Live Sound

Chris “Sully” Sullivan of L-Acoustics searches for counterfeit L-Acoustics product in the warehouse of Se7ven Sounds Music, Inc during a raid to seize fake products. Photo: Zack Wittman / L-Acoustics.

Business

Counterfeit Speakers Seized; Sound Co. Slammed with $5m Judgment

By Clive Young ⋅ Published: 09/27/2023

136 fake L-Acoustics products were seized from Tampa-based rental company Se7ven Sounds Music, Inc. and will be destroyed. It's the latest incident in a...

Live Sound

Chris DiCorpo Builds A Custom Compact dLive Desk

By Mix Staff ⋅ Published: 09/21/2023

Freelance live engineer Chris DiCorpo created his own custom, ultra-compact console based around Allen & Heath's dLive platform—without using a full-fledged dLive control surface.

Legendary drummer Carl Palmer (left) and FOH/monitor/ video engineer Steve Supparits pause during soundcheck at the Epic Center in Green Bay, Wisconsin.

Live Sound

Carl Palmer Brings Back ELP on the Road

By Clive Young ⋅ Published: 09/18/2023

ELP drummer Carl Palmer is carrying on the band’s legacy with a new tour that uses a savvy mix of multimedia and live performance.

Numerous members of Lionel Richie's band having moved to immersive Klang monitor mixes on his current tour, thanks to engineer Lorin White.

Live Sound

Lionel Richie’s Band Clicks with Klang

By Mix Staff ⋅ Published: 09/14/2023

Numerous members of Lionel Richie's band having moved to immersive Klang monitor mixes on his current tour, thanks to engineer Lorin White.

The Bregenz Festival’s remarkable 300-ton floating stage for Madame Butterfly includes KV2, Kling & Freitag, Adamson and JBL loudspeakers hidden in the set.

Live Sound

Bregenz Festival Stage Floats Like a Butterfly

By Mix Staff ⋅ Published: 09/13/2023

The Bregenz Festival’s remarkable 300-ton floating stage for Madame Butterfly includes KV2, Kling & Freitag, Adamson and JBL loudspeakers hidden in the set.

Luke Combs’ live audio team includes (l-r): Michael Zuehsow (Monitor Engineer), Dan McLaughlin (RF Coordinator/Tech), Wesley Hancock (PA/Stage Tech), Emma Berry (PA/Stage Tech), Joseph Lefebvre (Systems Engineer), Caleb Imoden (PA Tech), Michael Grabarczyk (PA/Delay Tech), Jerry Slone (Production Manager), Nick D’Andrea (PA/Stage Tech), Stephen Millet (Crew Chief) and Todd Lewis (FOH Engineer). Photo: David Bergman

Live Sound

Luke Combs is Gettin’ Global on His World Tour, Part 2

By Clive Young ⋅ Published: 09/12/2023

Luke Combs' audio team talks monitors, the tour's massive Outline PA and the artist shotgunning beers with Patrick Mahomes.

Special Event Services (SES) of Mocksville, North Carolina provided all sound and lighting for the U.S. leg of Luke Combs’ world tour. Photo: David Bergman

Live Sound

Luke Combs is Gettin’ Global on His World Tour, Part 1

By Clive Young ⋅ Published: 09/11/2023 ⋅ Updated: 09/12/2023

Luke Combs' world tour will hit 16 countries this year, but it started with a sold-out stadium run here in the U.S., supported by...

Yeah Yeah Yeahs have been playing across the U.S., including festivals like Salt Lake City's Kilby Block Party.

Live Sound

Yeah Yeah Yeahs Turn It Up Live with ‘Cool It Down’

By Mix Staff ⋅ Published: 09/07/2023

Yeah Yeah Yeahs have been touring the U.S.—and the rest of the world—behind last year’s Cool It Down album.

The Stonedead Festival has a strict onsite SPL limit of 105 (DBA) LEQ15, and a C-weighted limit of 130 (DBC), measured at the FOH position.

Blogs

Mix Live Blog: How Loud Is Too Loud?

By Steve La Cerra ⋅ Published: 09/07/2023

"Wait a minute—130 dBC at front-of-house? Are they out of their minds?"

The Dreamsonic tour audio crew (left to right), pictured with an L2 enclosure: Austin Pinkerton (Devin Townsend monitors), Darian Kani-Sanchez (stage technician), James Meslin (Dream Theater monitors), Steve Thom (system engineer), Michael “Ace” Baker (Dream Theater FOH), Igor Stolarsky (Animals As Leaders FOH), Neal Duffy (Animals As Leaders monitors), and Chris Edrich (Devin Townsend FOH)

Live Sound

Dream Theater Takes L Series System on Tour

By Mix Staff ⋅ Published: 09/06/2023

Dream Theater’s Dreamsonic tour, supported by PRG, was the first tour in North America to deploy L-Acoustics’ new L Series system.

Harwell bellows into a wireless mic at New York's Tramps.

Live Sound

Smash Mouth Live in 1997: From Dives To Domes

By Pete Moe ⋅ Published: 09/05/2023

This is the tale of a band and an engineer who graduated from 500-capacity clubs to 80,000-seat stadiums in less than six months.

FOH engineer Rich Davis (seated) and monitor engineer Bob Delson manned Yamaha and Ramsa consoles, respectively, for Jimmy Buffett during his winter 1998 arena tour. Photo: Clive Young.

Live Sound

Jimmy Buffett Live in 1998: Turning Manhattan into Margaritaville

By Clive Young ⋅ Published: 09/05/2023

In February, 1998, Jimmy Buffett hit Madison Square Garden to take Parrotheads away on a one-night winter vacation to Margaritaville.

The audio team that got The Bellwether ready for opening night, from left: Jeff Del Bello, president, dB Sound Design; Jon Zott, production manager, the Bellwether; Francis Valentine, senior engineer, dB Sound Design; and Michael Panepento, acoustician, Alabama Music and Audio Supervision. Photo: Steve Harvey.

Live Sound

The Bellwether Opens, Ready to Rock L.A.

By Steve Harvey ⋅ Published: 08/31/2023

The latest cool club in L.A. is The Bellwether, a 1,600-capacity, 45,000-plus-square-foot, multi-room complex with an audio system that's ready to rock.

A brown, red, and yellow circle showing AVIXA's projected Pro AV growth in dollars. Image: AVIXA.

Business

Pro AV Industry Revenues to Jump Nearly $100 Billion by 2028

By Mix Staff ⋅ Published: 08/30/2023

The Pro AV industry is forecast to reach $402 billion in revenues yearly by 2028, according to AVIXA's latest IOTA report.

For the second year, UltraSound provided Meyer’s Panther large-format linear array loudspeakers for the Lands End main stage at Outside Lands. Photo: Steve Jennings.

Live Gear

San Francisco’s Outside Lands Festival Marks 15th Anniversary

By Mix Staff ⋅ Published: 08/28/2023

For 15 years, Outside Lands has been one of the Bay Area’s premiere music events, sporting Meyer Sound systems provided by Ultrasound and McCune...

Live Sound

Knockdown Center Upgrades P.A. for Impact

By Mix Staff ⋅ Published: 08/25/2023 ⋅ Updated: 08/28/2023

Arts center and venue chose L-Acoustics system to bring quality sound to shows across all music genres and of varying crowd size.

Live Sound

LD Systems Takes Its New Desk to the Rodeo

By Mix Staff ⋅ Published: 08/23/2023 ⋅ Updated: 08/28/2023

Newest SSL Live console ties in to live sound-meets-live broadcast infrastructure.

Live Sound

Santa Fe Opera Reimagines the Sound of Hades

By Mix Staff ⋅ Published: 08/23/2023 ⋅ Updated: 08/28/2023

The open-air venue delivered an immersive live sound experience to the audience in its innovative reimagining of Monteverdi’s Orfeo.

Live Sound

Travon Snipes Gives Post Malone the Quantum Treatment

By Christopher Shuler ⋅ Published: 08/23/2023

Whether on a Quantum5 or Quantum7, the popular artist’s monitor engineer stays in perfect sync with FOH engineer Kevin Brown, also on a Quantum7

Live Sound

Girl Named Tom Chalk Up Touring First

By Mix Staff ⋅ Published: 08/22/2023

Pop trio of siblings employs new digital wireless system for vocals and guitars throughout nationwide tour.

Live Sound

Yamaha Releases New Rivage PM Firmware

By Mix Staff ⋅ Published: 08/22/2023

New features include the Genius.lab for enhanced workflows, Interphase plug-in for more flexible sound creation, new dynamics and other enhancements.

Live Sound

Product of the Week: Stage Right by Monoprice SR Studio 2-Channel 1073-Style Microphone Preamp

By Steve La Cerra ⋅ Published: 08/22/2023

Vintage-style mic, line and instrument preamp designed to provide the Neve 1073 sound at an affordable price.

Blog

Mix Live Blog: Music for Maui

By Steve La Cerra ⋅ Published: 08/21/2023 ⋅ Updated: 08/28/2023

The music industry showed up early to offer support for the victims of the Lahaina wildfires, with a number of fundraising concerts over the...

Hanging out at front-of-house on the Robert Plant/Alison Krauss tour were (l-r) monitor engineer Chris “Coz” Costello; monitor tech Artie Aymong; system tech Dan Currie; and FOH engineer Mark Kennedy. PHOTO: Courtesy of Mark Kennedy.

Live Sound

Robert Plant & Alison Krauss Raise the Roof on the Road, Part 2

By Clive Young ⋅ Published: 08/17/2023

Discover how the audio team on Robert Plant and Alison Krauss' "Raise The Roof" tour brought the chemistry on stage to the crowds nightly.

Alison Krauss and Robert Plant’s ‘Raise The Roof’ tour stopped at the Pearl Concert Theater in the Palms Casino Resort on June 14, 2023 in Las Vegas, Nevada. PHOTO: Denise Truscello / Getty Images.

Live Sound

Robert Plant & Alison Krauss Raise the Roof on the Road, Part 1

By Clive Young ⋅ Published: 08/16/2023 ⋅ Updated: 08/17/2023

How the audio team on Robert Plant and Alison Krauss' "Raise The Roof" tour brought the chemistry on stage to the crowds nightly.

Audio Logic Systems went with Allen & Heath's AHM audio matrix processors in the venue's rack.

Live Sound

Eden Prairie Upgrades Amphitheatre

By Mix Staff ⋅ Published: 08/14/2023

Audio Logic Systems recently upgraded the audio system of the 400-seat Staring Lake Amphitheatre in Eden Prairie, MN.

Photo: Ronald Woan/ cc-by-sa-2.0 ; Getty Images/EyeEm. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Taylor_Swift_Eras_Tour_-_Arlington,_TX_-_Reputation_act_2.jpg

Blog

Mix Live Blog: Christmas In July

By Steve La Cerra ⋅ Published: 08/10/2023

Taylor Swift gave out bonuses of $100,000 to more than 50 truck drivers on her tour, but it's not only generous; it's good business.

TDA Germany-provided two Allen & Heath dLive S5000 consoles for FOH and monitors on The Mission's recent tour.

Live Sound

The Mission Return to the Road

By Mix Staff ⋅ Published: 08/08/2023

TDA Germany-provided consoles became the crew’s tower of strength for 33-date tour.

Live Gear

Best-Tronics Packs Rockers’ Racks with RF Venue

By Mix Staff ⋅ Published: 08/08/2023

Chicago-based Best-Tronics Manufacturing has been building racks for acts like Queensrÿche, Veil of Maya, Mt. Joy, Scarlett O’Hara and more.

The Lincoln Center Theater recently presented a new take on the Lerner and Loewe musical Camelot in a production that used d&b audiotechnik V, Q and E series loudspeakers.

Live Sound

Camelot Returns—with a New Speaker Setup

By Mix Staff ⋅ Published: 08/07/2023

The Lincoln Center Theater recently presented a new take on Camelot in a production that used d&b audiotechnik V, Q and E series loudspeakers.

L-Acoustics’ new flagship L2 System was in the house at London’s Soho House Festival.

Live Sound

Brit Row Takes L-Acoustics’ New L2 System to Soho House Festival

By Mix Staff ⋅ Published: 08/02/2023

L-Acoustics’ new flagship L2 System was in the house at London’s Soho House Festival.

Live Gear

Oregon Festival to Power Stages with Hydrogen

By Clive Young ⋅ Published: 07/31/2023

Taking place this week, Pickathon will use experimental Toyota Hydrogen Fuel Cell Generator to power stages.

Gojira FOH engineer Johann Meyer mans the Avid S6L-32D console nightly on the Mega-Monsters tour. Photo: Errick Easterday.

Live Sound

Mixing Metal for the Masses: Gojira and Mastodon on the Road

By Candace Horgan ⋅ Published: 07/26/2023

Gojira and Mastodon have been tearing it up on the road this year, co-headlining the Mega-Monsters tour with complimentary crews bringing the metal to...