Facilities
Music: Yes Master Rises Above
After 10 months, Nashville’s Yes Master Studios is up and running. In the aftermath of the devastating flood that deluged most of Nashville last...
Live Gear
Live: QSC Control of Stadium Audio
Home of the NFL Detroit Lions, Ford Field recently installed a QSC Q-Sys integrated system platform (two Q-Sys Core 3000 main frames and 27...
news
Augustana ‘Augustana’ (Epic Records)
I’ve been listening to this new album for a few weeks now (it drops today) and every time I pop it back into the...
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Tenderfoot Starts Sessions
I spoke with producer/performer Bill Denison (guitarist for prog-rock group Zen Carnival) a few days ago to talk about his upcoming project, the country-influenced...
Live Sound
Live: Flores Takes PM5D for a Spin
Completing his first leg of his North American tour in mid-November and back out early this year, Jason Derulo’s monitor engineer, Billy Flores, is...
Live Sound
Deep Purple Tour Profile
As Deep Purple travels through Germany and France, we spoke with FOH engineer Gert Sanner about the tour.
Live Gear
Live: Bowery Boston Upgrades
The Bowery Presents—with assistance from Scorpio Sound Systems—recently retrofitted its Boston venue with a new state-of-the-art sound system, which includes a d&b P.A and...
Live Gear
Live: Blues Travelers Deliver to Fans
It began as nightly recordings for archival purposes; for the past couple of years Blues Traveler has been offering concert fans a high-quality recording...
Live Sound
Dante Out With Peter Gabriel
Peter Gabriel’s New Blood, Scratch My Back Tour saw the artist and a 54-piece orchestra performing cover songs in amphitheaters and arenas throughout Europe....
Live Gear
Vinyl Music Hall | From Rubble to Big Leagues
In just a few months, the new Vinyl Music Hall venue (Pensacola, Fla.) emerged in a spot that was formerly occupied by a gutted...
Live Sound
Michael Buble Tour Profile
Monitor engineer Craig Brittain tells Mix that each of the brass players on the crooner’s tour is using Aviom Pro16 personal monitors to handle...
Live Gear
Dual Installs, Dual E-V Rigs
When Pyxis Industries (Riverside, Calif.) was asked by North Coast Church to bid on the design and installation of sound systems at two different...
Live Gear
Live: Lanois Submerges Toronto in Sound
Daniel Lanois brought his artistic vision to Toronto’s Nathan Phillips Square with an all-night multimedia performance and temporary installation entitled “Later That Night at...
Live Sound
Tears for Fears Tour Profile
Pop/rockers Tears for Fears recently played 17 shows on the East Coast, where engineer Doug Lemke mixed through house-provided P.A.s, trying to re-create studio...
Live Gear
Live: CCS Bets on JBL
A/V integration firm CCS Presentations Systems brought in an assortment of JBL Control Contractor loudspeakers for the audio system install at Talking Stick Record...
Live Gear
Live: Juilliard Gets a Facelift
The famed Juilliard School of Music in Lincoln Center (New York City) has completed a major renovation. It now features 45,000 square feet of...
Classic-Tracks
Classic Tracks: Metallica’s “Enter Sandman”
Today, San Francisco Bay Area–based band Metallica are aptly called “The Monsters of Metal.” But that wasn’t always the case. After finding their hometown...
Live Sound
Paisley Tour’s “Other” Concert Stage
Fans traversing the parking lot on their way to the Brad Paisley H20 tour were treated to a two-hour pre-show concert at the “Water...
Live Sound
Lilith Fair Tour Profile
Female singer/songwriter touring festival Lilith Fair stopped by the Shoreline Amphitheater (Mountain View, Calif.) in early July, where fans were treated to sets by...
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Review: Steel Train ‘Steel Train’ (Terrible Thrills)
Upon first listen, Steel Train seems to want to sit in the same musical genre as Vampire Weekend and other indie upstarts of that...
Live Sound
Gov’t Mule Tour Log
Touring for their latest, By a Thread, Gov’t Mule continues to offer “Mule Tracks” for download a few days after the show. Mix recently...
Live Sound
Procol Harum Takes Out BlackBox
The first AES/EBU digital variant of the JoeCo BlackBox Recorder debuted on the recent Procol Harum North America tour, linked to a Yamaha PM5DRH...
Live Sound
Sting, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Tour Profile
RE-WORKED CLASSICS ARE IMAGINED FOR THE STAGE
Live Sound
Gaelic Storm Tour Log
Gaelic Storm is out in support of their release Cabbage (Lost Again). Mix caught up with FOH engineer/production manager Pete Wildermuth.
Live Sound
Mixing With SAC
Composer Michel Legrand was recently honored in a star-studded tribute held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena (Las Vegas). The event was filmed for...
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Review: Morcheeba ‘Blood Like Lemonade’ (PIAS America)
She’s back—and thank goodness! Skye Edwards rejoins Morcheeba on this latest outing, bringing her soulful yet playful vocals to the already intricate mesh work...
Live Sound
Rat Sound Warms Up With Midas
Preparing for this year’s summer touring season (including five stages at Coachella and several booked arena tours), Rat Sound (Oxnard, Calif.) added some new...
Live Sound
Indigo Girls Tour Profile
The Indigo Girls (Amy Ray and Emily Saliers) are back out on tour with front-of-house engineer Brian Speiser, who discusses the challenges of miking...