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Rodd Plays Game with ATC
In 1977, age 11, future mix engineer John Rodd snuck out of the house to see Star Wars; now he’s part of the Star...
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Firehouse Fires Up The Wiz
Firehouse Productions in New York provided audio production for NBC’s recent live broadcast of The Wiz, the third annual December event in a row...
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Mike Mics Drums with A-T
Drummer and educator Mike Johnston has chosen Audio-Technica microphones and headphones for use in his popular drum lesson videos on www.mikeslessons.com.
Business
Shure Users Win at CMAs
Shure endorsers were well represented in the winner’s circle at the recent 49th Country Music Association Awards live telecast, which took place at a...
Business
A-T Supports CMA Awards
Audio-Technica supplied more than 150 vocal and instrument microphones for the 49th Annual Country Music Association (CMA) Awards, broadcast live in 5.1-channel surround sound...
Business
Red Bull Brings On Behringer
Red Bull presents a lot of interesting stuff, whether it’s extreme sports or popular music. When it comes to the latter, many of the...
Business
WBUR On-Air with Genelec
WBUR in Boston, MA, among the most high-profile NPR affiliates nationwide, recently acquired a pair of 8351A SAM Smart Active Monitors from Genelec.
Business
SiriusXM Updates Studios
Satellite broadcaster SiriusXM recently upgraded studios in New York and Washington, DC by installing SSL C200 HD live production consoles.
Business
Allen & Heath Attends Grand Prix
The recent Formula 1 Grand Prix in Singapore was a crazy one, thanks to a spectator who jumped on to the track and walked...
Business
Japan’s NHK Adds API Consoles
NHK, Japan’s national broadcasting network, has commissioned and installed two Vision consoles. Both desks were built with a variety of custom features designed to...
Business
Game Sound Industry Survey Results
In the lead up to GameSoundCon in Los Angeles, November 3-4, executive director Brian Schmidt has revealed the results of the organization's annual survey...
Business
Recording Ricki and the Flash Live
LOS ANGELES, CA—Director Jonathan Demme wanted total authenticity on his latest film, Ricki and the Flash, which follows an aging rocker, played by Meryl...
Business
Insight Into Mixing Online Ads
Web ad spots may be short, but their mixes still require just as much thought and consideration as their broadcast brethren. Case in point:...
Business
FCC’s Latest Rulemaking
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The Federal Communications Committee’s August 5 rulemaking helped bring the future into slightly better focus for wireless microphone operators in the United States.
Business
The Studio Behind God Bless Louisiana
Stephen Arnold Music has scored every spot in the long-running "God Bless Louisiana” PSA campaign for New Orleans ABC affiliate WGNO-TV, which this year...
Business
SongCraft Presents with Metric Halo
SongCraft Presents composes and records a song in just three hours.
Business
Langsbard Bats 1000 with Genelec
Brian Langsbard recently completed the music for the four-part series Rushmore.
Business
Lawo Celebrates with France
More than 400,000 spectators gathered on Paris’ Champs de Mars for the 14th July La Fête Nationale (Bastille Day) public holiday, and even more...
Business
PMA Reveals 2015 PMC Details
The non-profit Production Music Association (PMA) has announced the first round of moderators and panelists who will be featured in sessions during the PMA’s...
Business
Rooting Around The Tonight Show’s Sound
Serving up host Jimmy Fallon, three-time Grammy-winners The Roots and an endless supply of musical guests, 'The Tonight Show' uses a complex but flexible...
Business
At InfoComm: Waves, Lawo Collaborate
Waves Audio is working with Lawo to integrate SoundGrid technology and Waves plug-ins in Lawo’s mc2 consoles.
Business
DPA Delivers at 2015 Tony Awards
Firehouse Productions once again used DPA Microphones for the recent 2015 Tony Awards, held at Radio City Music Hall and broadcast live on CBS.
Business
Midas Takes On Eurovison Song Contest
A slew of Midas Pro X, Pro6 and Pro9 consoles were used in May for the Eurovision Song Contest. Viewed by nearly 200 million...
Business
Alloy Touts Trailer Tracks
Boutique original music and sound design company Alloy Tracks has secured dozens of music and sound design placements within trailers promoting upcoming major motion...
Business
Billboard Latin Music Awards Get RAD
The Billboard Latin Music Awards, broadcast live from the BankUnited Center in Miami, is always a big deal—big enough that it requires 140 channels...
Business
Serafine On The Road with Sound Advice Tour
Sound pros have heard Frank Serafine’s work throughout the years in films like Tron: Legacy, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, and The Hunt for...
Business
VR’s Kushner Takes On PMC
Dave Kushner, known for his work on FX Network’s Sons of Anarchy and with bands such as Loaded and Velvet Revolver, has upgraded his...
Business
Sennheiser Shines at Junos
Canada’s Juno Awards ceremony, held at the FirstOntario Centre in Hamilton last month and broadcast on CTV Television Network, featured a host of Sennheiser...
Business
Sound Summit Set For Chicago
DPA Microphones, Lectrosonics and Sound Devices will host the Sound Summit, Chicago on Wednesday, May 13, 2015. The event will present an informal mixing...
Business
Grammy Stars Grab Sennheiser Wireless
The 57th Annual Grammy Awards, held at Los Angeles’ Staples Center last week, found artists including Ed Sheeran, Sam Smith, Beyoncé, Madonna, Tony Bennett,...
Business
Shure Wireless Gets Workout at Grammys
The annual Grammy Awards, held yearly the Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles, are always a hotbed of RF activity, between the performers’ mics...
Business
Keeping It Simple at the Super Bowl
As Super Bowl XLIX illustrated all too well, sometimes it pays to do things the simple way (like, say, hand off the ball to...
Business
137th AES Convention Returns to LA
LOS ANGELES, CA—It’s been 12 years since the Audio Engineering Society Convention last was held at the Los Angeles Convention Center, and much as...
Business
Soundcraft Added to Texas Church
The Church on the Rock recently purchased a Harman Soundcraft Vi3000 console for its Golden Triangle location in Texas, where it will be used...
Business
Reality TV Soundman Killed In Shootout
By Clive Young. Bryce Dion, a soundman for the long-running reality TV show, COPS, was killed by police gunfire in Omaha, NE on Tuesday...
Business
Professional Audio 2014: Salaries and Careers
Returning to an annual tradition, Pro Sound News recently surveyed its readers about their primary and secondary business activities, job titles, and income.
Business
Lobbying Opens For PSN Awards
The inaugural Pro Sound News Awards, recognizing the industry’s best movers and shakers, will be held October 11, 2014, at the Grammy Museum in...
Business
Blurring Boundaries Between Recording and Post
N. HOLLYWOOD, CA—On the face of it, a traditional music recording studio might not seem to be the ideal location for an audio post...
Business
Shure Applauds FCC R&O
Shure is applauding the Federal Communications Commission’s Second Report and Order of June 2, which sets out rule changes for wireless microphone use.
Business
Michael Goes Mobile For Mitty
Veteran sound mixer Danny Michael has been using Sound Devices’ 788T-SSD digital recorder for his on-set and on-location audio production needs.
Business
Joel, Fallon Clip Spurs Apogee, Loopy HD
During the March 20, 2014 episode of The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, host Jimmy Fallon and his guest, Grammy-winning artist Billy Joel, teamed...
Business
Reaves Mixes NHL Outdoor Game Music
Clair Nashville supplied broadcast music mixer Ron Reaves with a DiGiCo SD10 digital audio mixing console and two SD-Racks for the NHL’s outdoor games...