Live Sound
Mix Blog Live: A Concert in Your Living Room?
The coronavirus COVID-19 has essentially shut down the 2020 summer touring season—and cost Steve La Cerra his usual weekend gig. So are stay-at-home, "intimate"...
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Technology
Product of the Week: Industry Support for Online Educational Needs
With schools and universities shut down, what's an audio student to do if they don't have the tools to work at home? Steve La...
Live Sound
Mix Blog Live: Coronavirus Fallout
“All New York City Public Schools are closed.” When I hear those words, it usually means there’s a significant snowfall in the area and...
Technology
Product of the Week: Audix A152 Studio Reference Headphones
Audix is entering the headphone market by introducing its first four models, including the A152 Studio Reference Headphones With Extended Bass. The A152 is...
Live Sound
Mix Blog Live: What’s With the Tape on the C#?
Frustration with a show’s backline provider led to a couple trips back to the warehouse, an angry phone call and, ultimately, resolution. A normal...
Technology
Product of the Week: L-Acoustics Kara II
Based upon its successful Kara Line Array, L-Acoustics has introduced the Kara II Long Throw Line Source. Intended for use in a variable curvature...
Live Sound
Mix Blog Live: Rack Toms for Everyone
When a Rack Tom channel on a rented digital console started showing up across multiple scribble strips during soundcheck, Steve La Cerra did everything...
New Products
Product of the Week: DiGiCo Quantum 338 Digital Mixing Console
At the NAMM Show in mid-January, DiGiCo unveiled the Quantum 338 Digital Mixing Console. Based on seventh-generation FPGA technology, the Quantum 338 is designed...
Reviews
Austrian Audio OC818 Microphone Review
Large-Diaphragm Condenser With Post-Tracking Pattern Control
New Products
Product of the Week: Drawmer 1970 Dual FET Compressor/Preamplifier
Owing its heritage to the hugely successful 1960 Mic Preamp/Vacuum Tube Compressor, the 1970 Dual FET Compressor/Preamplifier from Drawmer expands on the feature set...
Live Sound
Mix Blog Live: TLC for an XK-1c
Steve La Cerra knows that after years on the road, gear can take a beating. So when possible, he likes to take out some...
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Mix Blog Live: Lessons From The Professor
Steve La Cerra mourns the loss of one of his real heroes, the drummer Neil Peart, who lived life with passion and grace, not...
New Products
Product of the Week: NEXO P+ Series P8 and P10 Point-Source Loudspeakers
NEXO is starting 2020 by expanding its P+ Series of point-source loudspeakers with the addition of the P8 and P10. Both models are designed...
Live Sound
Mix Blog Live: Resurrecting an Audio Dinosaur, The Final Chapter
The Ampex 351 was working, but relatively noisy, so Steve La Cerra started replacing tubes; he found that not all tubes are created equal.
Live Sound
Mix Blog Live: Music for the Holiday Mood
Having a tough time staying in the holiday spirit? Here’s some music to lighten your mood, in no particular order… The Christmas Song, The...
New Products
Product of the Week: Behringer Wing Digital Mixing Console
The folks at Behringer have introduced a new digital mixing console called the Wing, a 48-channel, 28-bus desk with 24 motorized, 100mm faders. Onboard...
Live Sound
Mix Blog Live: The Zombie Zone
What do you do when you show up to a gig and the mix position is, uh, less than desirable, and a bunch of...
New Products
Product of the Week: Appsys Pro Audio MVR-64 Multiverter
The MVR-64 from Appsys Pro Audio is a universal format converter for digital audio that could help solve some of your connectivity issues. It...
Live Sound
Mix Blog Live: A Legal Mess
The recent kerfuffle surrounding Taylor Swift singing her songs at the AMAs goes beyond a simple one-night performance, and the rights aren't as simple...
New Products
Product of the Week: Pliant Technologies MicroCom
Introduced at the AES Convention in New York City, MicroCom M is the newest wireless intercom system from Pliant Technologies. Intended for use in...
Live Sound
Mix Blog Live: Why Does An Advance Have to Be So Difficult?
Voice on the phone: Is this Steve? Me: Yes. Hey I’m Curly Joe (not his real name). I’m doing sound for you on (date...
Technology
Warm Audio WA-84 Stereo Pair
Small-Diaphragm Condenser Microphone Holds Up Against Original
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Mix Blog Live: Resurrecting an Audio Dinosaur, Episode 4
Has it really been three months since we last visited the Ampex 351 Audio Dinosaur? I estimate that I’ve logged 200,000 miles since the...
Technology
Product of the Week: Clair Brothers C10-TrueFit Line Array Loudspeaker
The latest addition to the C-Series Loudspeakers line, the C10-TrueFit from Clair Brothers, is a mid-sized, passive line array element featuring a custom horizontal...
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Mix Blog Live: Newberry Opera House
Eighteen eighty-one, United States. President James Garfield is assassinated. Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell form the Oriental Telephone Company. Billy the Kid escapes...
Technology
Product of the Week: Whirlwind Cab Driver
Here’s a really useful device from our friends at Whirlwind USA. The Cab Driver is a compact (4.75 W x 4.5 D x 2.5...
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Mix Blog Live: Back to the Future
Most audio engineers are familiar with the term snapshot memory, a method by which all (or at least most) of the settings of a...
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Mix Blog Live: Is It Live, Or Is It???
A few nights ago, some of my coworkers were discussing the song “Bad Guy” by Billie Eilish, the video for which has collected more...
Technology
Product of the Week: Royer Labs AxeMount SM-21 Dual Microphone Clip
Using multiple microphones on a guitar cabinet is not a new idea, and some of the problems engineers face when using this technique include...
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Mix Blog Live: Best Show Ever
I’m lucky to have a close-knit family and we often find excuses to get together, whether it be for a holiday, a birthday or...
Technology
Product of The Week: Tectonic Audio Labs DML500
Tectonic Audio Labs has expanded its line of flat-panel loudspeakers with the addition of the DML500. Based upon Tectonic’s patented Distributed Mode Loudspeaker technology,...
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Mix Blog Live: The Expensive Seats Aren’t Always the Best
One of the issues that I deal with on a constant basis is making a P.A. sound good for the front rows of a...
Technology
Product of the Week: PROCESS.AUDIO Sugar
A few months ago, PROCESS.AUDIO, a division of pureMix.net, quietly released Sugar: The Ultimate Audio Sweetener. Developed by a team of award-winning engineers and...
Technology
Product of the Week: 64 Audio N8 Custom In-Ear Monitor
Developed in collaboration with GRAMMY-nominated bassist Nathan East, the N8 (pronounced “Nate”) from 64 Audio is a custom-fit IEM intended for musicians and audiophiles...
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Mix Blog Live: No Excuses
I almost never have the luxury of touring with production, so on any given show there are a ton of variables in the P.A....
Technology
Product of the Week: Drawmer 1974 Stereo Parametric EQ
Hot off the assembly line from Drawmer (distributed in North America by TransAudio Group) is the 1974 Stereo Parametric Equaliser. As its name implies,...
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Mix Blog Live: Resurrecting an Audio Dinosaur, Part 3
When last we left my Ampex 351 Audio Dinosaur, I had installed a newly rebuilt power supply, ensuring that all sections of the 351...
Technology
Product of the Week: Ashly mXa-1502 Mixer-Amplifier
Intended for use in restaurants, sports bars, small clubs, event centers and hotels, the mXa-1502 from Ashly is a combination mixer-amplifier capable of providing...
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Mix Blog Live: The Power of Chicken Nuggets
July 5, 2019, 11:30 P.M. Mountain Daylight Time I return to my hotel room after a gig at the Rialto Theatre in Tucson, Ariz....
Technology
Product of the Week: Lectrosonics D Squared Digital Wireless Microphone System
Designed for a range of applications including broadcast, film production and live events where high-quality audio and reliability are required, Lectrosonics’ D Squared digital...