New Products
DrAlienSmith Wormhole Low Frequency Mic – Product of the Week
The Wormhole from DrAlienSmith is an electret condenser microphone that has a six-foot, airtight hose attached to the front of the capsule!
Blog
Mix Live Blog: Playing The Sharon L. Morse Performing Arts Center
On the road with Blue Oyster Cult, Mix blogger/FOH engineer Steve La Cerra and company touched down in Florida's famed The Villages.
Blogs
Mix Live Blog: Jeff Beck’s Drum Shop?
Jeff Beck's career was built not only on his wild guitar work but also his drive to surround himself with top players.
Blogs
Mix Live Blog: New Year’s Eve Live…Or Is It?
Watching New Year's Eve on TV with family is always a bit of an adventure because I like to gauge their opinion of whether...
Blog
Mix Live Blog: ‘Bombshell’
The PBS documentary 'Bombshell' brings insight into how 1940s Hollywood starlet Hedy Lamarr invented the precursor to the modern frequency hopping technology used in...
Blog
Mix Live Blog: By the Students, For the Students
Veteran FOH engineer and pro-audio educator Steve La Cerra shares the story behind a recent Mercy College student showcase.
New Products
Lectrosonics M2Ra Digital Wireless Monitor Receiver – Live Product of the Week
Lectrosonics has announced the M2Ra Digital Wireless Monitor Receiver, the newest addition to its M2 Duet Digital series of wireless monitor gear.
New Products
Waves Clarity Vx — Live Product of the Week
Clarity Vx from Waves is a new plug-in designed to help reduce or eliminate unwanted noises that can creep into a mix via mic...
New Products
JH Audio Ambient Pro In-Ear Monitors – Product of (Last) Week
Developed in collaboration with DPA Microphones, Ambient Pro IEMs from JH Audio add a new twist to in-ear monitoring.
Blog
Mix Live Blog: Tour de France
Veteran FOH engineer/blogger Steve La Cerra is in France with Blue Öyster Cult, and is now very impressed with a new venue, Le Radiant.
New Products
Rational Acoustics Smaart V9 – Product of the Week
Rational Acoustics recently announced the release of Smaart v9, a major version upgrade to the acoustic measurement software platform.
Blogs
Mix Live Blog: I Was ‘That Guy’
“One vocal mic, and one guitar mic or mic on the guitar amp. How can you screw this up?”
New Products
Sony C-80 Condenser Microphone – Product of the Week
Sony Pro Audio doesn't announce a new mic everyday, so we're taking a closer look at the Sony C-80 Condenser Microphone.
Blog
Mix Live Blog: 50 Years Ago…
Blue Öyster Cult just marked its 50th anniversary. La Cerra, live sound engineer for three of the band's five decades, looks back.
Reviews
ASI Audio 3DME BT G2 Active Ambient In-Ear Monitoring – A Real-World Review
Veteran live sound pro Steve La Cerra puts ASI Audio's unique 3DME BT G2 Active Ambient In-Ear Monitoring System to the test in this...
Blog
Mix Live Blog: A Big, Ugly Monster?
There's a lot to be said for the American Music Fairness Act, but those who oppose it have a strong argument, too. Who's right?
New Products
Metric Halo mkIV Upgrade Kits — Product of the Week
Metric Halo has announced hardware upgrade kits for the ULN-8, LIO-8/4p, and LIO-8 multichannel audio interfaces.
Live Gear
L-Acoustics L-ISA Studio 2.4 Software – A Real-World Review, Part 2
In Part 2 of our review, we discover what happens when binaural mixes created with L-ISA Studio are transferred to an immersive playback system...
Live Gear
L-Acoustics L-ISA Studio 2.4 – A Real-World Review, Part 1
Veteran live sound pro Steve La Cerra dives into L-Acoustics' L-ISA Studio 2.4 software to create an immersive sound experience.
Blog
Mix Blog Live: Second Hand News
The market for the resale of audio gear took a huge leap forward recently with the announcement of the Sweetwater Gear Exchange.
New Products
Fulcrum Acoustic CCX Series Loudspeakers – Product of the Week
There's two new additions to Fulcrum Acoustic’s CCX compact coaxial speaker line—the CCX8 Series and the CCX 15 Series.
Blog
Mix Live Blog: Off The Beaten Path
Tour travel can be a drag, but occasionally there's more -- much more -- to see of this big, gorgeous world beyond the alley...
New Products
NEOLD U17 Compressor Plug-in – Other Product of the Week
Just announced by Plugin Alliance is the NEOLD U17, a plug-in compressor based on a rather obscure hardware unit manufactured in the 1950s.
Blogs
Mix Live Blog: Where Have All the Workers Gone?
The unemployment rate has been 3.5 percent for months, causing job vacancies everywhere—and that in turn is affecting every part of touring.
Blog
Mix Blog Live: Back to Normal? Almost…
The summer festival season is back in a big way, as Steve La Cerra reports, though he adds that if you are working...
New Products
GIK Acoustics Sound Block – Product of the Week
Announced this week by the folks at GIK Acoustics, the Sound Block collection is a unique, modular system of acoustic panels.
Blog
Mix Live Blog: Country Takes a Stand
For the first time, the CMA Festival banned display of the Confederate flag on festival grounds. My reaction when I heard the news? What...
Live Sound
Mix Live Blog: Don’t Let the Door Hit You in the…
FOH engineer/Tour Manager Steve La Cerra checks in with his latest tale of getting from Point A to Point B without losing his band,...
New Products
Audio-Technica 3000 Series Wireless IEM System – Product of the Week
Rolling out just in time for the NAMM Show is the new 3000 Series Wireless In-Ear Monitor System from Audio-Technica.
Blog
Mix Blog: Naomi Judd, 1946 – 2022
The music world — particularly the country music community — is mourning the recent death of singer/songwriter Naomi Judd.
New Products
Flock Audio PATCH XT — Product of the Week
Patch XT is a 96-in/96-out digitally controlled patch bay, providing digital control over analog patching without unnecessary A/D or D/A conversion.
Blog
Mix Live Blog: Bugs!!!
FOH engineer/blogger Steve La Cerra caught a (technical) bug the other day—and then it traveled with him to other gigs.
New Products
Shure KSM11 Wireless Vocal Microphone Capsule — Product of the Week
Shure has unveiled the KSM11, a new premium condenser microphone capsule for use with its top-shelf wireless systems.
New Products
Studio Technologies Model 5304 Intercom Station — Product of (Last) Week
Scheduled to be unveiled next week at NAB is the Model 5304 Intercom Station from Studio Technologies.
Blogs
Mix Blog: Pardon Me, I Didn’t Know You Strang
Taking a break from the road, Steve La Cerra discovers that Andy Griffith — yes, that Andy Griffith — could really lay it down.
Reviews
Mackie Thump GO – A Mix Real-World Review
Live sound pro Steve La Cerra puts Mackie's Thump Go portable PA speakers to the test in this Real-World Review.
Blogs
Mix Live Blog: Finding Fire in a Bottle
With massive sanctions in effect against Russia due to the war in Ukraine, the supply of vacuum tubes is dwindling fast. Enter stage right:...
New Products
L-Acoustics L-ISA Studio 2.4 Software – Product of the Week
L-Acoustics has expanded its L-ISA Studio software suite for designing immersive audio, adding unlimited free binaural output capability.
Business
Mix Live Blog: It’s GRAMMY Time
There are a lot of other important GRAMMY-related live and virtual events during the week leading up to the Main Event.
New Products
Waves Titan / Titan-R SoundGrid Servers & Proton Duo – Product of the Week
Waves has unveiled several new additions to its line of SoundGrid servers and computers, including the Titan, Titan-R and Proton Duo.
Blogs
Mix Live Blog: Higher Road Expense
FOH engineer/Mix blogger Steve La Cerra discovers another surprise side-effect of the pandemic: More concert security.
New Products
PreSonus Revelator Microphone – Product of the Week
PreSonus' Revelator is a multi-pattern USB microphone that features onboard EQ, compression and a built-in digital mixer.