Venues

By George Petersen Editorial Director ⋅ Published: 07/01/2004

There's nothing that compares to seeing your favorite artist or band perform live. Yet with the advent of multitracking and editing systems, live recordings

By By Bruce Jackson ⋅ Published: 07/01/2002

Twenty-five years is a long time. The scary thing is, I've been involved with sound for a lot longer. It's amazing to stop and...

By Mix Staff ⋅ Published: 12/01/2001

Detroit-based Thunder Audio provided a 48-stack NEXO system for the Pledge of Allegiance tour, which featured Slipknot, System of a Down, Mudvayne and

By Bryan Reesman ⋅ Published: 10/01/2001

On a weekday afternoon in July, rows of chairs line the main floor of the Hammerstein Ball-room, a giant projection screen hovers in the...

By Gary Stocker ⋅ Published: 10/01/2001

Originally, lavalier mics were buried in the chest area and painted to match the costumes, where possible. Now, lavaliers are mostly mounted on the...

By Mix Staff ⋅ Published: 09/01/2001

Rocket in My Pocket Road Tour (September 4-14, 2001) Sponsored by Fits & Starts Productions, LLC, and Apple computers, this first in a series...

By David John Farinella ⋅ Published: 09/01/2001

You are not sitting on your couch. You are at the ballpark. That was a bat crack, a slide into second base, an outfielder...

By John Klett ⋅ Published: 04/01/2001

Mike Shipley and I were walking around the AES show in L.A. last September, trying to work out some scheduling issues for something, and...

By Paul Verna ⋅ Published: 04/01/2001

When Jonathan Deans started sketching the sound design for Seussical, the new Broadway musical based on the works of children's artist Dr. Seuss, his

By ROBERT HANSON ⋅ Published: 01/01/2001

DAWS...THE NEW GUITAR? Music has forever changed, and we've all seen it coming. Computer-manipulated sound has become a ubiquitous component in music

By ROBERT HANSON ⋅ Published: 11/01/2000

Inconspicuously posed as a plain, windowless building in San Francisco's achingly hip South of Market district, Ten15 Folsom has long been synonymous

By Mix Staff ⋅ Published: 08/01/2000

It's the height of summertime, and everyone who isn't stuck behind a front-of-house position under a shed every night is either on or thinking...

By Jonathan Deans ⋅ Published: 08/01/2000

Musical theater has been strikingly successful in adapting and refining the modern sound reinforcement technologies that blossomed in the '70s. In fact,

By Bob Mc Carthy ⋅ Published: 06/01/2000

ARRAY INTERACTION ZONES The coverage area of a single speaker is defined simply as the angle between the 6dB down points relative to the...

By Mix Staff ⋅ Published: 05/01/2000

Let's face it: Just as the paperless office turned out to be a myth, so did the notion that digital audio technology would give...

By Bob Mc Carthy ⋅ Published: 05/01/2000

There is no shortage of published and anecdotal advice on the most effective way to array loudspeakers. More or less useful, but often biased,...

By Jonathan Deans ⋅ Published: 04/01/2000

I was born in England, and my mum was always asking me if I needed to use the "lav," so when I was asked...

By Dan Daley ⋅ Published: 01/01/2000

Many recording artists make the newspapers for record and concert reviews and personality profiles. A few go on and make the gossip and celebrity...

By Chris Michie ⋅ Published: 11/01/1999

In most live entertainment situations, and almost all of those that feature a singer, the FOH engineer's highest priority is the lead vocal mic....

By Mix Staff ⋅ Published: 10/01/1999

ANYONE WHO HAS EVER BEEN BORED SILLY ON A long flight has probably at some point checked out the in-flight audio channels, which usually...

By Mark Frink ⋅ Published: 05/01/1999

Once upon a time, when there were only a handful of large-scale loudspeaker system manufacturers, enterprising sound companies typically built their own

By Chris Michie ⋅ Published: 04/01/1999

Jonathan Deans is one of the most successful sound designers in the current musical theater. His credits as sound designer include Fosse, Ragtime, Mystere,

By Mark Frink ⋅ Published: 02/01/1999

In-ear monitors are not just for rock stars and Platinum cowboys anymore. The miniature speakers that fit in musicians' ears are gaining popularity, and