Live Sound

75th Tony Awards’ ‘Best Sound’ Nominees Announced

By Mix Staff ⋅ Published: 05/09/2022

Nominees for this year’s Tony Awards, including those in the two Best Sound categories, were announced today.

Pink Palace Media’s Blaine Wilkins at Istrouma Baptist’s FOH mix position with the church’s Allen & Heath dLive S7000.

Live Sound

Istrouma Baptist Updates Its Audio

By Mix Staff ⋅ Published: 05/05/2022

Baton Rouge’s Istrouma Baptist Church recently updated with audio system with help from production design company Pink Palace Media.

The main stage may have featured fire, but it also had audio firepower in the form of 16 L-Acoustics K1 enclosures over four K2 downs on each side of the stage.

Live Sound

Miami’s Ultra Music Festival Returns

By Mix Staff ⋅ Published: 05/04/2022

This year’s Ultra Music Festival in March found Unreal-Systems/AgorÀ USA providing sound on the main stage for 55,000 people nightly.

Louisville’s main sports arena, the KFC Yum! Center, recently updated its house system. Photo: Doug Woosely.

Live Sound

KFC Yum! Center Updates Audio Systems

By Mix Staff ⋅ Published: 05/03/2022

Louisville’s main sports arena, the KFC Yum! Center, recently updated its house system.

Malcolm Harper of Reelsound Recording created broadcast mixes of every concert at RodeoHouston this year on a Solid State Logic System T S500 console.

Live Sound

Riding the Mix at RodeoHouston

By Clive Young ⋅ Published: 04/29/2022

Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo holds all-star concerts 20 nights in a row for up to 73,000 people a night. For 28 years, Malcolm...

Live Sound

Las Vegas’ Madison Square Garden Sphere Construction Continues

By Mix Staff ⋅ Published: 04/28/2022

When Las Vegas' $1.66 billion Madison Square Garden Sphere is completed in 2023, it will contain a 17,000 capacity arena inside the world's largest...

Live Sound

Nehru Science Centre Looks to the Future

By Mix Staff ⋅ Published: 04/27/2022

Mumbai’s Nehru Science Centre used its COVID downtime to update its audio system with the help of audio house OdBle.

The Robot Heart bus is a mainstay of Burning Man, but now it's headed to a very different kind of wilderness—New York City’s Central Park. Photo: Christian Lamb.

Live Sound

Burning Man’s Robot Heart Gets A Transplant

By Clive Young ⋅ Published: 04/22/2022

Burning Man's jaw-dropping Robot Heart sound-system bus is headed to New York's Central Park to party—and reinvent itself in the process.

Level 42 just finished a UK tour with EV and Dynacord gear in tow.

Live Sound

Level 42 Returns to the Road

By Mix Staff ⋅ Published: 04/20/2022

Merlin PA supplied an Electro-Voice and Dynacord sound system to support Level 42's first UK tour since the height of the pandemic.

Live Sound

Conquering Sound in a Polygonal Sanctuary

By Mix Staff ⋅ Published: 04/20/2022

Zurich’s Church of St. Katharina features classic brutalist architecture that may look beautiful but it is also acoustically challenging with reflective surfaces and an...

Val Foster, technical director at The Crocodile, with plenty of Sommer Cable.

Live Sound

Seattle’s Crocodile Gets Complex

By Mix Staff ⋅ Published: 04/14/2022

Seattle venue The Crocodile has expanded into a full-fledged entertainment complex, all of which is connected with Sommer Cable.

Diversified designed and installed the new L-Acoustics PA system at Red Bull Arena.

Live Sound

Red Bull Arena’s Audio Kicks

By Mix Staff ⋅ Published: 04/14/2022

New Jersey's 25,000-seat Red Bull Arena recently updated its audio system with a new L-Acoustics A Series loudspeaker system.

With the acquisition of two adjacent properties in Bushwick, BMP will create a sprawling music complex in the heart of Brooklyn. Photo: Scott Heins/Gothamist.

Live Sound

Brooklyn Made Makes Plans to Branch Out

By Clive Young ⋅ Published: 04/11/2022

Emerging NYC venue Brooklyn Made has acquired two more properties to build out adjacent venues that will hold up to 2,500 people.

Solotech flew K2 arrays for Evanescence’s The Bitter Truth tour

Live Sound

Solotech Helps Evanescence Share The Bitter Truth

By Mix Staff ⋅ Published: 04/07/2022

Evanescence just wrapped up its first US tour in two years, supporting its latest album, The Bitter Truth, and along for the ride were...

The team behind the new film 'Everything Everywhere All at Once' debuted the film at the Castro Theatre. Photo: Chris Victorio/ImageSPACE for A24

Live Sound

SF’s Revitalized Castro Theatre Set for Audio Upgrades

By Mix Staff ⋅ Published: 04/06/2022

Until a major audio renovation takes place later this year, San Francisco's Castro Theatre is using temporary Meyer Sound systems provided by rental partner...

Pearl Jam FOH Engineer Greg Nelson at the DiGiCo Quantum338 console

Live Sound

Eddie Vedder’s ‘Earthling’ Tour Blasts Off

By Mix Staff ⋅ Published: 04/05/2022

RAT Sound tackled audio duties for the recent solo tour of Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder, supporting his new album, 'Earthling.'

Yale Athletics recently installed an intercom system from Studio Technologies at the school’s 107-year-old football stadium, the Yale Bowl.

Live Gear

Yale Bowl Upgrades Comms

By Mix Staff ⋅ Published: 04/04/2022

Yale Athletics recently installed an intercom system from Studio Technologies at the school’s 107-year-old football stadium, the Yale Bowl.

Nearly all the halftime performers opted for Sennheiser SKM 6000 transmitters with MD 9235 capsules from the company’s Digital 6000 wireless product line. PHOTO: Gary Trenda

Live Sound

Hip-Hop Halftime: Remote-Mixing Music for Super Bowl LVI

By Steve Harvey ⋅ Published: 03/30/2022 ⋅ Updated: 03/31/2022

Remote-mixing music for Super Bowl LVI from the NFL’s new West Coast facilities was no simple trick.

Monitor engineer/production manager John Kaylor mans a DiGiCo Quantum5 desk for Joe Bonamassa.

Live Sound

SES Hits the Road with Joe Bonamassa

By Mix Staff ⋅ Published: 03/30/2022

Blues master Joe Bonamassa just wrapped up a six-week return to the road with Special Event Services providing audio gear for each stop.

Live Sound

London’s Albany Upgrades Audio for In-The-Round and More

By Mix Staff ⋅ Published: 03/30/2022

A community arts center in southeast London, The Albany recently replaced its long-standing audio system with an eye towards future projects.

Andrew "Slipper" Brown, Tour Manager and FOH Engineer for Candian Alt-rock act Mother Mother

Live Sound

The Mother Mother of All Tours

By Mix Staff ⋅ Published: 03/29/2022

Canadian alt-rockers Mother Mother are in the midst of a 12-month tour, on the road internationally with a pair of Allen & Heath CT1500...

Classic-Tracks

Taylor Hawkins and Foo Fighters Through The Years

By Clive Young ⋅ Published: 03/26/2022 ⋅ Updated: 03/28/2022

With the unexpected passing Friday of Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins, we look back at his and the band's long and prolific careers.

DiGiCo Quantum 338s handled the FOH mix positions at Brighton Dome and The Blueroom at The O2, to deliver immersive audio.

Live Gear

DiGiCo, d&b Beat Latency for 5G Festival’s Remote Music Performance

By Mix Staff ⋅ Published: 03/24/2022

More than 20 musicians were able to perform together remotely via DiGiCo and d&b Soundscape equipment during the 5G Festival.

allen & heath at British Music Embassy Cedar Street Courtyard at SXSW

Live Gear

British Music Embassy Rocks at SXSW

By Mix Staff ⋅ Published: 03/23/2022

The British Music Embassy Cedar Street Courtyard at SXSW this year was outfitted with a phalanx of Allen & Heath dLive consoles.

Live Sound

Unheard Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry / Mouse On Mars Immersive Collaboration Debuts

By Clive Young ⋅ Published: 03/18/2022 ⋅ Updated: 03/21/2022

Brooklyn's National Sawdust recently took an unheard Lee “Scratch” Perry/Mouse on Mars collaboration into the immersive realm.

Maroon 5 was heard at San Francisco’s Oracle Park stadium recently through a massive EAW Anya system.

Live Sound

Maroon 5 Rolls into SF’s Oracle Park

By Mix Staff ⋅ Published: 03/16/2022

Maroon 5 was heard at San Francisco’s Oracle Park stadium recently through a massive EAW Anya system provided by Sound Image.

Live Sound

Powering David Byrne’s ‘American Utopia’

By Mix Staff ⋅ Published: 03/11/2022

Pete Keppler, system designer and house engineer for David Byrne's 'American Utopia' on Broadway, discusses the show's audio system.

Keeping things moving for George Strait, show after show are (L-R): George Olson – FOH; Paul Rogers –Production Manager; Ken Porter – Spectrum Sound; Erika West – PA Tech; Bobby George – Spectrum Sound; Rudd Lance – Systems Engineer; Nick Page - PA Tech; Bob Campbell – PA Tech; Dave Thomas – d&b audiotechnik. Photo: Jill Trunnell.

Live Sound

Going All-In for George Strait “Strait to Vegas” Shows

By Mix Staff ⋅ Published: 03/10/2022

Spectrum Sound is providing a d&b audiotechnik KSL system for George Strait's in-the-round residency at Las Vegas' T-Mobile Arena.

Left to right: Spectrum Sound’s Andrew Sullivan, Ken Porter, and Bobby George in the warehouse with a few of their new DiGiCo Quantum consoles

Live Gear

Spectrum Sound Doubles Down on DiGiCo

By Mix Staff ⋅ Published: 03/09/2022

Longtime Nashville live sound provider Spectrum Sound has added multiple Quantum7, Quantum338 and Quantum225 desks to its inventory.

The Current Position and Future Recovery of the Live Events Sector

Business

New Report Highlights Live Sound Recovery Concerns

By Clive Young ⋅ Published: 03/08/2022

The report breaks down how Covid-19 has affected pros, providers and pro-audio manufacturers in more than 40 countries.

Sound design engineer, Hervé Déjardin (left) with Jean-Michel Jarre, finalizing the L-ISA spatial design.

Live Sound

Jean-Michel Jarre Debuts Immersive Live Project, ‘Oxymore’

By Mix Staff ⋅ Published: 03/03/2022

Electronic music pioneer Jean-Michel Jarre recently performed his new immersive live project, Oxymore, at Radio France’s Hyper Weekend Festival.

Business

DiGiCo, d&b audiotechnik Partner on Soundscape Integration

By Mix Staff ⋅ Published: 03/01/2022

d&b audiotechnik and DiGiCo have partnered to implement control of d&b’s Soundscape on DiGiCo consoles.

Live Sound

Bringing the Sound of Bob Marley to London’s West End

By Mix Staff ⋅ Published: 02/28/2022

Sound designer Tony Gayle tackled audio for the West End's new Bob Marley musical, the appropriately named 'Get Up Stand Up.'

Marko Hunt at FOH with the Allen & Heath Avantis.

Live Sound

The Oak Ridge Boys Roll and Little River Band Flow with Avantis Desks

By Mix Staff ⋅ Published: 02/28/2022

Nashville's Brantley Sound recently set up both the Little River Band and the Oak Ridge Boys with Allen & Heath Avantis desks for live...

Live Sound

Bon Iver Puts L-ISA Processor II to the Test with 7.1 Immersive Concert

By Mix Staff ⋅ Published: 02/24/2022 ⋅ Updated: 02/25/2022

A pair of Bon Iver concerts in Los Angeles marked the first official deployment anywhere of L-Acoustics’ 3D audio processing engine, the L-ISA Processor...