Tritech Light and SoundFeb 1, 2006, By Sarah Benzuly New York City, Los Angeles, Miami, San Francisco in each of these major cities, you would expect to find at least a few dozen sound reinforcement companies... The Incredible Shrinking RigFeb 1, 2006, By Sarah Benzuly ENGINEERS ARE CREATURES OF HABIT. They like to use certain consoles, certain effects, certain mics, certain techniques. Now throw in the urgency inherent... FixIt: Thomas McNabbJan 1, 2006 Thomas McNabb, FOH for Mae, is a one-man engineering show for this tour, as there is no monitor engineer. (The band handles monitoring duties.) Mae is... A Night at the OperaJan 1, 2006, By Nick Russell There's probably no indoor theater this big in the world hosting live opera, says Allan Naplan, referring to the 12,000-plus crowd gathered for the fourth... Yamaha PM5D Digital ConsoleJan 1, 2006, By Mark Frink With more than 1,000 units sold, thousands of engineers have used the Yamaha PM5D. This year's TEC Award winning digital live console a cross between... Local Crew: Production LogicJan 1, 2006, By Tom Kenny Editor's Note: Most sound reinforcement press focuses on big rock 'n' roll tours, massive stadium installations and the handful of companies that tackle... NewsDec 1, 2005 Rental company Masque Sound (East Rutherford, NJ) recently purchased a JBL VerTec line array system. Says JBL VP of tour sound, David Scheirman, The synergy... New York MetroDec 1, 2005, By David Weiss CBGB it seems like no matter how many times you see those letters, the mystique remains. A bar originally built in 1973 to be the forum for New Yorkers... Club Profile: VanguardDec 1, 2005, By Sarah Benzuly In today's slimmed-down, budget-conscious world, SR companies are looking for new ways to increase their profits. Regional companies are booking summer... Meyer Sound Acquires LCSDec 1, 2005, Compiled by Sarah Benzuly On November 1, Meyer Sound announced that it has acquired LCS, which manufactures VRAS, CueConsole, CueStation, Matrix3, SpaceMap and WildTracks. The... FixItDec 1, 2005 U2's monitor engineer, Dave Skaff (Alicia Keys, Shania Twain), recently picked up a Digidesign VENUE digital board for the band's current tour; when Mix... Lincoln Theater UpgradesNov 1, 2005 Home to the Napa Valley Symphony, the Lincoln Theater (Yountville, Calif., www.lincolntheater.org) required a $20-plus-million renovation of aesthetic,... NewsOct 1, 2005 PBS' Celtic Woman tour includes performances by five Irish solo vocalists headed by former Riverdance musical director David Downes. Destination venues... A Sound Design TriumvirateOct 1, 2005, By Mark Frink This past spring, three Broadway musicals captured 10 of a combined 36 Tony nominations: Spamalot, Dirty, Rotten Scoundrels and The Light in the Piazza... Songs of Carmen Surround AudiencesSep 1, 2005 Austria's opera season once again opened in surround this year thanks to sound company Mister Master and Europe's largest natural stage: a Roman-built... Making the Wedgeless TransitionAug 1, 2005, By Mark Frink For many touring artists, making the switch to an in-ear monitoring system or in-ears alone rather than relying on wedges can be daunting. Fears such... FixIt: Kevin GlendinningAug 1, 2005 You can create happiness for the musicians onstage by using what already exists in your environment. Before deciding where to set stage levels, listen... Webster Hall Revives Its Live SystemAug 1, 2005 Webster Hall, which has seen its share of live acts Prohibition-era balls, a recording space for RCA Records' artists and numerous rock acts has brought... The Fabulous Commodore Ballroom Turns 75Jul 1, 2005, By Tim Moshansky There's no mistaking the Commodore vibe. From the neon sign over the tiled entrance, up the winding staircase and into the second-story ballroom in Vancouver,... NAB Show Stays SilentJul 1, 2005 At the recent NAB show, Yamaha, Aviom and Shure demonstrated a silent stage in which the companies' products allowed a live band to perform without onstage... Most PopularPollsTalkBack
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