Live Gear
One Way or Another, Blondie Tours Through 2022
Blondie and their longtime live sound crew had a tumultuous post-pandemic world tour, but got through it, one way or another.
Live Sound
Live Sound
Incubus Returns to the Road
Incubus spent the summer touring with Clair Global, a massive L-Acoustics rig and guitarist Mike Einziger’s Mixhalo platform.
Business
Holoplot, Electrosonic Team for Immersive Audio Environments
German immersive pro-audio manufacturer Holoplot has teamed up with experiential technology provider Electrosonic in a new strategic partnership.
Live Sound
In This Moment Rolls Through Red Rocks
FOH engineer Brian Hardaswick has been mixing In This Moment on an Allen & Heath dLive system throughout the group’s 2022 tour, including a...
Live Sound
What OneRepublic Did On Its Summer Vacation
After a pandemic pause and years of one-offs and short runs, OneRepublic returned to the road this summer with a full-fledged tour supported by...
Live Sound
Capturing Bon Jovi’s Live Drum Sound
Capturing Bon Jovi's drum sound on the band’s recent U.S. tour was a passel of mics from Austrian Audio.
Live Sound
Cover Story: Inside The Stadium Tour, Part 2 — Def Leppard
Mötley Crüe and Def Leppard co-headlined The Stadium Tour this summer, playing to 1.1 million fans with the help of Clair Global and an...
Business
Skan Acquired By Britannia Row, Clair Global
UK-based sound provider Skan is the latest addition to the Clair Global family of companies.
Live Sound
Cover Story: Inside The Stadium Tour, Part 1—Mötley Crüe
Mötley Crüe and Def Leppard co-headlined The Stadium Tour this summer, playing to 1.1 million fans with the help of Clair Global and an...
Live Gear
Adam Hall NA, Breaking Sound Team for NYC Events
Adam Hall North America and Breaking Sound have teamed up for a series of events in New York City.
Live Sound
Keeping Duran Duran’s Live Sound Wild
Duran Duran just finished its US tour leg, part of a 2022 journey that will culminate at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame...
Live Gear
L-Acoustics L-ISA Studio 2.4 Software – A Real-World Review, Part 2
In Part 2 of our review, we discover what happens when binaural mixes created with L-ISA Studio are transferred to an immersive playback system...
Live Gear
Mixing Dance Gavin Dance Live
FOH engineer Travis Wade has been on the road this year with post-hardcore act Dance Gavin Dance and an A&H dLive S5000 desk.
Live Gear
L-Acoustics L-ISA Studio 2.4 – A Real-World Review, Part 1
Veteran live sound pro Steve La Cerra dives into L-Acoustics' L-ISA Studio 2.4 software to create an immersive sound experience.
Live Gear
Miami Live Sound Provider True Audio Expands Inventory
Regional live sound provider True Audio recently updated its inventory with PK Sound systems.
Live Sound
Solotech Reports Bumper Festival Season
Festivals throughout Canada, the U.S. and the UK lead to a record year for Montreal-based audio-visual systems provider.
Live Sound
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra Upgrades Its Historic Home
The technical rebuild of the historic Wellington Town Hall in New Zealand includes the addition of a 72-fader Lawo console for the New Zealand...
Live Sound
Rage Against the Machine Returns to the Road
Rage Against The Machine tore across the U.S. this summer, relishing its return to the road with the live sound help of Eighth Day.
Live Sound
Jacob Collier Roams the World with Eighth Day Sound
Creating a consistent live sound for musical polymath Jacob Collier and his improvisation-based sound while on tour is no simple matter.
Live Sound
Inside the Beacon Theatre’s Sphere Immersive Sound System, Part 2
How FOH engineers will use Sphere Immersive Sound, alternative live sound applications, progress on the Sphere in Las Vegas and more.
Live Gear
Adamson CS-Series Nets Milan Certification
Adamson Systems Engineering’s CS-Series is now Milan Certified, making the speakers interoperable with all other Milan-certified devices on a network
Live Sound
Inside the Beacon Theatre’s Sphere Immersive Sound System, Part 1
The team behind MSG's Sphere Immersive Sound installation at New York City's Beacon Theatre discusses the system, its live sound applications and more.
Live Sound
Tedeschi Trucks Band Doesn’t Let Up
The Tedeschi Trucks Band has returned to the road once again, this year with an L-Acoustics system provided by PRG in tow.
Blog
Mix Live Blog: Off The Beaten Path
Tour travel can be a drag, but occasionally there's more -- much more -- to see of this big, gorgeous world beyond the alley...
Live Sound
La Crosse Center Renovation Updates Audio System
Wisconsin’s La Crosse Center recently underwent a $42 million renovation and installed a massive custom EAW Radius RSX Series system.
Live Sound
Former Silent Movie House Gets Audio Update
Event Enterprises recently updated the audio system inside the historic Woodward Theater, a 600-capacity live music hall built in 1913.
Live Gear
Panther Prowls Outside Lands’ Main Stage
UltraSound’s new Meyer Sound Panther line array system covered the main stage of this year's Outside Lands festival in San Francisco.
Live Sound
Rolling Stones Tour Augmented with Austrian Audio Mics
The Rolling Stones made their way through Europe’s stadiums on the group’s Sixty tour this summer with a batch of Austrian Audio microphones.
Live Sound
Dead & Company: Keeping It Live
Dead & Company FOH engineer/tour director Derek Featherstone discusses the band's summer tour, its new Meyer Sound Panther P.A. and his methods for mixing...
Live Sound
Ticket to Rise: Sound Design Drives NYC Thrill Ride
RiseNY, a new ride in Times Square, tears through the Big Apple with wild visuals and matching sound design by Geoff Strasser.
Business
Inside PK Sound’s New HQ
PK Sound is now fully set-up in its new 50,000-square-foot headquarters and manufacturing facility in Alberta, Canada.
Live Sound
Veteran Live Engineer Rick “Ricco” Massei Passes
Touring audio veteran Rick “Ricco” Massei passed away unexpectedly earlier this year at home in Cathedral City, California.
Live Sound
Miking Mathematics on the Move with Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran's Mathematics stadium tour has been circling the globe with long-time production company, Major Tom, in tow.
Live Sound
Radio France Mixes Concert de Paris Live & On-Air
Lawo mixing consoles were a key ingredient to the live sound production and broadcast of this year's Concert de Paris.
Live Gear
QSC Appoints David Angress Atop Pro Audio Division
QSC has appointed veteran industry executive David Angress to lead the company’s new pro audio division.
Live Sound
Houston Rodeo Lassos System T for Archiving
Malcom Harper mixed all 21 concerts at this year's Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo through an SSL System T console.
Live Sound
On The Road with Pearl Jam
Pearl Jam has been on the road since May with the help of Rat Sound Systems and Britannia Row.
Blogs
Mix Live Blog: Where Have All the Workers Gone?
The unemployment rate has been 3.5 percent for months, causing job vacancies everywhere—and that in turn is affecting every part of touring.
Business
Pro AV Revenues Expected to Hit All-Time High in 2022
In the pro AV sector, AVIXA's IOTA Report says industry revenues will hit an all-time record $263 billion globally this year.
Business
Coalition Launches Initiative and Tech to Pay Performing Artists
Recognise The Music is a new artist-oriented coalition created to help artists get performance royalties for their music being used in UK venues.
Live Sound
Rosebar Lounge Rolls with DAS
The Rosebar Lounge in Washington, D.C. has added a considerable audio system based around loudspeakers from DAS Audio’s E11EVEN Sound series.
Live Sound
MSG Sphere’s Immersive Sound Technology to Debut in New York
The immersive audio tech slated for the $1.8B MSG Sphere in Las Vegas has been installed in New York City’s Beacon Theatre and will...