Dec 1, 2011,
By Sarah Benzuly
On February 1-3, 2012, the second-annual Event Live Expo will take place at the Los Angeles Convention Center, coinciding with the Club + Venue Design Expo, and Pollstar’s Live! 2012 and the 23rd annual Pollstar Awards. The expo is free to all attendees who pre-register for entry passes online or register for Pollstar Live! 2012. The exhibition showcases industry tools for live event professionals involved in all aspects of the industry and includes booths and displays for staging, sound, lighting and A/V, as well as supporting services. The Club + Venue Design Expo is a conference for professionals involved with interior design, technology, installation and services of mid-sized entertainment venues (up to 7,000 capacity).
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Dec 1, 2011,
By Sarah Benzuly
Soundcraft recently wrapped up its first U.S. Mixing With Professionals series, starring front-of-house engineer Gert Sanner (Deep Purple). “It was great fun to go to L.A. [Harman’s headquarters in Northridge, Calif.], and the ‘Mixing With Professionals’ sessions were very successful,” Sanner says. “We had a good mixture of participants from both the rock ’n’ roll world and the house-of-worship world. So it was people from all walks of mixing, so to speak.”
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Dec 1, 2011,
By Sarah Benzuly
Covenant Church is the first house of worship in the U.S. to purchase QSC’s new KLA Series fixed-accurate active line array system, employing it across the church’s five Dallas-area campuses. The system will be in use in both indoor and outdoor events and comprises six KLA12 two-way/12-inch loudspeakers and four KLA181 18-inch subs. In addition, six K12 two-way/12-inch active loudspeakers are in use as outfill or stage monitors. The system’s first outing was for the church’s annual Block Party outdoor event in late July.
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Dec 1, 2011
I’m using scenes extensively [on a Midas PRO9] as I have a lot of changes happening on layers that are out of sight and out of mind while I’m paying attention to Dolly. It really simplifies the show for me; it’s also reliable and consistent. If I have a cue in the show, it’s exactly when I recall the scene instead of dialing it in on the fly. I also love the POPulation groups: Everything I need is always right in front of me, just where I want it to be. I work so that the console’s Area B on my right is always Dolly, with my left hand for the band’s channels. ...
Nov 18, 2011
Sennheiser announced that several of its Sennheiser Sound Academy programs now qualify for InfoComm Certified Technology Specialist (CTS®) renewal units (RU). Individuals that hold an InfoComm CTS certification (including CTS, CTS-D and CTS-I) are required to earn RU credits periodically to keep their certification current.
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Nov 8, 2011
Erykah Badu's current audio engineer/production manager Kenneth Williams will appear at Soundcraft's next "Mixing With Professionals" seminar on December 6, 2011, in Miami. Williams' other credits include Estelle, Raheem DeVaughn, Corbin Bleu, LL Cool J, Steve Wonder, John Mayer, the Goo Goo Dolls and other.
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Nov 1, 2011,
By Sarah Benzuly
DBS Audio Systems (Coatesville, Pa.) handled sound for the Gathering of the Vibes festival in Bridgeport, Conn., that featured Further, the Levon Helm Band, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Elvis Costello & The Imposters, Jane’s Addiction and many more. The multi-faceted sound company brought in a Meyer MILO array with four M’elodie cabinets underhung per side. ...
Nov 1, 2011
[Avid ReVibe] is versatile enough for all my needs in this show. With the exception of one “effect” verb, I try to keep all the verbs for the vocals and instruments very similar in type and decay. If I move from a large hall to a plate verb, I make that change for all verbs and then tailor the times to get them to layer nicely with each other. Another plug-in I use a lot is the Crane Song Phoenix. It has a nice way of bringing things forward in a mix without simply turning them up. Other than that, there are lots of delay cues that use the Avid delay. I use channel compression where needed, but no compressor plug-ins at all.
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