Business
Fulcrum Acoustic Acquires Venueflex, Creates Immersive Division
Loudspeaker manufacturer Fulcrum Acoustic enters the immersive live sound race, acquiring Venueflex and forming Fulcrum Immersive.
Venues
Business
Tony Awards’ ‘Best Sound’ Nominees Announced
Nominees for this year’s Tony Awards, including those in the two Best Sound categories, were announced today.
Live Sound
Mount Calvary Baptist Church Updates Audio System
Mount Calvary Baptist Church in Fairfield, CA recently radically updated its long-serving house audio system.
Live Sound
Remodeling House of Blues’ Sound
Updating the sound system on any venue is a daunting task, especially with an active show calendar. Now multiply that times 10 and that's...
Live Gear
Las Vegas Takes Immersive Live, Part 2 — Aerosmith and Adele
Find out how Adele and Aerosmith are pushing the audio envelope, using spatial music mixing in their Las Vegas residencies.
Live Sound
On The Cover: Las Vegas Takes Immersive Live, Part 1
Immersive live sound has taken hold in Las Vegas, driven by artist residencies and cutting-edge technologies.
Live Sound
British Music Embassy Returns to SXSW
More than 50 acts played the British Music Embassy stage at this year's Sound by Southwest festival in Austin.
Live Sound
A New P.A. for the Incredible Hult Center
After eight years of regularly renting a Meyer Sound Leopard system, the Hult Center recently installed its own permanent one.
Business
L-Acoustics, Soundforms Partner for Outdoor Venue Sound
L-Acoustics and Soundforms have now entered a partnership to develop audio solutions for open-air performance spaces
Live Gear
Republika Tribute Rocks Live in Immersive
The music of Polish rock legends Republika was recently performed in immersive using an Adamson FletcherMachine setup.
Live Sound
NOLA’s 109-Year-Old Prytania Theatre Gets Atmos Update
NOLA’s 109-Year-Old Prytania Theatre recently got a big tech update with Meyer Sound speakers, Dolby Atmos and Barco projection.
Live Sound
DAS Audio Install at Legacy Worked Out
Finding the right DAS Audio system for a fitness chain meant finding one that was the right, er, fit.
Live Sound
Racket NYC Club Takes Different Approach to Live Sound
The Bowery Presents’ new 650-capacity club, Racket NYC, sports an audio system with new and repurposed gear.
Live Sound
Chicago’s Harris Theater Gets Audio Overhaul
Chicago's Harris Theater recently underwent a major audio overhaul, updating its 20-year-old PA with a d&b audiotechnik KSL Series system.
Live Sound
1 Sound Speakers Check into Moxy Lower East Side
Anthem Productions has outfitted NYC’s new Moxy Hotel's multiple venues with 1 Sound loudspeakers throughout.
Installation
An Audio System that Belongs in a Museum
A Genelec Smart IP loudspeaker solution on a Dante AoIP backbone was installed throughout the Sámi Museum and Nature Centre in Northern Lapland.
Live Sound
British Music Embassy is Set for SXSW 2023
In a case of supporting some of their own, UK-based Allen & Heath will have desks at SXSW's British Music Embassy stage.
Live Sound
Factory Sound Outfits New Melbourne Performing Arts Center
Factory Sound installed a sizable audio system at Melbourne, Australia's new performing arts venue, the Geode Centre.
Live Sound
M-One Provides Production for Caribbean Basketball Tournament
A Clear-Com Encore analog partyline system was recently used to help produce an Elite 1 Caribbean Basketball League (E1CBL) tournament.
Live Gear
Rihanna Rocks Super Bowl Sound
While Super Bowl halftime shows in recent decades have been heard via temporary groundstacks, this year's edition did something different.
Live Sound
ATK/Clair Takes On Super Bowl Audio Networking
ATK Audiotek once again provided audio for the Super Bowl, constructing a massive Dante networked digital audio infrastructure for the event.
Live Sound
Chicago’s Metro Club Dives into New Desks
Chicago's long-running Metro Club recently upgraded its in-house concert sound audio system, first with the PA and more recently with a pair of new...
Blogs
MIX SIDEBAR: Take Me to the Rink—The Surprise Creation of Talking Heads’ “Big Band”
FOH engineer Frank Gallagher's stories are always headed somewhere unexpected—like this one, which starts off in late-Seventies New York City.
Live Sound
Sweetwater Music Hall Opts for Artist Connection
Sweetwater Music Hall in Mill Valley, CA has selected Artist Connection as its vendor for streaming live shows and archive.
Live Sound
Adamson CS-Series Goes to School
Shore School in Sydney, Australia recently upgraded its auditorium with a new Adamson Systems Engineering CS-Series line array.
Live Sound
MGM Music Hall at Fenway Rocks Next to the Sox
Boston has always been both a baseball town and a music town—now the past-times have teamed up at MGM Music Hall at Fenway.
Live Gear
SAW Sinks Teeth into Shark Dissection Mobile Stage
SA Van Conversions teamed with Stage Audio Works to design a mobile stage truck used for demonstrations that include dissecting sharks.
Live Sound
Installations in Stadiums
The last few months have seen a number of major audio installations at scholastic stadiums around the country.
Live Sound
Minnesota Wild Nets Largest Permanent Panther Installation
The NHL's Minnesota Wild got a different kind of win recently when its home arena, the Xcel Energy Center, installed a new Meyer Sound...
Live Sound
Hard Rock Live Sacramento Rolls Out Audio System
The Hard Rock Live Sacramento has a new audio system designed by Scéno Plus and implemented by Clair Global.
Live Sound
Dubai’s Al Wasl Dome Reopens
The Al Wasl Dome was recently repurposed into a 3,000-seat concert venue, opening with an A.R. Rahman concert, mxied by Phil Wright.
Live Sound
SSL Smooths Silk Sonic’s Slick Sounds
Silk Sonic's smooth retro-flavored R&B fills Las Vegas' 5,200-seat Dolby Live theater with the help of SSL L650 consoles.
Live Sound
Napa Oxbow Riverstage Audio Meets Grape Expectations
Downtown Napa’s Oxbow RiverStage brought in Sound Image Productions in to provide all audio for the event, including an EAW P.A.
Live Gear
Bill Burr Packs Fenway with Scorpio Sound
Bill Burr played to a packed house at Fenway Park with the help of Scorpio Sound Systems, which fielded a d&b audiotechnik KSL rig.
Live Sound
BeachLife Ranch Festival Gets Streamed
When Volume.Com decided to stream live from the recent BeachLife Ranch Festival in L.A., the audio team turned to Allen & Heath desks.
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 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
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 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
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.