Behind the scenes of Bonnie Tyler’s classic “Total Eclipse of the Heart”

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Mix Blog Live: Back to the Future If you've ever wondered about the origins of the term "snapshot memory," it might come as a surprise that it has analog roots, and that an analog safety might still make sense. Read the feature

From Mix: Composer Tyler Bates There’s no pigeonholing composer/producer Tyler Bates. In the morning he might be working on composing music for Cirque Du Soleil’s first-ever live action thriller, R.U.N., set to debut at the Luxor in Las Vegas this November. And in the afternoon he may be writing with his co-producer Gavin Rossdale for the Bush album, due out early 2020. Or perhaps he’ll be working on the music for the second season of “Purge” for the USA Network. Find out more

Scott Litt Remixes R.E.M.'s "Monster" for 25th Anniversary Reissue Engineer/producer Scott Litt recently installed Ocean Way Audio's HR4S monitor system in his Venice, Calif., recording studio and put them to use on a new mix of his original production for R.E.M.’s 25th Anniversary release of "Monster,” out November 1. Find out more

Why Sylvia Massy Goes to the Mojave Sylvia Massy, a producer and engineer known for her work with Tool, Johnny Cash, Prince, Tom Petty, and the Red Hot Chili Peppers, owns a Mojave Audio microphone collection that includes the MA-1000 tube microphone featuring an original new old-stock 5840 tube, the MA-200 large diaphragm, vacuum tube condenser microphone, the MA-100 small diaphragm tube microphone, and the MA-101fet small diaphragm solid state microphone. Find out more

Classic Tracks: "Total Eclipse of the Heart" Producer/engineer Neil Dorfsman laughs as he declares Bonnie Tyler’s “Total Eclipse of the Heart” an example of all the excesses of ’80s audio. Behind the scenes of Bonnie Tyler’s classic earworm. Find out more

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