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FixIt: Tori Amos FOH Engineer Mark Hawley
Marcel and I make all of Tori's albums using an analog desk, and this is the setup we've used over...
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Skillet Tour Profile
Derek Toews, Skillet Hard-rockers Skillet (singer/bassist John Cooper, keyboardist/vocalist Korey Cooper, guitarist Ben Kasica and drummer/vocalist Jen
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All Access: Snow Patrol and Plain White T’s
Pop-rockers Snow Patrol and openers the Plain White T's warmed up the San Francisco Bay Area in early November to the delight of their...
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Grammy Museum Exhibits Roland
The newest permanent installation at the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles (www.grammymuseum.org) is Roland Live, which lets visitors participate in the music-making
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Delicate Productions Expands
Delicate Productions, a full-service event production company based in Camarillo, Calif., has opened a new South San Francisco office and warehouse to
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Opera Goes Au Natural
Situated in the Lincoln Center for Performing Arts (New York City), the David H. Koch Theater (which hosts the New York City Ballet and...
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Magic From Stage to Studio
For the past couple of years, I've been meeting my brother Kit and his daughters in the Tennessee countryside for some good times at...
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Road-Worthy Gear: New Sound Reinforcement Products, December 2009
CAD Audio VP Mics New from CAD Audio's Astatic Commercial line are the 1600VP (hanging model) and 1700VP (56-inch carbon fiber boom model) condenser...
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Load In: Sound Reinforcement News, December 2009
Yamaha Commercial Audio Systems has launched its Rolling Showroom, a state-of-the-art 53-foot double-expanding trailer that will make stops at select
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FixIt: Luke Bryan Engineer Chris “Sully” Sullivan
Luke Bryan Engineer Chris Sullivan We are not carrying a front-of-house console, so we are relying on a desk du jour supplied by the...
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Royal Albert Hall Upgrades Elgar Room
On October 14, 2009, the Royal Albert Hall opened the doors to a new venue, the transformed Elgar Room which once saw Dame Judi...
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Shinedown Tour Profile
Touring in support of last year's release, The Sound of Madness, Florida-based Shinedown (Eric Bass, bass/piano/vocals; Brent Smith, vocals; Zach Myers,
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Hear Music Through Subs
At the Rochester School for the Deaf (Rochester, N.Y.; rsdeaf.org), Bag End S18E-C subwoofers placed face-down on a vibrating floor help deaf and hard-of-hearing
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Sound Reinforcement Goes Green
by Clive Young. Green is the new black. These days, there's few things more hip than being environmentally aware, and around the world, individuals,...
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Sound Reinforcement Goes Green
by Clive Young. Green is the new black. These days, there's few things more hip than being environmentally aware, and around the world, individuals,...
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Inside U2’s Underworld
by Clive Young. Beneath the stage of U2's 360 tour lies the Underworld, where monitor engineers Niall Slevin, Dave Skaff and Alastair McMillan ensure...
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Inside U2’s Underworld
by Clive Young. Beneath the stage of U2's 360 tour lies the Underworld, where monitor engineers Niall Slevin, Dave Skaff and Alastair McMillan ensure...
Live Gear
Road-Worthy Gear: New Sound Reinforcement Products, November 2009
Cadac Live1 Series Incorporating many amenities of Cadac's large-scale theater and touring consoles, the Live1 offers a cost-effective choice for FOH
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Load In: Sound Reinforcement News, November 2009
Linkin Park's European tour saw the band carrying their own board group, stage set and monitor package that comprised Adamson M15 wedges and SX18...
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FixIt: Renato Carneiro’s “X Plain”
Monitor engineer Renato Carneiro works with Brazilian artists Zeze di Carmargo, Luciano and Os Mutantes. On the L/R bus of the desk, I build...
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Dan Black Tour Profile
Mix talked with engineer Steve Pattison about Black's current tour. What's your setup? Dan's shows are wide ranging from large festivals to clubs and
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State of the Industry 2009 Sound Reinforcement
by Clive Young. A year ago, the future was not promising for the large-scale touring industry. Despite having had a strong summer, the sound...
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State of the Industry 2009 Sound Reinforcement
by Clive Young. A year ago, the future was not promising for the large-scale touring industry. Despite having had a strong summer, the sound...
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Naturally 7 Tour Profile
Naturally 7 Seven-part R&B vocalists Naturally 7 is out on the road supporting Wall of Sound. Mix caught up with tour manager/front-of-house engineer
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Nexo Celebrates 30 Years
In addition to marking its 30th year in the pro audio market, NEXO (nexo-sa.com) also celebrated its first year of transition to becoming a...
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Fix It: Engineer Scott Bishop on Using Soundcraft Vi6 Console for Numerous Festivals
Four monitor mixes are mixed from FOH with up to six extra zones, three analog external effects units (for a visiting dub band), with...
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Load In: Sound Reinforcement News, October 2009
A total of five DiGiCo boards are in use on the Aerosmith/ZZ Top tour: SD7 (Aerosmith FOH Jim Ebdon), CS-D5s (Aerosmith in-ear mixes by...
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It Was Only 40 Years Ago
Celebrating its 40th anniversary, the 1969 Woodstock Music and Art Fair would have sounded a lot different if it weren't for sound engineer Bill...
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All Access: No Doubt
To the delight of No Doubt fans worldwide, the band has returned to the stage after a half-decade hiatus. Running through their hits from...
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Road-Worthy Gear: New Sound Reinforcement Products, September 2009
AKG Updates C 747 AKG's new C 747 V11 condenser pencil microphone features an enhanced hypercardioid polar pattern offering improved off-axis rejection
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Load In: Sound Reinforcement News, September 2009
Wicked's second North American tour is the show's first production to be equipped with a fiber-optic audio distribution system, thanks to Wireworks CorporationA
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All Access: Rockstar Energy Mayhem Festival
The Rockstar Energy Mayhem Festival is an all-metal gathering where performances, dB levels and hardcore fans fully live up to the name of the...
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The Dead Return
In October 2008, Grateful Dead founding members Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Mickey Hart and Bill Kreutzmann joined by Warren Haynes and Jeff Chimenti played
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American Idol Tour Profile
The American Idol tour has kicked off once again, showcasing the Top 10 finalists from the reality show. Mix caught up with front-of-house engineer...