital Workstations: From the Garage to the GRAMMYs." Held on the Scoring Stage at Skywalker Sound, the San Francisco Chapter featured intimate professional demonstrations of the top digital workstations on the market and 20 pro-audio manufacturers exhibiting their latest products.

Engineers Phil Tan (Alicia Keys, Usher) on Digidesign’s Pro Tools, Larry Seyer (Asleep At The Wheel, Dixie Chicks) on Steinberg’s Nuendo system, and Jean-Marie Horvat (Jennifer Lopez, ‘N Sync) on Emagic’s Logic Platinum system revealed their creative and technical approaches to mixing. In addition to treating the audience to samples of their work from Usher, Ray Benson, Suzy Bogguss, and a preview of a brand new Aretha Franklin song, “The Only Thing Missin’," the three engineers were given an unreleased track by Egyptian pop artist Hakim, with guest vocals by James Brown. Each engineer spent an hour mixing the track on the spot, and the results were exciting illustrations of their very different engineering styles.

Exhibitors included representatives from Antares, Apogee, Apple Computer, Cakewalk, C-Tec, Digidesign, Dynaudio, Emagic, Guitar Center Pro, Hear Technologies, KRK Systems, Mackie, Microtech Gefell, Monster Cable, Presonus, Shure, Tannoy, TC Electronic, Universal Audio, and Waves.

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