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	ISSUE 51 SUBSCRIBE & WIN WIN a Mackie Onyx Satellite FEATURES BIG DAY OUT AT went to the Melbourne leg of the Big Day Out to check out some of the band mic setups and onstage antics. BEN ALLEN The 'man in the right place at the right time,' engineer Ben Allen has been at the forefront of the New York rap and Atlanta scenes for many years. AT caught up with him to get the low down on how these hits go down. RECORDING HAPPY FEET Regular AT contributor, Simon Leadley, offers us a personal, behind-the-scenes account of what was involved in the audio production of one of the biggest movies of the summer. LOCAL PRODUCE - AARON CUPPLES One of Australia's most talented young local musician/producers, Aaron Cupples, lifts the lid on two of his most recent (and very different) recording projects: Dan Kelly and The Alpha Males, and The Drones. EQUIPMENT TESTS 78 STUDER VISTA 5 Digital Console 84 A-DESIGNS PACIFICA Microphone Preamps 86 LAB.GRUPPEN FP+ Power Amplifier 88 DAS AUDIO REFERENCE 15 Loudspeaker 90 API A2D Preamp/Converter 92 MACKIE ONYX SATELLITE Firewire Interface 96 KORG MR-1000 & MR-1 Portable DSD Recorders 100 TL AUDIO M1 TUBETRACKER Valve Console 103 DIGIDESIGN STRIKE Instrument Plug-in 106 PRESONUS DIGIMAX FS Preamp/Converters 108 TC ELECTRONIC KONNEKT 24D Firewire Interface 110 YAMAHA EMX 5016CF Mixing Console REGULAR COLUMNS YOUR WORD Readers' letters. NEWS & NEW PRODUCTS Latest news and new product information, incuding product releases from NAMM 2007. PC & MAC AUDIO Martin Walker helps you build your own custom dual-core PC, while Brad Watts hooks up with undercover investigators to help you track down that missing laptop. REVIEWS IN BRIEF Yamaha Tyros2, Digidesign MBox Mini, Korg Kaoss Pad. THE LITTLE SCIENTIST WITHIN Episode 5042... TUTORIALS STAV'S WORD Are you a 'set and forget' mixer? Not for long. Stav opens our ears to the art of Sound Balance Engineering. PIRACY ON THE ICs The battle between the forces of 'good' and 'evil' has been raging for decades. AT sends in a SWAT team to investigate.