Live Sound
Ticket to Rise: Sound Design Drives NYC Thrill Ride
RiseNY, a new ride in Times Square, tears through the Big Apple with wild visuals and matching sound design by Geoff Strasser.
Live Sound
Business
Inside PK Sound’s New HQ
PK Sound is now fully set-up in its new 50,000-square-foot headquarters and manufacturing facility in Alberta, Canada.
Live Sound
Veteran Live Engineer Rick “Ricco” Massei Passes
Touring audio veteran Rick “Ricco” Massei passed away unexpectedly earlier this year at home in Cathedral City, California.
Live Sound
Miking Mathematics on the Move with Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran's Mathematics stadium tour has been circling the globe with long-time production company, Major Tom, in tow.
Live Sound
Radio France Mixes Concert de Paris Live & On-Air
Lawo mixing consoles were a key ingredient to the live sound production and broadcast of this year's Concert de Paris.
Live Gear
QSC Appoints David Angress Atop Pro Audio Division
QSC has appointed veteran industry executive David Angress to lead the company’s new pro audio division.
Live Sound
Houston Rodeo Lassos System T for Archiving
Malcom Harper mixed all 21 concerts at this year's Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo through an SSL System T console.
Live Sound
On The Road with Pearl Jam
Pearl Jam has been on the road since May with the help of Rat Sound Systems and Britannia Row.
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.
Business
Pro AV Revenues Expected to Hit All-Time High in 2022
In the pro AV sector, AVIXA's IOTA Report says industry revenues will hit an all-time record $263 billion globally this year.
Business
Coalition Launches Initiative and Tech to Pay Performing Artists
Recognise The Music is a new artist-oriented coalition created to help artists get performance royalties for their music being used in UK venues.
Live Sound
Rosebar Lounge Rolls with DAS
The Rosebar Lounge in Washington, D.C. has added a considerable audio system based around loudspeakers from DAS Audio’s E11EVEN Sound series.
Live Sound
MSG Sphere’s Immersive Sound Technology to Debut in New York
The immersive audio tech slated for the $1.8B MSG Sphere in Las Vegas has been installed in New York City’s Beacon Theatre and will...
Live Sound
Nothing More Engineers Dive Into dLive
Nothing More has been on tour this year with a pair of Allen & Heath dLive S5000 surfaces at FOH and monitorworld.
Live Sound
Putting L-Acoustics L-ISA Under the Microscape at Coachella
An art installation at this year’s Coachella used L-ISA to add a sonic element to tunnels made out of 25,000 feet of PVC tubes.
Live Sound
Mixing Nick Mason’s “Saucerful of Secrets” Tour
Pink Floyd founding member Nick Mason has been on the road this year with his 2022 “Saucerful of Secrets” tour.
Live Gear
Tokyo Concert Hall Installs Analog Recording Desk
The Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre recently installed a Solid State Logic Duality Fuse console in its recording room.
Live Sound
On The Road with CCM Act Bryan and Katie Torwalt
The FOH position for Grammy-winning CCM artists Bryan and Katie Torwalt is based around an Allen & Heath dLive CTi1500 surface.
Live Sound
Living It Up Live With Dua Lipa
Dua Lipa's second album, Future Nostalgia, came out just as the pandemic began; two years, six singles and a Grammy later, she's taking a...
Live Sound
Getting the Show on the Road: Tour Sound in 2022
There are more tours than ever this summer, but in the live sound world, gear shortages and staffing challenges remain.
Live Gear
Volume Streaming Service Centers Around Mixer
Nashville-based streaming service Volume has been capturing live performances during the pandemic using an Allen & Heath SQ-6 mixer.
Live Sound
The Killers Rampage Through U.K. with Capital Sound
Veteran alt-rockers The Killers spent May and June touring the U.K. and Ireland with the help of Capital Sound and a d&b GSL system.
Live Gear
Slamhammer Audio Glam Slams at Prince Mural Reveal
Regional audio provider Slamhammer Audio tackled audio for the recent street party unveiling a 100-foot-tall mural of Prince in Minneapolis.
Live Sound
Back on the Road with Billie Eilish, Part 2
In the concluding Part 2, the Billie Eilish tour's audio team preps for its 2022 run, rethinking everything from the ground up.
Live Sound
Back on the Road with Billie Eilish, Part 1
After a two-year pandemic pause—not to mention an Oscar win and a hit album—Billie Eilish and her sound team are back on the road,...
Featured
Karol G Rocks Coachella with the Waves LV1
For Karol G's main-stage performance at Coachella, FOH engineer John Buitrago and monitor engineer Robin Barrera mixed on the Waves eMotion LV1.
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...
Live Gear
Dead & Company Debut PANTHER on Tour
Stadium/Shed System from UltraSound Anchored by 72 PANTHER Loudspeakers
Live Sound
An ‘Air’ of Sophistication: Sound Design 1,401 Feet Above New York City
Air, an immersive art experience at the top of One Vanderbilt in New York City, uses mirrors and sound design to evoke endless expanses.
Live Gear
DAS Audio’s Lara Line Array Makes Live Debut
DAS Audio’s Lara self-powered cardioid line array made its world debut at the Lanxess Arena in Cologne, Germany.
Business
Designing an All-New Loudspeaker
How Meyer Sound added power and cut the weight with its new flagship PANTHER line array loudspeaker.
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
Umphrey’s McGee: Rocking in Reykjavik
Veteran jamband Umphrey's McGee headed to Iceland earlier this year for “Röckjavik,” a special three-night run at the 1,800-seat Eldborg Concert Hall in Reykjavik.
Live Sound
75th Tony Awards’ ‘Best Sound’ Winners Announced
The Tony Awards, honoring the best work on Broadway during the current theatrical season, came just nine months after the previous edition.
Live Sound
AVIXA Market Insights Outline AV Industry’s Sound Footing
AVIXA's Market Insight Lunch at InfoComm revealed that despite challenges, the industry's long-term outlook remains unaffected.
Live Sound
Making ‘Mr. Saturday Night’ Sound Natural
Billy Crystal’s new Broadway musical, 'Mr. Saturday Night,' features a Kai Harada-designed audio system based around Meyer Sound speakers.
Business
NAMM Show Returns, Wary but Ready to Roll
The NAMM Show is a convention like no other, but the 2022 edition, which opens today, will be like no other NAMM Show.
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,...
Live Sound
Simple Minds Returns to the Road with Brit Row
Simple Minds just wrapped up the first leg of its long-awaited 40 Years of Hits Tour with audio support from Britannia Row.
Live Sound
Jazmine Sullivan Hits the Road with Clair
Tonderick “TW” Watkins is manning Jazmine Sullivan’s FOH mix on one of her tour’s two DiGiCo SD12 96 consoles supplied by Clair Global.
Business
Shure Joins ITU, UK Spectrum Policy Forum Steering Board
Shure recently joined the International Telecommunication Union and the UK Spectrum Policy Forum Steering Board.
Live Sound
Jack White Gets Bats with Harman
Baseball bat manufacturer Warstic Sports, co-owned by rocker Jack White, recently opened a new HQ/retail space outfitted with JBL Pro and Crown audio gear.