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Mix Live Blog: Five Silly Questions…
FOH engineer/Mix blogger Steve La Cerra is on the road with Blue Öyster Cult, and has noticed that he's needed to ask questions that...
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Mix Live Blog: The Cameo Theater Reborn
FOH engineer Steve La Cerra shares his experience mixing opening night at Bristol, VA's Cameo Theater, a restored 500-cap venue from the 1920s.
New Products
Product of the Week: Celestion CDX1-1412 Compression Driver
Take a deep dive into the Celestion CDX1-1412 Ultra-Compact High Frequency Compression Driver.
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Mix Blog Live: Big Dogs Follow Broadway
Just as it seemed the touring industry was ramping back up, many acts and events have hit the pause button, either postponing dates or...
New Products
Campfire Audio Satsuma and Honeydew IEMs – Product of the Week
Campfire Audio recently introduced two distinctly different sets of in-ear monitors—the Satsuma and the Honeydew.
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Mix Live Blog: Protecting the Investment on Broadway
With the Delta Variant spiking around the country, tours and venues are quickly changing their pandemic-related entrance requirements, and that includes Broadway, as Mix...
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Audio-Technica AT2040 Microphone – Product of the Week
This week's Product of the Week was introduced just last week: the Audio-Technica AT2040 Hypercardioid Dynamic Podcast Microphone.
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Mix Live Blog: Pluses and Minuses
Mix columnist Steve La Cerra writes in from Blue Oyster Cult's FOH console and reports he's not the only one a little rusty from...
New Products
Crestron Control Module for Neutrik NA2-IO-DPRO – Product of the Week
Neutrik has introduced new options for remote control of its NA2-IO-DPRO Dante network device, providing full integration with Crestron control products.
Microphones
Sennheiser MD 445 / MD 435 Mics – A Real-World Review
FOH pro Steve La Cerra took Sennheiser's new live vocal mics, the MD 445 and MD 435, out on tour with Blue Oyster Cult...
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Mix Blog Live: Rental Gouge
Ever on the road, live sound pro Steve La Cerra recounts a wretched rental counter encounter—and considers how other touring acts will be affected...
New Products
Shure Axient Digital ADX5D Portable Receiver — Product of the Week
Shure has expanded its Axient Digital series of wireless products with the introduction of the ADX5D Dual-Channel Portable Wireless Receiver.
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Mix Blog Live: At Home, On Tour
The Boss reopened on Broadway a few days ago and has announced plans for a 2022 tour, though the two types of performances are...
New Products
Product of the Week: EAW NTX Series Line Array, SBX Sub
New high-output line array and subwoofer series designed for simple, secure, optimal setup and guided configuration to fit any venue coverage needs.
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Mix Blog Live: Ready, Set, Go
With Foo Fighters playing next week at a sold-out, full-capacity, vaccination-required Madison Square Garden, the concert touring industry is seeing its first signs of...
New Products
Product of the Week: Sennheiser Evolution Wireless Digital
Simplified, musician-friendly wireless system includes Smart Assist app, which guides users through system configuration and scans the local RF environment to find open frequencies.
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Mix Blog Live: Two Gigs in One Weekend!
Steve La Cerra is getting back into the rhythm of the road after setting up travel, backline and the FOH mix for two shows...
New Products
Product of the Week: Gig Performer V.4
Plug-in host application allows engineers or musicians to load any VST or AU plug-in and route any output to any input without need for...
Live Sound
Paul “Pab” Boothroyd’s Wild Ride
40 Years at FOH, From Dick Smith Band to AC/DC to Paul McCartney
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Mix Blog Live: Get That Chip Off Your Shoulder
The ongoing, worldwide shortage in ICs is delaying product manufacturing across nearly every industry, and pro audio, it appears, will be taking a back...
New Products
Product of the Week: Audix A127 Omnidirectional Microphone
Reference-grade, omnidirectional, condenser microphone incorporates metal film capsule coupled to low-noise, transformerless circuitry to yield excellent clarity, detail and transient response.
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Mix Blog Live: Ten-Foot Kick
We like loud, we like clarity and we like dynamics. That's what we do in live performance. But now is not the time to...
New Products
Product of the Week: Celestion TFX0515 Small-Format Coaxial Driver
The TFX0515 joins the company’s well-established series of coaxial drivers and is intended for use in compact, fixed-install sound reinforcement and cinema audio applications.
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Mix Blog Live: Spring Training
Steve La Cerra was back at FOH last weekend, and that proved to be the easy part following a 17-hour journey from New York...
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Mix Blog Live: Muscle Memory
After a long hiatus, Steve La Cerra settled in at FOH for his first gig of 2021 and, for a brief moment, found that...
New Products
Product of the Week: Avid VENUE 7 Software
Users can now share I/O between three Avid VENUE | S6L consoles, allowing for the addition of a broadcast desk or second monitor desk...
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Mix Blog Live: Vegas Reopens at 50 Percent
While not a long-term solution, the move in Las Vegas to open venues at up to 50 percent capacity (or 250 people, whichever is...
New Products
Product of the Week: Martin Audio TORUS
Constant curvature array, with 12-inch neodymium LF transducer and three 1.4-inch neodymium Polymer-dome HF compression drivers. addresses applications requiring a throw between 50 and...
Reviews
Review: Beyerdynamic TG 151 and TG D70 Mics
Touring Gear Series Expands to Kick Drum, More Instruments
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Mix Blog Live: GRAMMY Time
Grammy Week and Music's Biggest Night will look a lot different this time around, but as Steve La Cerra points out, the performers are...
New Products
Product of the Week: Audio-Technica ES945O/XLR and 947C/XLR Boundary Microphones
Omnidirectional and caridoid models contain their own power modules, with XLRM output connectors, and feature RFI shielding technology.
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Mix Blog Live: Well, At Least Someone Cares
While the public cheered recent announcements of limited-capacity venue reopenings, Steve La Cerra looks at the economics and calls it a non-starter; meanwhile, he...
New Products
Product of the Week: Mackie Onyx24 Analog Mixer
From 8 to 24 channels, and equally at home in studio, live or production applications, the Onyx Series proves versatile, affordable and loaded with...
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Mix Blog Live: RTFM
In teaching a lesson to a student about following the proper steps for a project, Steve La Cerra ends up following his own advice...
New Products
Product of the Week: Electro-Voice EVOLVE 50M
A new top-of-the-line column P.A. with effects, 16-channel mixer and QuickSmart Link to make it all stereo with a simple Ethernet cable.
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Mix Blog Live: Virtually NAMM
Steve La Cerra really wanted to go to Anaheim this year to find new products and catch up with some colleagues, but mostly he...
New Products
Product of the Week: NEXO P15 and L18 Loudspeakers
The two new models round out the P+ Series of compact high-output speakers from NEXO, a series that includes the P8, P10, and P12...
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Mix Blog Live: It Ain’t The Gig, It’s the Commute
Steve La Cerra just had his second gig since the Covid outbreak, and while it went better in the house, the same could not...
New Products
Product of the Week: Danley SM90 Loudspeaker
Powerful coaxial design can be used as a smaller-scale P.A. or as a fill speaker in larger sound reinforcement systems.
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Mix Blog Live: Sending Out an SOS
Steve La Cerra reports in on the latest from Congress in Covid relief to help venue operators and those involved in live sound and...
Microphones
Review: Earthworks SR314 Handheld Vocal Microphone
Smooth Off-Axis, Extended LF Response for Stage and Studio