Live Sound
Bruce Knight, Veteran FOH Engineer, Passes
Veteran live sound engineer Bruce "BK" Knight passed away Sunday, April 21, 2024. Across a 40-plus-year professional career, he mixed artists as varied as...
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Live Sound
Mixing The Iron Maiden ‘Legacy Of The Beast’ Tour, Part 2
Concluding our coverage of the Iron Maiden 'Legacy of the Beast' tour, FOH engineer Ken "Pooch" Van Druten shares how he approaches each instrument...
Live Sound
Mixing The Iron Maiden ‘Legacy Of The Beast’ Tour, Part 1
After 140 shows in 33 countries for 3 million fans, metal giants Iron Maiden finally finished their latest tour—and are ready for the next...
Blog
Mix Live Blog: Southworst
Every live sound pro has survived their fair share of travel nightmares, but the experience never gets any easier.
Blogs
MIX SIDEBAR: Take Me to the Rink—The Surprise Creation of Talking Heads’ “Big Band”
FOH engineer Frank Gallagher's stories are always headed somewhere unexpected—like this one, which starts off in late-Seventies New York City.
Live Sound
Frank Gallagher: ‘Soundman Confidential’ Talks Talking Heads, B-52’s and the Evolution of Live Sound
Frank Gallagher has mixed rock legends since the Sixties; still touring today, he's sharing how it all went down on his new podcast.
The Wire
Austrian Audio On The Road With Bon Jovi
FOH engineer Bill Sheppell & recording engineer Obie O’Brien tout the Austrian Audio OD505 use on stage
Blog
Mix Live Blog: Bugs!!!
FOH engineer/blogger Steve La Cerra caught a (technical) bug the other day—and then it traveled with him to other gigs.
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...
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
FOH Engineer Vinnie Kowalski, Dead at 58
FOH engineer Vincent Kowalski died July 17, 2020, closing a 40-plus year career that saw him tour with Blondie, fellow Long Islanders Dream Theater,...
Business
Roy Williams, FOH Engineer for Robert Plant/Led Zeppelin, Dead at 73
A veteran of the live concert business, Roy Williams helmed the 2007 Led Zeppelin reunion and multiple Robert Plant tours.
Business
Andrea Bocelli’s Engineer Talks Coronavirus
Speaking from Firenze, Andrea Taglia, FOH engineer for opera superstar Andrea Bocelli, discusses the novel coronavirus from the vantage point of Italy.
Blog
Discovering the Sound of Hamilton with Adam Savage
FOH engineer Kevin McCoy shares with Adam Savage what it takes to mix the hit show 'Hamilton.'
Live Sound
Live Sound Showcase: The Who Brings Symphony Along on Moving On! Tour
The Who have 50 years of touring under their belts. For their current production, Moving On!, the band is playing with a symphony orchestra...
Live Sound
Tool Tours with Intricate, Immersive Sound
Touring the world behind “Fear Inoculum,” Tool’s first album in 13 years, the prog-metal heroes are filling arenas with a massive audio system that...
Blog
Being The Sound Engineer For Slipknot In The Early 2000s
We stumbled across this good-natured comedy clip picturing a Slipknot soundcheck in the early 2000s, and naturally we had to share it.
Live
Live Sound Showcase: Godsmack Tour Serves Up ‘Legends’ Live
The Boston rockers have been on the road for over a year in support of their latest, tearing up arenas and sheds along the...
Live Sound
Jackman Rolls with Solotech, L-Acoustics
Solotech recently provided L-Acoustics, DiGiCo gear for multi-hyphenate Hugh Jackman’s 90-date global tour.
The Wire
DPA Hits the Road with Khalid on the Free Spirit World Tour
FOH Engineer for GRAMMY Award-Nominated R&B Singer-Songwriter Brings Studio Sound to the Stage with DPA’s d:facto 4018VL After auditioning nearly every industry standard microphone...
Live Sound
On the Road with Jovanotti
A mainstay of Italian pop, Jovanotti tours with SSL on an unconventional tour.
Live Sound
Shinedown Steps Up on Tour
By Steve Harvey. Shortly before a block of about two dozen U.S. shed dates in June and July, Shinedown called on Andy Meyer to...
Live Sound
Madix Bangs the Drum for DPA
Diablo Digital co-founder and FOH engineer Brad Madix relies on a range of DPA microphones to help deliver pristine percussion to audiences.
Live Sound
Billie Eilish Tour Rides the Waves
FOH engineer Drew Thornton shares how he applies plug-ins to Eilish’s live sound.
Live Sound
Live Sound Showcase: Jacob Collier
By Steve Harvey. UK multi-instrumentalist Jacob Collier and his production director, Ben Bloomberg from MIT’s Media Lab, reveal the custom technologies behind the staging...
The Wire
Why 15 Techs at Elevation Church Went “All In” with Their Headsets
Charlotte, N.C. — Charlotte-based Elevation Church now has 19 campuses around North Carolina, all with very high production values. Each of the locations has...
Live Sound
Close to the Wedge
By Phil Ward. In-ear monitors may be ubiquitous these days, as they are less likely to damage users’ hearing and also result in a...
Live Sound
Live Sound Showcase: Rolling with Thomas Rhett’s Road Show
By Clive Young. Talking with the audio team behind the scenes on this fall's Thomas Rhett arena tour.
Live Sound
Mixing Justin Timberlake On Tour
Justin Timberlake has been on the road with his sixth world tour, Man Of The Woods, and along for every step of the journey...
Live Sound
Monitoring The War on Drugs
Indie rockers The War on Drugs hit the road with SSLs from LMG.
Blog
Mix Blog Live: You Want Fries With That?
Obnoxious Drunk Person interrupting me at FOH: “Are you the soundguy? It sounds like %#&@.” I refrain from telling this annoying, inebriated individual where...
Live Sound
Joan Baez’ FOH Mixer Relies on dLive
On her Fare Thee Well tour, now traveling across North America, Joan Baez' FOH and monitors are being mixed by engineer Jason Raboin on...
Live Sound
FOH Engineer Embraces Yamaha on Paul Simon Tour
Supporting Paul Simon on Homeward Bound—The Farewell Tour, Clair Global is providing production that includes a Yamaha RIVAGE PM10 for front of house.
Live Sound
FOH Engineer Embraces Yamaha on Paul Simon Tour
Supporting Paul Simon on Homeward Bound—The Farewell Tour, Clair Global is providing production that includes a Yamaha RIVAGE PM10 for front of house.
Live Sound
Tour Profile: Modest Mouse Can’t Stop Moving
FOH Engineer Jacob Feinberg Keeps It All on Track
Live Sound
GTLO Rocks (and Rolls) Rams Head Live!
FOH engineer and production manager Chris Chalfin explains what goes into making the GTLO sound.
Live Sound
Paul Weller Plays Washington, D.C.’s Lincoln Theatre
By Mark R. Smith. New wave legend Paul Weller has been presenting current selections from his vast catalog during his “A Kind of Revolution”...
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