Live Sound
The Hollywood Bowl Rolls Out Its Return
On May 15, the Hollywood Bowl hosted its first show in 18 months with a free concert for 4,000 frontline workers and first responders.
Venues
Live Sound
GLEIS4 Pushes Past Pandemic
GLEIS4 Frankenthal recently installed an Allen & Heath dLive system, based around a C3500 Surface and a CDM48 Mixrack.
Live Sound
The Factory Gets To Work in St. Louis
New St. Louis venue, The Factory, is opening with fine-tuned acoustics, a new audio system and thought-out crew amenities.
Live Sound
Medieval Concert Hall ‘De Bijloke’ Updates with d&b
Billed as the oldest building in the world that permanently serves as a concert hall, De Bijloke recently installed a brand-new d&b sound system...
Live Sound
Montreux Jazz Festival Returns
The 55th edition of the Montreux Jazz Festival, revamped and reinvented for COVID times, has presented challenges for its audio team.
Live Sound
Adamson Goes to Space
Real Music recently outfitted a pair of venues belonging to nightclub chain Space, installing a selection of loudspeaker systems from Adamson
Blog
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...
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 !!!
Blog
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...
Live Gear
Dead On Live Play Through Mocked-Up Wall of Sound
Tribute act Dead On Live teams with Asbury Audio to replicate the legendary Wall of Sound concert audio system.
Blog
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...
Blog
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
The Hollywood Bowl: A Unique Blend of Natural Acoustics and Amplified Sound
The Hollywood Bowl, that iconic Los Angeles venue so named for the landscape it occupies, not the shell covering its stage, hosted its first...
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...
Live Sound
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...
Live Sound
Meyer Believes in Linux
Meyer Sound joins Linux Foundation news article in Mix July 2010 issue
Live Sound
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...
Live Sound
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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Live Sound
‘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
Live Sound
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...
Live Sound
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,
Live Sound
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...
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
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...