Live Sound
DiGiCo Rolls with Pink Floyd Tribute
At first glance, it might seem like overkill to use DiGiCo SD consoles for a tribute act, but the Australian Pink Floyd Show is...
Consoles / Mixers – Live
Live Sound
Celine Dion Takes Meyer on the Road
Canadian Celine Dion is quite fluent in her country’s native tongue…which is to say both of them. While many of her biggest hits have...
Live Sound
DiGiCo Desks Hit the Road with Adele
Adele has been making the rounds this year on her first arena tour, with audio production by Germany-based Black Box. Key to that, of...
Music Production
Cline Qu’s Up Allen & Heath
Producer/engineer Robert Cline recently acquired an Allen & Heath Qu-32 digital mixer for his RJC Studios facility, which also operates a DJ service.
Live Sound
Events Centre Centers In on A&H
A well-established performing arts and conference center for Australia’s Sunshine Coast, The Events Centre recently underwent an audio upgrade which included the installation of...
Live Sound
Going Above & Beyond at the Hollywood Bowl
Building on 15 years of EDM hits, remixes for high-profile artists like Madonna, big-ticket DJ shows around the world including a sold-out gig at...
Live Sound
Dimension Doubles Down on Avid S6L
Marking its 25th anniversary, Dimension Audio, a UK-based rental company has kept up with the times. Today, it employs more than 60 audio specialists...
Live Sound
Hunter Stalks Allen & Heath for Jarocin Fest
Founded in 1980, and held annually since 2006, the Jarocin Festival in Poland has become a must-play event for European acts playing heavy, aggressive...
Live Sound
SoundGirls Go To Camp
SoundGirls was founded a few years ago with the aim of encouraging young women to explore their interests in live sound. This summer, the...
Live Sound
Martin Audio Powers Overtown Music Festival
The recent Overtown Music Festival in downtown Miami was a big hit, offering a lineup of pop and R&B artists that included Eric Benet,...
Live Sound
PNTA Fills Seattle Center with Sound
Pacific Northwest Theatre Associates recently tackled providing audio for eight high school graduation ceremonies for Seattle Public Schools, all held at Memorial Stadium at...
HOW Sound
Sunrise Church Adds Allen & Heath
Allen & Heath dLive S7000 in Sunrise Church’s Mix Booth with (L-R) Caleb Shiba, Michael Brainard, Craig King, and Richard Johnson
Live Sound
Air Has A Field Day with dLive
Electronica mainstay Air is out on the road this summer, playing myriad European festivals, including London’s recent Field Day, Montreux Jazz festival in Switzerland...
Live Sound
DiGiCo, Rat Sound Bolster Ben Harper
Rat Sound is on the road with longtime client Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals as the band backs Harper’s latest collection, Call It...
Live Sound
PM10 Plays Montreal Jazz Fest
The 37th Montreal Jazz Festival ended this past weekend, bringing to a close 11 days of performances by the likes of Brian Wilson, Big...
HOW Sound
Yamaha PM10 Demo Set for Washington DC
Yamaha’s Rivage PM10 console continues to be one of the most talked-about new desks of recent times. With that in mind, Greg Lukens of...
Live Sound
Bright Star Heard Via Masque Sound
Steve Martin and Edie Brickell’s new Broadway musical, Bright Star, hit the Great White Way in March only to close this past weekend. Along...
Live Sound
A&H Marks 30 Years of Chinese Rock
Offering proof that rock will never die is the Music Power Rock China 30 tour to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Chinese rock music....
HOW Sound
Sweetwater Hosts HOW Sound Workshop
Indicative of its support to the HOW Sound community, Sweetwater recently hosted a two-day workshop for worship leaders, technicians, and musicians.
HOW Sound
Epic Church Adds DiGiCo Desk
Epic Church in Decatur, Alabama recently purchased a DiGiCo S21 entry-level digital desk as part of a move to update its audio. Worship Pastor...
Live Sound
Swedish Hall Upgrades with A&H
Home of the Swedish Chamber Orchestra, the Concert Hall of Örebro in Sweden recently underwent a major renovation to catch up with modern times....
Festival Profile
Zhaoqing Festival Zings with X32
The festival season is getting underway around the world, and that includes China; earlier this month, the Dinghu Mountain Resort hosted the Zhaoqing Music...
Live Sound
Allen & Heath Storms Embassy at SXSW
Playing SXSW is a big deal for any band, but if you’ve traveled thousands of miles from another continent, the pressure is only heightened....
Live Sound
From Rainman to Superman On Tour
There are only a handful of film soundtrack composers working today who have household-name recognition—say, John Williams, Danny Elfman and Hans Zimmer. While the...
Live Sound
Mixing Leona Lewis Live
Songstress Leona Lewis recently finished a 14-date UK tour of the UK; along for the ride was FOH engineer Dave Wooster, who oversaw a...
Live Sound
The Audio of Gadget Show Live
The Gadget Show, broadcast in the UK on Channel 5, recently taped for live stage performances and recordings inside Birmingham’s NEC arena as Gadget...
Live Sound
Mixing Mariah Live in Europe
Mariah Carey recently toured Europe for the first time in 13 years, packing arenas along the 22-city route. Ensuring that audiences could hear every...
Live Sound
Eighth Day Sound Nets Yamaha PM10
Eighth Day Sound, tour sound provider for the likes of The Who, Madonna, Kings of Leon, Beyoncé, Drake, Lady Gaga, Eminem, Rihanna and Taylor...
Live Sound
American Idiot Lands In Sweden
A pair of Allen & Heath dLive systems were used for mixing duties on the recent two-month run of Green Day's stage show, American...
Live Sound
Allen & Heath Heads to the Amazon
SPA, a sound reinforcement company in Manaus, Brazil recently purchased an Allen & Heath dLive digital mixing system, which was used for the first...
Live Sound
DiGiCo S21 Goes to College
Pellissippi State Community College has installed a DiGiCo S21 digital console at the Knoxville-based school’s Bagwell Center for Media and Art.
Live Sound
Yamaha PM10 Hits The Road
While the first two Yamaha Rivage PM10 consoles delivered in the U.S. just went out on tour with Carrie Underwood a few weeks ago,...
Live Sound
Luke Bryan Brings Along DiGiCo
Last year, Luke Bryan picked up “Entertainer of the Year” awards from both the Academy of Country Music (ACM) and the Country Music Association...
Live Sound
Mixing the Vocalosity A Cappella Tour
On the road supporting its Universal Music Classics debut album, a cappella group Vocalosity brings to the stage 12 voices singing modern-day hits in...
Product Reviews
Review: beyerdynamic MCE 86 II Electret Condenser Shotgun Microphone
A shotgun microphone is simply a tool worth having in any “workhorse” microphone collection, and the MCE 86 II is an ideal specimen.
Product Reviews
Review: Yamaha TF Series Digital Mixing Console
Yamaha emerged as a leader in high-end live sound mixing with its digital offerings long before many stalwart analog-centric live console companies dipped their...
Product Reviews
Review: Blue Hummingbird Small-Diaphragm Condenser Microphone
Blue's 180-degree pivoting capsule SDC "sounds fantastic, feels expensive."
Business
PAR On Audio Production Touch Screens
I think one of the big changes on the horizon is touch screen technology utilizing touch screen panels (TSPs). It’s time to re-imagine the...
New Products
Studio Review: Rich Tozzoli’s St. John Recording Retreat
This year's recording session in the U.S. Virgin Islands features AEA, DPA, Fender Passport Studio, Grace Design and Universal Audio products.
Product Reviews
Yamaha CL1 Digital Console – A Real-World Review
Will James reviews Yamaha's CL1, an 18-fader console with touchscreen menu operation, 48 inputs plus 8 stereo inputs, and 35 outputs.
Gear and Technology
Make A Joyful Noise: Portable PA for Houses-of-Worship
As the worship experience continues to broaden and diversify at churches, synagogues and other house-of-worship facilities, opportunities for congregational participation grow.
Gear and Technology
Make A Joyful Noise: Portable PA for Houses-of-Worship
As the worship experience continues to broaden and diversify at churches, synagogues and other house-of-worship facilities, opportunities for congregational participation grow.