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Mix Blog Live: Newberry Opera House
Eighteen eighty-one, United States. President James Garfield is assassinated. Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell form the Oriental Telephone Company. Billy the Kid escapes...
Venues
2019
L-Acoustics Helps Revamp Pittsburgh’s Legendary Roxian Theatre
Reopened Roxian Theatre features upcoming headliners including Snarky Puppy, Bruce Hornsby, Bad Religion, The Psychedelic Furs, Common, Avril Lavigne, and !!!
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Mix Blog Live: Cabot Theatre
This past week I visited the Cabot Theatre in Beverly, Mass., which opened on December 8, 1920, as a venue for vaudeville and silent...
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Mix Blog Live: A Peek at The Peak
This past Friday I worked a show in Jim Thorpe, Penn., at a venue called Penn’s Peak. Established in 2003, Penn’s Peak kicked off...
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Mix Blog Live: Someone Is Listening
You’re looking at a not-so-sexy photo of the ceiling in a venue I worked last week. The Harvester Performance Center in Rocky Mount, Va.,...
2016
VUE Debuts Two at BottleRock
It’s not easy to debut new live sound products in real world situations. Few engineers want to risk the introduction of new technologies with...
2016
Tribute to ‘RVA’ Legend Thompson at The National
On February 28, 2016, more than a dozen musicians came to The National in Richmond, Va., to salute The RVA’s beloved troubadour Robbin Thompson,...
2016
Montana State University Selects Bose
The Brick Breeden Fieldhouse on the campus of Montana State University in Bozeman, Montana, seats 7,250 people and is home to MSU Bobcats basketball...
2015
Rock in Rio … in Vegas
In the spirit of the many other international “cities” within the city (Paris, New York, Venice, etc.), Rock in Rio has come to Las...
2015
The Regent Theater in Los Angeles
In November 2014, music promoter Mitchell Frank, the owner of Spaceland Productions, reopened the historic Regent Theater as a premier venue in L.A.’s reemerging...
Live Sound
Alcons Audio Opens U.S. Office
Dutch loudspeaker manufacturer Alcons Audio has formed Alcons Audio USA, which will be headed by David Rahn, most recently national sales manager at Renkus...
Live Sound
Hall of Fame, Mutemath Open Full Sail Live!
It was a busy June at Full Sail University (Winter Park, Fla.) with the induction of the second group into the Full Sail Hall...
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Mixing With SAC
Composer Michel Legrand was recently honored in a star-studded tribute held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena (Las Vegas). The event was filmed for...
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Meyer Believes in Linux
Meyer Sound joins Linux Foundation news article in Mix July 2010 issue
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Rat Sound Warms Up With Midas
Preparing for this year’s summer touring season (including five stages at Coachella and several booked arena tours), Rat Sound (Oxnard, Calif.) added some new...
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Thunder Audio Expands
Thunder Audio hosted an open house of its new facility and a new demo room.
Live Sound
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...
Live Sound
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...
Live Sound
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
Live Sound
Beyond the Stage
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‘Acoustic Cloaking’: A Reality?
According to a study published by the Institute of Physics, researchers in Spain have proven that metamaterials materials defined by their unusual man-made
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Whole Lotta Rides
Ever wondered what The Eagles, the Moody Blues, Led Zeppelin and The British Invasion would sound like while diving 155 feet and traversing six...
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Opening Its Doors: Rational Acoustics LLC
New company Rational Acoustics LLC (Putnam, Conn.; www.rational acoustics.com) founded by industry veterans (pictured above, from left) Karen Anderson,
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A Tour of Nashville Venues
The streets of Nashville are lined with intimate venues that host a wide range of artists wanting to be seen and heard as they...
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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...
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Get it Live!
A simple musical performance can change your life. In the summer of '68, I went with a couple of friends to Rome for a...
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When iPods Take the Stage
Chicago-based rock band Midstates recently an Apple iPod (with video capability) as the group's sixth member while on tour with Wheatus during the holidays.
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FixIt: Daniel Nygaard
Front-of-house engineer Daniel Nygaard is currently on the road with The Perishers, who fill the opening slots for the current Sarah McLachlan, Tracy
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Recent Install
The Maxwell C. King Center for the Performing Arts (Melbourne, Fla.; www.kingcenter.com) has reopened following major renovations totaling $1.3 million