Live Gear
Mix ‘N Match
Mixing monitors is like directing traffic in midtown Manhattan: Everyone wants to go first, no one is heading in the same direction, and nobody...
FixIt: Greg Mace
Greg Mace of house-of-worship audio specialists GJM Sound recently completed an install at Nampa First Nazarene Church (Nampa, Idaho) that required serious
Late Late Show Boosts Monitor Offerings
Any touring act and their engineers will find a new, larger performance area at The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson, which recently completed...
FixIt: Ramon Morales
Monitor engineer Ramon Morales is currently out with hip hop artist Mary J. Blige and a five-piece band. Blige sings through the Neumann capsule...
FixIt: Raphael Alkins
Monitor engineer Raphael Alkins is currently out with Ricky Martin. He and guitar tech Tim Wright were instrumental in finding a wireless beltpack system
MOTU MachFive Universal Sampler
FUN WITH RELEASE SAMPLES, DRUM PROCESSING AND CRAZY WHISTLING
FixIt: Brad Madix
For Shakira's current tour, FOH engineer Brad Madix (Def Leppard, Queensryche, Psychedelic Furs, Marilyn Manson, Rush) is using a Digidesign VENUE in
Heil Sound Gets Inducted
Cleveland's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum (www.rockhall.com) has added new artifacts from sound company Heil Sound (Fairview Heights, Ill., www.heilsound.com)
FixIt: Dave Rat
Rat Sound Systems' Dave Rat is working a 32-channel Midas Verona out on the Red Hot Chili Peppers' European TV and radio promotion tour....
Martin Audio Brings Old Blue Eyes to Life
Designed by Autograph Sound's Nick Lidster, the Virtual Sinatra live show at the London Palladium has been made possible by the discovery of vintage...
FixIt: David Morgan
A veteran of many Paul Simon tours, David Morgan (Steely Dan, James Taylor, Bette Midler and countless others) is currently mixing FOH for Simon's...
FixIt: Snake Newton
Since 1999, front-of-house engineer Snake Newton has toured with the Pet Shop Boys, Craig David and Duran Duran. He has also worked on many...
Live From the Gig Launches
Los Angeles based The Gig is taking the concert experience online with the launch of Live From the Gig (www.livefromthegig.com), which streams and archives
FixIt: Bryan Cross
Bryan Cross (Tower of Power, Vertical Horizon, Lifehouse, Howie Day) is currently out with the Pussycat Dolls, where he is manning both front-of-house
Audio in the Round
London's Royal Albert Hall recently hosted an opera-in-the-round production of La Bohme, which made use of Out Board's TiMax audio imaging delay matrix
FixIt: Pete Robertson
Coheed & Cambria's front-of-house engineer Pete Robertson recently made the switch to putting the majority of the band on in-ears, as well as finding
Live Sound Assets
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