Live Sound
Furnace Fest 2021 Heats Up
Alabama's heavy metal meltdown Furnace Fest came back in 2021 after a full 18 years on hiatus, with Allen & Heath desks used for...
Concert Sound
Live Sound
3 Doors Down Rolls Out with Special Event Services
3 Doors Down hit the road this summer to mark the 20th anniversary of its debut album, with Special Event Services providing audio production.
Live Gear
Parvaaz Circles Around to New Tour
Bangalore-based Parvaaz just wrapped up its multi-city Full Circle tour, the first tour of its kind in India since the pandemic began.
Blog
Mix Live Blog: Cyber Evil
This morning, when Steve La Cerra went to check his email, he was a little surprised to find 107 new messages.
Live Gear
Martin Audio Nets XE Monitor Waveguide Patent
Martin Audio has been awarded a United Kingdom Patent for its XE stage monitor waveguide.
Live Sound
Third Man Records Gets Live in London
Rocker Jack White's budding Third Man Records empire has opened its latest outpost in London, combining a retail space, exclusive live venue and more.
Blog
Mix Live Blog: Rule Number One
FOH engineer Steve La Cerra tries to make sense of the unfathomable in the wake of the Astroworld tragedy.
Live Sound
Milwaukee’s Summerfest: The “Big Gig” Is Back
After a hiatus in 2020, Milwaukee’s Summerfest returned in September with Clearwing Productions providing audio, lighting, video and more, as seen in this photo...
Live Sound
Beartooth Singer Mixes Band’s Monitors Live
Metalcore band Beartooth has been tearing it up on stage recently with vocalist Cabel Shomo mixing monitors from center stage for all five...
Live Sound
Oaklawn Racing Casino Resort Bets on EAW
Oaklawn Racing Casino in Hot Spring, AR has installed an EAW ADAPTive PA system.
Blog
Mix Live Blog: (Not) Everybody’s Working for The Weekend
What does the recently averted Hollywood labor strike say about the future of entertainment (including live sound)?
Live Sound
Bringing Avatar’s Death Metal to Life on Tour
Death metal faves Avatar hit the U.S. this fall, tearing up theaters and festivals along the way—FOH man Erik Rogers tells all
New Products
SSL Launches L450, L650 Consoles, More Processing, V5 Software for Live Sound
SSL has aggressively revamped its live sound offerings, announcing two new consoles as well as scalable DSP for existing desks, support for Meyer Sound...
Live Sound
Clair Global Acquires ATK Audiotek
Clair Global has acquired broadcast event sound reinforcement specialist ATK Audiotek.
Live Sound
Montréal International Jazz Festival Returns with Solotech
The Montréal International Jazz Festival returned this year, with 30 acts on two outdoor stages performing through Solotech-supplied Meyer Sound systems.
Live Sound
Brooklyn Made Makes Good: Inside NYC’s Latest Must-Play Concert Spot
Brooklyn Made, a new 500-capacity venue in NYC, is looking to reinvent small venues from the ground up, from treating the artist well to...
Live Sound
A&H Found at Atlas Weekend
This year's Atlas Weekend in Kyiv, Ukraine saw comedian and pop singer, Andriy Danylko, mixed through an Allen & Heath dLive system.
Live Sound
Dolby Atmos-Based Venue Launches in Las Vegas
Dolby and MGM Resorts have teamed up to launch Dolby Live at Park MGM, touted as “the first fully integrated performance venue of its...
Live Sound
Mix Live Blog: Get Back Inside!
FOH engineer and Mix blogger Steve La Cerra heads to New Hampshire and discovers the Tupelo Music Hall is a sweet-sounding space.
Live Sound
Creating a Monitor Sound that Styx
Styx’s monitor engineer Evan McElhinney has been using Audix gear during the band’s current tour for its Crash of the Crown album.
Live Sound
Life is Beautiful Festival Rocks Vegas
Solotech provided a selection of Meyer Sound systems for mid-September's Life is Beautiful festival in Las Vegas.
Live Sound
Hella Mega Yeah! Behind the Audio of the Summer’s Biggest Tour
Green Day, Fall Out Boy and Weezer brought the rock—and the most surprising FOH console of the year—on the road this summer.
Live Sound
Going Country at The Gorge
Carlson Audio Systems provided sound for the Watershed Festival at The Gorge in George, WA in late July.
Live Sound
Newport Jazz Festival Returns
Arguably the best-known jazz festival in the U.S., the Newport Jazz Festival returned this summer after a pandemic year off.
Live Sound
Kulturhaus Karlstorbahnhof Preps for a New Home
In Heidelberg's Old Town, Kulturhaus Karlstorbahnhof concert hall/nightclub has a new audio system while it waits to move into a new venue.
New Products
d&b audiotechnik XSL System Debuts
d&b audiotechnik has launched its new XSL System, the smallest offering in the range, with both installation (XSLi) and mobile touring (XSL) versions available.
Blog
Mix Live Blog: Five Silly Questions…
FOH engineer/Mix blogger Steve La Cerra is on the road with Blue Öyster Cult, and has noticed that he's needed to ask questions that...
Live Sound
Rise Against Returns to the Road
Rise Against was one of the first major acts to return to touring, heading out in July; engineers Nate Northway and Charlie Bybee talk...
Live Sound
Lollapalooza Kicks It Off!
The first of the full-capacity major music festivals returned this summer, with LD Systems on-site tackling both main stages.
Live Sound
Swedish Classical-Crossover Tour Rolls with Ek
Hans Ek uses his music to meld disparate genres together while his live audio team uses Allen & Heath dLive CTi1500 surfaces.
Live Sound
Stadium Shows Return With Illenium
On July 3, Illenium held the first stadium concert of the pandemic—here's how it came together in just five weeks.
Blog
Mix Live Blog: The Cameo Theater Reborn
FOH engineer Steve La Cerra shares his experience mixing opening night at Bristol, VA's Cameo Theater, a restored 500-cap venue from the 1920s.
New Products
Allen & Heath Unveils dLive CTi1500 Console
Allen & Heath has launched its latest console, the dLive CTi1500, an update of its popular compact dLive C1500 control surface.
Live Sound
Sound and Lighthouse: Creating Unique Audio For A Seafaring Festival
How do you hold an all-day festival for 7,000 music fans on a 40x40-foot island with barely any electricity?
Live Sound
Britannia Row Heads Back Outdoors for Anne-Marie Set
Britannia Row Productions marked its return to outdoor live music in the UK when it tackled a live set during the 2021 Pirelli British...
New Products
Yamaha Launches DHR, CHR Series Loudspeakers
Yamaha Pro Audio has introduced its new DHR and CHR Series loudspeakers, both featuring 10", 12" and 15" models for various applications.
Live Sound
Grateful Dead’s ‘Wall of Sound’ PA To Be Auctioned
Sotheby's will auction off gear from the Grateful Dead's legendary 'Wall of Sound' PA system, as well as items that belonged to the Wall's...
Live Sound
Inside Live Sound’s Staffing Squeeze
As concert sound bounces back after the pandemic, there's fewer live sound pros coming back with it.
Blog
Mix Live Blog: Pluses and Minuses
Mix columnist Steve La Cerra writes in from Blue Oyster Cult's FOH console and reports he's not the only one a little rusty from...
Live Sound
L-Acoustics Dives Into SeaWorld Concerts
SeaWorld San Antonio’s Electric Ocean Concert Series is bringing shows to the crowds via a new L-Acoustics A-Series PA.
Live Sound
Safe Hands Audio Covers Crowds at UK Live Event Test
Safe Hands Audio covered the crowd at this year's Formula 1 British Grand Prix weekend with speaker systems from Electro-Voice and Dynacord.
Live Sound
Red Rocks Rolls Out New Roof
Red Rocks Amphitheatre outside Denver, Colorado has installed a new roof that can handle five times the production element load of the previous roof.