FixIt: Bryan Worthen
Front-of-house engineer Bryan Worthen is mixing a nine-date UK arena tour for Foo Fighters. He's manning two DiGiCo D5s to handle the show's double...
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Front-of-house engineer Bryan Worthen is mixing a nine-date UK arena tour for Foo Fighters. He's manning two DiGiCo D5s to handle the show's double...
Technomad Associates has donated a turnkey P.A. system to ABC's Extreme Makeover: Home Edition for a show scheduled to air in February 2008. The...
ET Live!, held during the LDI 2007 conference (November 16-18, 2007) in Orlando, employed six P.A. systems and requisite concert gear (including front-of-house
Front-of-house engineer Kirk Shreiner has mixed for Mtley Cre and is currently out with Maroon 5. I have been working for Clair/Showco for 19...
New York City's Kaufman Center will unveil its new look on January 8, 2008. The facility's Merkin Concert Hall, a 449-seat performance space, received
Currently mixing FOH for Nelly Furtado, Jeffrey Luge Holdip has also mixed Citizen Cope, Sophie Ellis Bextor and Santos & Pecadores, as well as...
The personnel on the stage are critical. At Strawberry, Tony Williams does a fantastic job organizing and deciding which inputs go where. Especially in...
The songs are well-known, but the dialog is very funny. Chris Egan's orchestrations are crafted not only to enhance the pop songs, but also...
One of our goals was to create an SR system with a huge wow factor for the audience, while providing outstanding audio excitement for...
The supercardioid 105 capsule is not for everyone. It depends on the artist and the situation. What helps with Mary is that the drummer...
I wanted to avoid the increasingly popular trend of wedging highly complex and powerful consoles — digital or analog — into simple and relatively...
Managing snapshots, presets and safes: These can be incredible tools for helping you manage a complex show, one that has multiple bands, a high...
I'll take the preamp sends from the direct outs of the mixing console and send them to the 24 analog inputs of the...
When you're working with a vocal-oriented artist or group, time is a major factor. A fix for placing a vocal in a group is...
With 50,000 screaming fans, system crashes are not an option! My trick for fail-safe operation is set up two Pro Tools rigs with a...
We use acoustic guitars with onboard batteries driving the pickups on a number of Ricky's songs. When these feed wireless systems using companders, the...
Here are some quick fixes for onstage sound: Try placing sidefills low on their side and angling them up with 2×4s. This reduces floor...
Some newer arenas seem to be very bright, with lots of reflective surfaces, from skyboxes, etc. How should I deal with an overly live...
Sound designer Richard Brooker on finding a balance between high-energy pop numbers and dialog for new musical Never Forget: The songs are well-known,
Rick Reith is currently tour managing and mixing front of house for Eric Johnson and Fuel. Here's a technique to fatten up your front-of-house...
Last month saw Irish guitarist/vocalist Gary Moore and his band touring the UK to promote their latest album, Close As You Can Get. Front-of-house...
Using new, state-of-the-art HD video-capture systems in both Knitting Factory New York and Los Angeles venues, Knitting Factory Digital Services (KFDS)
Monitor and FOH engineer Raphael Alkins has more than 25 years' experience under his belt, with credits including The Grammys, Billboard Awards, MTV Video
Sunderland, UK-based High Fidelity Studios' (www.hifistudios.net) new, fully equipped pre-touring rehearsal suite features an Allen & Heath GL2800M monitor
Grammy Award?winning engineer Tom Young is currently working with Tony Bennett; he was also the longtime live mixer for Frank Sinatra. One of the...
Clair Bros. Systems recently installed a WJHW-designed audio system at the new Glass Cactus nightclub in Grapevine, Texas. The system includes JBL VerTec
Andy Robinson has worked with George Michael for the past three years and is currently one of two monitor engineers, as well as head...
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