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Mix Live Blog: Financial Fallout
The height of the COVID pandemic may have passed, but its financial impact on live sound pros continues to reverberate.
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Business
Maintaining Mental Health While On Tour
For live sound pros, touring can sometimes feel like walking through a minefield of mental health challenges. Psychotherapist Tamsin Embleton wants her new book,...
Business
PLASA Report: Live Sound Bounces Back, But Challenges Remain
PLASA has released its “The Live Sector in 2022” Report, based on a survey of more than 1,300 live sound pros in 40-plus countries.
Blog
Mix’s Top 20 Articles of 2022, Part 4
As 2022 comes to a close, we’re counting down our top 20 most popular articles of the year, as chosen by the readers of...
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...
Blogs
Mix Live Blog: Higher Road Expense
FOH engineer/Mix blogger Steve La Cerra discovers another surprise side-effect of the pandemic: More concert security.
Business
New Report Highlights Live Sound Recovery Concerns
The report breaks down how Covid-19 has affected pros, providers and pro-audio manufacturers in more than 40 countries.
Blog
Mix Live Blog: A Sigh of Relief After Mixing on the High Seas
FOH engineer/Mix blogger Steve La Cerra just returned from mixing Blue öyster Cult on Rock Legends Cruise IX, and it was an eye-opening experience.
The Wire
HPA Outlines Enhanced Health and Safety Protocols for HPA Tech Retreat
January 31 (Burbank, Calif.) – In preparation for an in person return of the annual HPA Tech Retreat, HPA has announced enhanced protocols governing...
Live Sound
Genesis Live: Turn It On Again…One Last Time, Part 1
After announcing a farewell tour in March, 2020, Genesis finally hit the U.S. this past fall...and then Covid struck the audio team.
Blog
Mix Live Blog: Deja Vu All Over Again
Post-Thanksgiving, COVID-19 cases started rising off the charts thanks to the Omicron variant, and FOH engineer Steve La Cerra is none too happy about...
Live Sound
The Cap Comes Back
A legendary venue that hosted everyone from the Grateful Dead to Pink Floyd, The Cap hit hard times, then bounced back stronger than ever.
New Products
Li.LAC Microphone Disinfector Debuts
The Li.LAC Microphone Disinfector is a rack-mounted encasement that uses ultraviolet light to clean microphones.
news
Focusrite’s Big 2021
Focusrite plc announced the final results for its financial year that ended August 31, 2021, highlighting the success of its various brands.
news
InfoComm 2021 Stats Show Industry Bouncing Back
InfoComm 2021 proved to be far busier and well attended than was widely expected; now AVIXA statistics confirm that observation.
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...
Profiles
Danny Elfman: Making Music, Part 2—Moving Into Film
In Part 2 of our interview with film composer/recording artist Danny Elfman, he recounts his transition to film composition.
Blog
Mix Blog Live: Big Dogs Follow Broadway
Just as it seemed the touring industry was ramping back up, many acts and events have hit the pause button, either postponing dates or...
Blog
Mix Live Blog: Protecting the Investment on Broadway
With the Delta Variant spiking around the country, tours and venues are quickly changing their pandemic-related entrance requirements, and that includes Broadway, as Mix...
news
InfoComm 2021 COVID Requirements Announced
AVIXA has announced its COVID requirements for InfoComm 2021, subject to change and expected to be adhered to by all exhibitors and attendees.
Events
‘Mix Presents Sound for Film & TV’ to Be Held Virtually
The eighth annual Mix Presents Sound for Film & Television event will revert to an all-virtual format and will take place on September 24....
news
NAB Show Announces COVID Protocols
The National Association of Broadcasters has announced COVID protocols for attending this year's NAB Show, due to take place October 9-13 in Las Vegas.
HOW Sound
Philippines’ Favor Church Streams Live Services
Favor Church in Manila, Philippines has been using a Waves eMotion LV1 Live Mixer to mix the church’s live services
Music Festival Business
Festival Returns for Summer Down Under
Reinvented to meet pandemic protocols, South Australia’s Summer Sounds Festival was a four-week outdoor concert series of 18 shows
Blog
Mix Blog Live: Hello, Boston!
This Friday’s live streaming concert by local favorites Dropkick Murphys, in a baseball stadium with no fans, will raise money for Boston-area nonprofits.
The Wire
DPA Microphones Offers Online Training, Expert Interviews and Virtual Performances
ALLEROED, DENMARK, APRIL 8, 2020 — With the increased need of remote/at-home productions, DPA Microphones is providing a variety of creative online resources and...
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