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Mix OnlineVideoNexo Introduces microNXAMP4X1 Amp Plailly Cedex, France (November 5, 2026)— Nexo has launched the microNXAMP4X1 , combining advanced signal processing for all Nexo speakers with four-channel Class-D amplifiers and native Dante…

Mix OnlineVideoFOH Engineer on Stem Mixing and Compatibility Pierce the Veil front-of-house engineer J.P. Huff at the SSL L550 Plus. San Diego, CA (November 5, 2026)—J.P.

Mix OnlineVideoSteinberg Cubase 16 Brings Enhancements Hamburg, Germany (November 5, 2026)— Steinberg has added new creative tools and significant workflow improvements in Cubase 16, the latest version of its award-winning DAW.

Mix OnlineVideoMix Live Blog: Dorothy Was Right Pino’s Restaurant in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, has a history dating back to the mid-1970s. Photo by Steve La Cerra. I’ve been home now for two weeks after an extended tour of the UK and Europe.

Mix OnlineVideoKLANG OS Update Delivers New Control Features Aachen, Germany (November 4, 2026)— KLANG:technologies has released KOS 6.1, the latest update to its operating system and KLANG:app, which gives every mix its own reverb and adds a safety limiter…

Mix OnlineVideoK-array Sponsors Rick Rubin’s Festival of the Sun in Italy Florence, Italy (November 4, 2026)— K-array served as technical sponsor for audio across the performances, conversations and artistic moments at Tuscany’s Festival of the Sun , curated by producer…

Mix OnlineVideoRaye’s Audio Team Talks Console Scalability Raye FOH front-of-house engineer Matthias Simmons mixes on a DiGiCo Quantum326 console. London, UK (November 4, 2026)— Mercury Prize-winning artist Raye is equally at ease in a vast stadium or an…

Mix OnlineVideoAEA Debuts Ribbon Mic Documentary Pasadena, CA (November 4, 2026)—A new YouTube documentary, Behind the Ribbon | The AEA Story , explores the history of the ribbon microphone and the people whose knowledge and craftsmanship have…

Mix OnlineVideoElectric Feel Debuts New Miami Studios, HQ The Jade Room, Electric Feel Studios, Miami. PHOTO: Ali Kabas Musical talent development and collaboration company Electric Feel Entertainment has opened its new Miami headquarters, a multi-story…

Mix OnlineVideoSeen on the Scene: AES Nashville 2026, Part 2 Stepping out of the convention into the Opryland Resort and Convention Center is far nicer than stepping out on to 11th Avenue in NYC during AES.

Mix OnlineVideoJHS Colour Box V2 Preamp Pedal – A Mix Mini Review The Basics: Josh Scott’s stompbox preamp pedal with 3-band EQ, $449. The Apps: It’s no secret that wrecking sounds on the way in has a special magic to it—a certain element of chaos and inspiration…

Mix OnlineVideoNAMM Show Adds TEC Tracks Live Sound Summit for 2027 Photo: Future. Anaheim, CA (November 3, 2026)—Live sound has long been a key part of the NAMM Show , which takes place once again at the Anaheim Convention Center from Jan. 26-30.

Mix OnlineVideoField-Testing Lectrosonics’ New Mic Bill Kole, composer, sound designer and founder of Mission Control Productions. Los Angeles, CA (November 3, 2026)—Bill Kole, composer, sound designer and founder of Mission Control Productions…

Mix OnlineVideoJBL Pro 3 Series MkIII Studio Monitors and Sub Debut The JBL Professional 3 Series MkIII powered studio monitor family. Northridge, CA (November 3, 2026)—The JBL Professional 3 Series has undergone a considerable redesign and now it’s back with a…

Mix OnlineVideoSeen on the Scene: AES Nashville 2026, Part 1 AES Nashville 2026, seen here early on Saturday as the exhibit floor was warming up. Photo: Future. Nashville, TN (November 2, 2026)—Nashville knows a little something about having a good time, so…

Mix OnlineVideoA Studio Atop the Alps Infinity Studio will be situated 2,600 meters above sea level in the Ötztal Alps. Sölden, Austria (November 2, 2026)—Musicians always have high aspirations for their music, and soon they’ll be able…

Mix OnlineVideoSession Pro GmbH Brings it for Brass Festival Woodstock of Brass Music. Photo: Sebastian Stahrl. Courtesy of Woodstock of Brass Music. Ort im Innkreis, Austria (November 2, 2026)—There’s a lot of festivals out there, but few are more unique than…

Mix OnlineVideoGermany’s RTL News Preps for IP Future RTL News in Germany recently completed a modernization of Audio Control Room TR 1 at its Cologne headquarters.

Mix OnlineVideoOllo Audio Launches X2 Reference Headphones Ollo Audio X2 Reference Headphones Slovenia (November 2, 2026)—Audiophile brand Ollo Audio has updated its mixing engineer headphones with the introduction of the X2, a handmade, open-back studio…

Mix OnlineVideoSteve Vai on Power, The ‘SatchVai’ Album and More Steve Vai is currently on the road with BEAT, as seen here at Quarry Amphitheater at USC Santa Cruz, CA. Photo: Steve Jennings / Getty Images.

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The hot shoe is where the flash goes, and the microphone, and the monitor, and whatever the next decade bolts on. Every camera has one and nobody photographs it. This magazine is named after it because that is where the whole business meets: the body, the glass, the light, the sound, and the person holding it.

I shot news in Gothenburg for nine years and documentary for hire after that, then stopped taking assignments to write about the tools. Since 2021 I live in Tokyo, ten minutes from the used-camera shops of Shinjuku, which is not an accident: Canon, Nikon, Sony, Fujifilm, Panasonic, Ricoh and Sigma make almost everything worth pointing at a subject, and their own press writes about it first, in Japanese. So this magazine reads it there, and in German, French, Italian and Spanish, and in English from the reviewers who actually put a card in the slot — around eighty sources and thirty channels, counted and plotted so you can see what is moving.

Bodies and lenses, cinema cameras and drones, film and the darkroom, firmware and the software that finishes the picture, the rumours before the launch and the reviews after it, and the photographers and shows the rest of it is for. I test what I write about on a job before a word goes down. I shoot film on Sundays and do not think that makes me interesting.

A story here is a headline, a short excerpt, one picture and the link to whoever reported it. We never reprint the article, and the picture belongs to the photographer or the maker. A story written in Japanese appears in Japanese, as its author set it down; the link goes to the original.

— Mara Lindqvist, Tokyo