Business
L-Acoustics Goes Cruising
Cruising to rock n’ roll used to mean playing the radio while driving, but these days, it’s a whole new business: high-seas cruises with...
Tour Sound
Business
DiGiCo Added to Hollywood Bowl
A pair of DiGiCo SD7 digital mixing consoles were purchased by The Hollywood Bowl to serve as the mixers for the venue’s FOH and...
Business
Fine Arts Center Adds Renkus-Heinz
The new District Six Fine Arts Center, a 1,500 seat auditorium at the Dorman High School Campus, hired Raleigh, NC-based Theater Consultants Collaborative to...
Live Sound
GLP Lights Up Rock In Rio Fest
With crowds of up to 350,000 people swarming Lisbon’s Parque da Bela Vista for the Rock in Rio festival, German lighting company bright! GmbH...
Live Sound
Freq’ender Dances with Martin Audio
Expo Av-Insync (EAI) recently provided full technical production for the first-ever Freq’ender dance festival in Singapore, specifying a Martin Audio MLA system for the...
Live Sound
Firehouse Productions Supports Global Citizen
Firehouse Productions once again provided the sound reinforcement for the annual Global Citizen festival, held in New York City’s Central Park in early Fall.
Business
Return of the Radio-Friendly Rockers
Twenty-plus years since they first broke through with hits like “Name,” the Goo Goo Dolls have become a staple of AC radio.
Business
Updating Axis To Bring In Britney
LAS VEGAS, NV—When it was announced that dance diva Britney Spears would take up residence for three years at Las Vegas’ Planet Hollywood with...
Business
Maxing Out Mixes For Against Me
AMITYVILLE, NY—Known for a potent mix of punk and folk that sounds equally at home in intimate venues and stadium festivals, Against Me spent...
Business
The Scovill Tour is on the Road with Petty and More
Veteran live sound engineer Robert Scovill is on the road with Tom Petty till mid October, playing a dual role as FOH engineer and...
Business
Lebanese Sound Co. Adds Adamson
Lebanese sound company CKA s.a.r.l. recently added 16 E12 line array enclosures and eight E218 subwoofers to its existing Adamson inventory of Y10, Spektrix...
Business
137th AES Convention Returns to LA
LOS ANGELES, CA—It’s been 12 years since the Audio Engineering Society Convention last was held at the Los Angeles Convention Center, and much as...
Business
Empire Pro Readies LA Training
QSC, Shure and Yamaha Commercial Audio Systems, Inc. will present a day of live-sound training at Empire Pro in Los Angeles on Thursday, December...
Business
FCC Wireless Changes on Horizon
WASHINGTON, DC—On September 30, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) putting forward amendments to Part 15 of its...
Business
Powersoft Added To Ottawa Hills Gym
Ottawa Hills Local School District recently upgraded the sound system in its high school’s gymnasium, centering the upgrade around Powersoft and EAW components.
Gear and Technology
HOW Sound—Issue 3: Products
COMMUNITY I SERIES MODULAR LOUDSPEAKERSThe new I SERIES “high-power/high-output” modular loudspeakers were “designed to provide exceptional musical quality and vocal clarity,” says Community. The...
Business
Sound Isolation On HOW Stages: A Joyful (But Quieter) Noise
Providing balanced and pleasing sound in church settings can be a challenge. After all, one person’s “perfect” is someone else’s “too loud.” Since exorbitant...
Business
HOW Loudspeaker Systems: Narrow-Profile Steerable Solutions
Digitally beam-steerable loudspeaker arrays offer a number of unique capabilities in house of worship applications, where the architecture can present significant challenges to the...
Business
Teaching Vocal Microphone Technique
Mixing amateur vocalists with a technology-laden worship sound system can be a recipe for disaster, but even a vocalist inexperienced with mic handling can...
Business
Kraków Arena Adds Allen & Heath
The new Kraków Arena is the biggest in Poland, with a capacity of 20,000, making it able to house sporting events, trade shows, conferences...
Business
Sound Artist Fontana Chooses Meyer
American sound artist Bill Fontana has partnered with Meyer Sound in the creation of the immersive sound exhibit, Sonic Mappings, a permanent exhibit at...
Business
Sonnet Captures OneRepublic
Zito, FOH engineer for OneRepublic and owner/operator of Zito Production Services, is using Sonnet Technologies’ Fusion F3 two-drive RAID storage system to capture the...
Business
Symetrix SymNet Supports Texas Stadium
A Symetrix SymNet Radius 12x8 open architecture DSP system was recently installed at Moorhead football stadium in Conroe, TX, providing the stadium with audio...
Business
VCAT Installs Void
The VCAT superclub in Guangzhou, China recently got a new Void Acoustics audio system installed in its facility by Most Technical China. The 500-capacity...
Business
Bluegrass Recorded on Millennia
Forty-eight channels of Millennia HV-3R preamps captured the performances at the main stage of the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass event at San Francisco’s Golden Gate...
Business
Rubblebucket Tracks with T-funk
Brooklyn band Rubblebucket has completed its new album, Survival Sounds, utilizing Telefunken AK-47 MkII and CU-29 Copperhead large diaphragm tube mics.
Business
Daryl’s House Captured With Behringer
A Behringer X32 digital mixing console and P16 personal monitoring system was recently installed in Daryl Hall’s new club, Daryl’s House, in Pawling, NY.
Business
Soundcraft Joins Culture Club On Tour
New Wave staple Culture Club is reuniting for a series of shows throughout the U.S. this month, to be followed by a multi-arena tour...
Business
Powersoft Powers Reno Hotspot
Reno’s new CARGO Nightclub, located as part of the Whitney Peak Hotel, recently opened its doors, powered by several Powersoft Audio M and K...
Business
Audix Unveils MicroBoom Deal
Audix has announced that through November 30, customers who purchase two or more MicroBoom systems will receive a free VX6 handheld microphone for vocals...
Business
Concert Production Legend Patrick Stansfield Dies
Patrick Stansfield, the tour and stage manager often credited with creating the modern arena rock concert, died Tuesday, October 28 at Providence St. Joseph...
Business
Encompass AV Gets Inspirational
Inspirational Deliverance Center Church of God in Christ recently underwent a major technical upgrade for its 500-seat worship center. Aided by Encompass AV (Des...
Business
DPA Delivers Dalai Lama To 150,000
For decades, the Dalai Lama has hosted Kalachakra, a 12-day religious event, in various locations around the world from New York to India. This...
Business
Renkus-Heinz Powers Ward Church
Ward Church, a Presbyterian house of worship in the suburbs of Detroit, had long offered three different worship settings each Sunday: a liturgical service...
Business
Sennheiser Encourages FCC Petition
Sennheiser is encouraging microphone owners and customers to write to the FCC in support of the company’s Petition for Reconsideration, filed in light of...
Business
Yamaha Set For Parsons Audio Expo
Parsons Audio will hold its annual Audio Expo on Thursday, November 6 at the Holiday Inn in Dedham, MA. Select audio manufacturers will hold...
Business
Cheap Trick In The Mix
NEW YORK, NY—Since its inception in 1973, Cheap Trick has given more than 5,000 performances, sold 20 million records, contributed to 29 movie soundtracks...
Business
FBT Slips Into Folsom Ice Rink
Audio professionals at Studio 33 were recently tasked with installing a sound system for an outdoor ice skating rink in sunny California.
Business
Meyer Speakers Do Time in Alcatraz
Alcatraz, the famous island prison in the middle of the San Francisco Bay, has held some of the world's most dangerous people over the...
Business
EAW Rolls Into Reno
The Whitney Peak Hotel recently revamped its image, becoming the only non-gaming, non-smoking hotel in downtown Reno. As part of this new concept, the...
Business
Rock Of Ages Rolls Through UK
Now on its UK tour, the hair-metal musical Rock of Ages features '80s hits like “Don’t Stop Believin’,” “We Built This City,” “Wanted Dead...