Live Sound
On The Road With Wu-Tang Clan, Nas & Busta Rhymes
Hip-hop legends Wu-Tang Clan, Nas and Busta Rhymes shredded the sheds with beats, bars and the big sound of a brand-new PA.
Concert Sound
New Products
Avid Launches Venue Stage 48 for Live Sound
Avid pares back the Stage 64 Stage Rack to a 48 mic-preamp version that hits a more affordable price point.
Live Sound
The Killers On The Loose: Brandon Flowers & Co. Tour The World
Alt rock legends The Killers have returned to the road this year, circling the globe with FOH engineer Kenny Kaiser and a slew of...
Live Sound
Keeping the Crowd in a Billy Joel State of Mind
With 160 million albums sold, these days Billy Joel focuses on live performances, all of which are mixed by longtime FOH engineer Brian Ruggles...
Live Sound
French Space Pop Touches Down in U.S.
French space-pop group L'Impératrice has been touring the world with FOH/monitor engineer Antoine Guyonnard and a variety of Allen & Heath desks in tow.
Live Sound
Cover Story: Kenny Chesney—Taking Here and Now to Another Level, Part 2
In Part 2, we explore the monitors and miking on the biggest tour of 2022—Kenny Chesney's 41-date "Here and Now" stadium tour.
Live Sound
Cover Story: Kenny Chesney—Taking Here and Now to Another Level, Part 1
Kenny Chesney’s 2022 tour, mixed by legendary FOH engineer Robert Scovill, marked the return of stadium shows this year, as the country superstar played...
Blog
Mix Live Blog: Tour de France
Veteran FOH engineer/blogger Steve La Cerra is in France with Blue Öyster Cult, and is now very impressed with a new venue, Le Radiant.
Business
U2/Led Zep Monitor Engineer Dave Skaff Passes at 63
A consummate live sound engineer who mixed everyone from U2 to Led Zeppelin to Barbra Streisand, Dave Skaff died last week at the age...
Blogs
Mix Live Blog: I Was ‘That Guy’
“One vocal mic, and one guitar mic or mic on the guitar amp. How can you screw this up?”
Blog
Mix Live Blog: 50 Years Ago…
Blue Öyster Cult just marked its 50th anniversary. La Cerra, live sound engineer for three of the band's five decades, looks back.
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 Sound
In This Moment Rolls Through Red Rocks
FOH engineer Brian Hardaswick has been mixing In This Moment on an Allen & Heath dLive system throughout the group’s 2022 tour, including a...
Live Sound
What OneRepublic Did On Its Summer Vacation
After a pandemic pause and years of one-offs and short runs, OneRepublic returned to the road this summer with a full-fledged tour supported by...
Live Sound
Capturing Bon Jovi’s Live Drum Sound
Capturing Bon Jovi's drum sound on the band’s recent U.S. tour was a passel of mics from Austrian Audio.
Live Sound
Cover Story: Inside The Stadium Tour, Part 2 — Def Leppard
Mötley Crüe and Def Leppard co-headlined The Stadium Tour this summer, playing to 1.1 million fans with the help of Clair Global and an...
Business
Skan Acquired By Britannia Row, Clair Global
UK-based sound provider Skan is the latest addition to the Clair Global family of companies.
Live Sound
Cover Story: Inside The Stadium Tour, Part 1—Mötley Crüe
Mötley Crüe and Def Leppard co-headlined The Stadium Tour this summer, playing to 1.1 million fans with the help of Clair Global and an...
New Products
Rational Acoustics Sets Smaart V9 Launch with New Features, Editions
Rational Acoustics will release its long-awaited Smaart V9 acoustic test and measurement software on September 27, 2022.
Live Gear
L-Acoustics L-ISA Studio 2.4 Software – A Real-World Review, Part 2
In Part 2 of our review, we discover what happens when binaural mixes created with L-ISA Studio are transferred to an immersive playback system...
Live Gear
Mixing Dance Gavin Dance Live
FOH engineer Travis Wade has been on the road this year with post-hardcore act Dance Gavin Dance and an A&H dLive S5000 desk.
Live Gear
L-Acoustics L-ISA Studio 2.4 – A Real-World Review, Part 1
Veteran live sound pro Steve La Cerra dives into L-Acoustics' L-ISA Studio 2.4 software to create an immersive sound experience.
Live Gear
Miami Live Sound Provider True Audio Expands Inventory
Regional live sound provider True Audio recently updated its inventory with PK Sound systems.
Live Sound
Rage Against the Machine Returns to the Road
Rage Against The Machine tore across the U.S. this summer, relishing its return to the road with the live sound help of Eighth Day.
Live Sound
Jacob Collier Roams the World with Eighth Day Sound
Creating a consistent live sound for musical polymath Jacob Collier and his improvisation-based sound while on tour is no simple matter.
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
Inside the Beacon Theatre’s Sphere Immersive Sound System, Part 1
The team behind MSG's Sphere Immersive Sound installation at New York City's Beacon Theatre discusses the system, its live sound applications and more.
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
Dead & Company: Keeping It Live
Dead & Company FOH engineer/tour director Derek Featherstone discusses the band's summer tour, its new Meyer Sound Panther P.A. and his methods for mixing...
Live Sound
Miking Mathematics on the Move with Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran's Mathematics stadium tour has been circling the globe with long-time production company, Major Tom, in tow.
Blogs
Mix Live Blog: Where Have All the Workers Gone?
The unemployment rate has been 3.5 percent for months, causing job vacancies everywhere—and that in turn is affecting every part of touring.
Live Sound
MSG Sphere’s Immersive Sound Technology to Debut in New York
The immersive audio tech slated for the $1.8B MSG Sphere in Las Vegas has been installed in New York City’s Beacon Theatre and will...
Live Sound
Nothing More Engineers Dive Into dLive
Nothing More has been on tour this year with a pair of Allen & Heath dLive S5000 surfaces at FOH and monitorworld.
Blog
Getting Live Sound On The Road Again
After two years of setbacks, live sound is rebounding with a robust summer touring season and strong industry trade shows.
Live Sound
Getting the Show on the Road: Tour Sound in 2022
There are more tours than ever this summer, but in the live sound world, gear shortages and staffing challenges remain.
Live Sound
Back on the Road with Billie Eilish, Part 2
In Part 2, the Billie Eilish tour's audio team preps for its 2022 run, rethinking everything from the ground up.
Live Sound
Back on the Road with Billie Eilish, Part 1
After a two-year pandemic pause—not to mention an Oscar win and a hit album—Billie Eilish and her sound team are back on the road,...
Live Gear
DAS Audio’s Lara Line Array Makes Live Debut
DAS Audio’s Lara self-powered cardioid line array made its world debut at the Lanxess Arena in Cologne, Germany.
Business
Designing an All-New Loudspeaker
How Meyer Sound added power and cut the weight with its new flagship PANTHER line array loudspeaker.
Blog
Mix Live Blog: Country Takes a Stand
For the first time, the CMA Festival banned display of the Confederate flag on festival grounds. My reaction when I heard the news? What...
Blog
Innovations: oeksound Soothe Live Plug-In
oeksound product specialist and live sound engineer Veera Vallinkoski discusses the development of the new Soothe Live plug-in, an automatic resonance suppressor optimized for...