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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...
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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
New Products
Product of the Week: Audix A133 and A131 Condenser Microphones
Two new large-diaphragm condenser models suitable for vocals, instruments and podcasting.
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Mix Blog Live: My First Indoor Gig, Front to Back
In his first indoor gig of the Covid era, Steve La Cerra finds that while the crew and backstage areas followed protocol, it was...
New Products
Product of the Week: Bluesound BSW150 Powered Subwoofer
Sub can be network-paired with other Bluesound speakers for playing and distributing content from local network storage or streaming services.
New Products
Product of the Week: d&b audiotechnik 44S Loudspeaker
Ultra-compact monitors are the in-thing these days, and d&b has designed a flexible, powerful companion to its xS Series line of loudspeakers.
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Mix Blog Live: Memories of Bruce Swedien
Steve La Cerra recalls the human side of Bruce Swedien, how they met over a story about Neumann M49s and how he ended up...
Live Sound
Tech Spotlight: Adamson Systems Engineering CS-Series
Adamson has Released its Latest Line of Powered Intelligent Loudspeakers, the CS-Series
New Products
Product of the Week: Sennheiser 445 and 435 Vocal Microphones
Two new dynamic, handheld, large-diaphragm vocal microphones for stage and studio include new aluminum-copper voice coils.
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Mix Blog Live: Holding My Breath
With only a few weeks to go in the semester, Steve La Cerra is crossing his fingers that the classrooms at Mercy College stay...
New Products
Product of the Week: JBL IRX115S Subwoofer
A new, powerful, 15-inch subwoofer produces bass response down to 35 Hz at an affordable price, filling out the popular portable P.A. IRX Series.
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Mix Blog Live: The Weirdest AES Show Ever
Steve La Cerra went online instead of driving into Manhattan this year for the AES Show Fall 2020, and he found a wealth of...
New Products
Product of the Week: Nugen Audio Paragon
Convolution reverb models the sound of real spaces and provides the type of parameter control normally associated with algorithmic reverbs, in configurations of up...
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Audio Education in a Pandemic World
Hybrid Models of Remote Production, Instruction Take Root on Campus
Reviews
Review: MXL Revelation II Microphone
Versatile, Affordable, Multipattern Large-Diaphragm Tube Condenser
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Mix Blog Live: Business as Unusual
Steve La Cerra jumped on a plane last week, headed for Pittsburgh on his first fly-date since the shutdown in March. The airports, he...
New Products
Product of the Week: beyerdynamic Touring Gear Series Microphones
The Touring Gear Series of microphones has expanded with the addition of the TG D70 and TG 151. both dynamic models that work...
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Mix Blog Live: A Steep Climb
With The Met canceling its entire Fall Season, along with others across the country, it's looking more and more like mid- to late-2021 for...
New Products
Product of the Week: Mikme Pocket
This tiny wireless transmitter is designed to capture audio on the go, primarily for videographers, at up to 96k to a smartphone; its applications,...
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Mix Blog Live: Which Group Am I In?
Steve La Cerra returned to school last week, and everything you've been reading about education during the pandemic is true; but he's making it...
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Mix Blog Live: Surviving Sturgis
To find out what concert one-offs are actually like these days, Steve La Cerra called a friend who mixed front of house in mid-August...
New Products
Product of the Week: Adamson IS219 Subwoofer
High-power, high-SPL, passive subwoofer can handle 3,200 watts continuous and is able to withstand peak power up to 12,800 watts... in case you ever...
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Mix Blog Live: We Need the Good Kind of PR
With uncertainty growing ever greater in the concert touring industry, Steve La Cerra finds that cluster parties and pop-up live events can be damaging...
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Mix Blog Live: Check Your Wireless Inventory
As of July, time's up on the 600 MHz band for wireless system users, and Steve La Cerra looks at options out there as...
New Products
Product of the Week: Waves FIT Controller for eMotion LV1
Hands-on control for the Waves eMotion LV1 software-based mixing platform, with touch-sensitive, 100mm faders and 16 channel strips.
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Mix Blog Live: Flash Your Headlights
Steve La Cerra worked last weekend! And he found that while the logistics of prepping for a live "drive-in concert" were a bit nerve-racking,...
New Products
Product of the Week: Radial Engineering HotShot 48V
A simple, though powerful pedalboard device designed for silently switching a single microphone between two discrete outputs, while also supplying 48 VDC phantom power.
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Mix Blog Live: The Real Numbers
Steve La Cerra looks at a couple of surveys taken during the pandemic and is crushed to learn of the value the average consumer...
New Products
Product of the Week: RØDE Microphones Wireless GO
With the launch of Wireless GO, in the 2.4 GHz spectrum, RODE makes wireless setup for field recording, ENG and field production available to...
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Mix Blog Live: Meet Me at the Drive-In
The hunger for live music is real, and with very few outlets outside of looking at a screen, artists and fans are turning to...
New Products
Product of the Week: Avantone Pro Kick
Innovative speaker-as-microphone delivers ultra-low-frequency response, capturing 50 Hz to 2 kHz through a 7-inch driver from the Pro CLA-10 studio monitor.
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Mix Blog Live: A Slice and a Coke
When the 2020 concert season was canceled, it left a lot of supporting businesses throughout the country in a tight spot, including some favorite...
New Products
Product of the Week: Lectrosonics DPR
The new plug-on wireless transmitter can be used with any mic or line-level source via standard XLR connector and can be used as a...
Microphones
DPA 2028 Handheld Vocal Microphone
Smooth Off-Axis Response, Excellent Rejection, Clarity Throughout
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Mix Blog Live: Hello, Boston!
This Friday’s live streaming concert by local favorites Dropkick Murphys, in a baseball stadium with no fans, will raise money for Boston-area nonprofits.
Live Sound
Product of the Week: Yamaha RIVAGE PM3 and PM5 Digital Mixing Systems
Yamaha has expanded the PM Series with the addition of the PM5 and PM3 digital mixing systems, including control surfaces, processing engines and 4.0...
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Mix Blog Live: Rise Up, New York!
The city of New York sure knows how to rally in times of adversity, from supporting front-line workers to helping the poor when they...
New Products
Product of the Week: Yorkville Sound Synergy SA221S Subwoofer
The new Yorkville Sound subwoofer, the Synergy SA221S, features dual 21-inch woofers and was designed to complement the SA153 full-range active loudspeaker.
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Mix Blog Live: The Quietest of Moments
You know that moment at a concert when the band is killing it, the emotions and movement winding along in sync, and the entire...
New Products
Product of the Week: Fuse Audio Labs VCL-515 Vintage Vari Mu Limiter
The VCL-515 Vintage Vari Mu Limiter plug-in is based on the Webster Electric WSC-515 tube limiter manufactured in the 1960s, but now features much...