Live Sound
Live Sound
Live Sound—New Style
It's often been said that live sound is slow to change one of the most conservative industries around. This is partly true in the...
Live Gear
Rehearsal Space Gets New Board
Sunderland, UK-based High Fidelity Studios' (www.hifistudios.net) new, fully equipped pre-touring rehearsal suite features an Allen & Heath GL2800M monitor
Live Sound
On the Road: The Smithereens
The Smithereens Currently out promoting their latest album, Meet the Smithereens a nod to The Beatles' first album The Smithereens are juicing up each
Live Sound
Now Playing: Mercy Me, Static-X
Mercy Me Sound Company: Pro Audio Group Inc. (Ooltewah, Tenn.) FOH Engineer/Board: Ryan Rettler/Digidesign VENUE Monitor Engineer/Board: Bobby George
Live Gear
Fixit: Tom Young
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...
Live Sound
All Access: Muse
With a recent nomination for Best Rock Group at the Brit Awards (the UK's version of the Grammys) and a sold-out international tour for...
Live Sound
Iggy Pop & The Stooges
It's been more than 30 years, but they're back: Iggy Pop & The Stooges played two sold-out shows at San Francisco's Warfield Theater in...
Archives
Rush Tour Gets SpectraFoo-ed
New York (May 7, 2007)--Engineer Brad Madix will handle FOH duties once again for Canadian rock legends Rush this summer. Following rehearsals throughout May,...
Archives
Rush Tour Gets SpectraFoo-ed
New York (May 7, 2007)--Engineer Brad Madix will handle FOH duties once again for Canadian rock legends Rush this summer. Following rehearsals throughout May,...
Live Sound
Josh Groban
For the current Josh Groban U.S. tour, front-of-house engineer/Maryland Sound staff engineer Mickey Beck is manning a Yamaha PM1D. With an extensive input
Live Sound
On the Road: Machine Head
Machine Head Tour manager/FOH engineer Ted Kistner is once again out with Machine Head; he originally toured with the band in May 2004 and...
Live Gear
Glass Cactus Gets Boost With New System
Clair Bros. Systems recently installed a WJHW-designed audio system at the new Glass Cactus nightclub in Grapevine, Texas. The system includes JBL VerTec
Live Gear
FixIt: Andy “Baggy” Robinson
Andy Robinson has worked with George Michael for the past three years and is currently one of two monitor engineers, as well as head...
Live Sound
Now Playing: Taste of Chaos, The Academy Is…
Taste of Chaos Sound Company: Rat Sound Systems (Oxnard, Calif.) FOH Engineers/Board: Greg Mahler, Andy Turner, John Dunn Levy/two Yamaha PM5D-RH Monitor
Live Sound
All Access: My Chemical Romance
Skyrocketing to Billboard's Number 2 slot in its first week of release, The Black Parade from My Chemical Romance has attracted so many fans...
Live Gear
Road Reality Check
A RIGOROUS TOURING LIFE CAN WEAR DOWN YOUR EARS—AND YOUR CONNECTION TO THE "REAL" WORLD
Live Sound
Dolby, BT Bring Surround to Stage
Scott “Goody” Goodwine at the Mackie TT24 Bringing the sounds of his latest CD, This Binary Universe, which was recorded in 5.1, BT recently...
Live Sound
Now Playing: Meat Loaf, Love Arcade
MEAT LOAF Sound Company: Scorpio Sound Systems (Bridgewater, Mass.)FOH Engineer/Board: George Wehrlin/Digidesign ProfileMonitor Engineer/Board: Tim Coakley/Digidesign D-ShowP.A./Amps: JBL VerTec/Lab.gruppen, Dolby Lake processingMonitors: Sennheiser in-ears...
Live Sound
On the Road: Stockholm Syndrome
A slew of benefit concerts have been popping up across the country, featuring top-name artists performing for one person: multitalented drummer/percussionist Wally Ingram. Ingram—who...
Live Sound
Robert “Obie” O’Brien, 1953-2007
Robert F. O’Brien, better known as “Obie,” of Cocoa Beach, Fla., died unexpectedly February 6, 2007. O’Brien was a highly respected keyboard tech “with...
Live Sound
All Access: Snow Patrol
The past year has seen numerous emo/punk/rock bands enter the limelight. The latest, Snow Patrol, is garnering critical acclaim for the album Eyes Open.
Live Gear
Maybe Chicken Little Was Right
The sky is falling at least part of it is for wireless audio users, whether for broadcast, production sound, Broadway, concerts, sporting events or...
Business
PSN Interview Harman Pros Michael MacDonald
By Frank Wells Northridge, CA (March 2007)--In January of this year, Harman Pro Group announced that former JBL Professional president Michael MacDonald has rejoined...
Live Sound
Now Playing: Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Chimaira
Trans-Siberian Orchestra Sound Company: db Sound (Chicago) FOH Engineer/Board: Dave Whitman (East Coast, Kurdt Vanderhoof (West Coast)/Midas Heritage
Live Sound
All Access: Lindsey Buckingham
Lindsey Buckingham recently wrapped up the second leg of his first U.S. solo tour in nearly 14 years. Mix caught up with Buckingham and...
Live Sound
Talib Kweli
Talib Kweli's sold-out performance at San Francisco's Fillmore Auditorium had the crowd thumpin' to the music from the rapper's latest, Ear Drum. For
Live Sound
Video Games Live
LEGENDARY MUSIC FROM OLD AND NEW GAMES TAKE TO THE STAGE IN BLOCKBUSTER CONCERT TOUR
Live Gear
FixIt: Ben Grossman
Ben Grossman has been wowing audiences with his electroacoustics vielle a rou, or hurdy-gurdy as it is also called. He's currently out on the...