Loudspeakers — Stage Monitors

The Wire

TELEFUNKEN Sponsors Catbite at Supernova Ska Festival

By David Goggin communication arcs ⋅ Published: 09/12/2024

TELEFUNKEN is sponsoring popular ska . Catbite and providing colorful M80 dynamic vocal microphones at this year's Supernova Ska Festival.

The Wire

Mr. Big Theft in Germany On Tour with TELEFUNKEN Mics

By David Goggin communication arcs ⋅ Published: 08/22/2024

During a sold-out world tour, hard rock band Mr. Big was hit by thieves in Frankfurt, Germany, who broke into their tour bus trailer...

The Wire

Showtime Calls on Sommer Cable for Elaborate Heilung US Concert Tour

By David Goggin communication arcs ⋅ Published: 07/23/2024

Leading event production specialists Showtime Sound LLC were recently called on for the impressive Heilung concert at DAR Constitution Hall in Washington, DC.

The Wire

Pro Audio Technology Launches Five Commercial-Centric Loudspeakers

By Erin Phillips ⋅ Published: 06/10/2024

Five new models give integrators and specifiers access to high-accuracy, high-output and compact loudspeakers for premium portable and installed installations.

The Wire

Sommer Cable Debuts New SC-Elephant Robust 3215 Speaker Array Cable at InfoComm 2024

By David Goggin communication arcs ⋅ Published: 06/06/2024

Sommer Cable is introducing at InfoComm 2024 its new 32-core SC-ELEPHANT SPM3215 loudspeaker cable.

The Wire

Johnathan Smith, Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra Engineer/FOH, Picks Sanken CU-55 Microphones

By David Goggin communication arcs ⋅ Published: 05/06/2024

Johnathan Smith, Jazz at Lincoln Center orchestra engineer/FOH, has embraced the compact yet powerful Sanken CU-55 microphone for trumpets

The Wire

Sommer Cable Introduces SC-Elephant Robust Speaker Cable

By David Goggin communication arcs ⋅ Published: 01/16/2023

Sommer Cable Introduces SC-Elephant Robust Speaker Cable Sommer Cable is now shipping its new multicore speaker cable for large scale line arrays. Sommer has...

Live Sound

Mixing Mariah at the Colosseum: Live Sound Showcase

By Clive Young ⋅ Published: 07/21/2020

Veteran engineer Phil Strong mixed Mariah Carey’s The Butterfly Returns, a series of residencies at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas that...

Live Sound

Live Sound Showcase: Guster

By Steve Harvey ⋅ Published: 04/01/2020

Alternative folk-pop mainstay Guster spent the start of the year on the road with a U.S. acoustic tour that not only showed off the...

Live Sound

Grammy Awards Show Begins Transition to AoIP

By Steve Harvey ⋅ Published: 02/25/2020

The Grammy Awards show has long employed a large splitter system to distribute microphone and instrument signals from the multiple stages to the house...

Live Sound

Live Sound Showcase: The Who Brings Symphony Along on Moving On! Tour

By Paroo Streich ⋅ Published: 01/31/2020

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

By Steve Harvey ⋅ Published: 01/30/2020

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...

Live Sound

Live Sound Showcase: Barbra Streisand Returns to Her NYC Roots

By Linda Romanello ⋅ Published: 08/26/2019

By Linda Romanello. While never one to tour extensively, Barbra Streisand played a trio of dates this summer that included a stop in her...

Live Sound

Ed Sheeran Sets Epic Touring Record Backed by Major Tom Ltd.

By ProSoundNetwork Editorial Staff ⋅ Published: 08/14/2019

The two-year Divide tour is now the highest-grossing and most-attended tour of all-time.

Live Sound

Yorkville Digs Into Oh Canada Ribfest

By Clive Young ⋅ Published: 08/12/2019

More than 54,000 people came out to the decade-old ribfest, getting their fill of food and music via a Yorkville Sound PA.

Festival Profile

Brown Note Takes on Chicago Open Air Festival

By ProSoundNetwork Editorial Staff ⋅ Published: 07/10/2019

Tool, SOAD, Ghost and others annihilate crowd at Chicago festival.

Product Reviews

Mackie FreePlay Series – A Real-World Review

By Clive Young ⋅ Published: 03/25/2019

By Clive Young. Mackie’s idea to offer an expanded line of largely specialized units—FreePlay LIVE, FreePlay HOME and FreePlay GO—allows the company to provide...

Live Sound

Mike Shinoda’s Monitors

By ProSoundNetwork Editorial Staff ⋅ Published: 11/30/2018

Longtime monitor engineer Kevin McCarthy brings a passel of DAS on world tour.

Recording

View from the Top: Jeremy Bridge, CEO/Chief Engineer, PK Sound

By Clive Young ⋅ Published: 11/21/2018

By Clive Young. Jeremy Bridge recounts how his passion for both engineering and entrepreneurship paved the way his founding loudspeaker manufacturer PK Sound.

Business

Adamson Hosts Global Network Conference

By ProSoundNetwork Editorial Staff ⋅ Published: 11/05/2018

More than 120 members gathered at Adamson HQ to discover what’s next from the loudspeaker manufacturer.

Live Sound

Backing Lindsey Buckingham on the Road

By ProSoundNetwork Editorial Staff ⋅ Published: 10/16/2018

Touring keyboardist Brett Tuggle talks touring and loudspeakers.

Live Sound

QSC Rocks San Francisco’s The Chapel

By ProSoundNetwork Editorial Staff ⋅ Published: 10/04/2018

QSC’s going to the chapel and getting installed

Live Sound

Sam Smith Tours with ‘The Thrill of It All’

By Steve Harvey ⋅ Published: 09/25/2018

By Steve Harvey. British crooner Sam Smith is circling the globe behind his hit album "The Thrill of It All," with audio provided by...

Live Sound

Bringing Boutique Festivals to the Beach

By MSMedia ⋅ Published: 09/25/2018

Successfully executing six back-to-back weeklong festivals in a Mediterranean climate requires stamina and technical expertise.

Business

Yorkville Reps Ready to Roll with HK Audio

By ProSoundNetwork Editorial Staff ⋅ Published: 09/24/2018

Yorkville's North American rep team got the scoop on HK Audio's Lucas, Elements, and Linear 3 lines.

HOW Sound

Revival Center’s Audio Revived

By ProSoundNetwork Editorial Staff ⋅ Published: 09/20/2018

A new audio system is bringing added intelligibility to services.

Live Sound

PA for National Spelling Bee Starts with an “L”

By ProSoundNetwork Editorial Staff ⋅ Published: 08/14/2018

Providing audio for the annual event meant creating a system for the house, but also a monitor arrangement to put young competitors at ease.

Live Sound

Sound Image Covers San Francisco Pride Celebration

By ProSoundNetwork Editorial Staff ⋅ Published: 07/10/2018

More than half of the event's 20 stages were covered by Sound Image, and seven of those were outfitted with Vue Audiotechnik systems.

Live Sound

Adamson E-Series Makes Waves in South Korea

By ProSoundNetwork Editorial Staff ⋅ Published: 07/09/2018

Adamson makes inroads into South Korean live sound scene.

Live Sound

New Orleans Jazz Fest Covers Kids with FBT

By ProSoundNetwork Editorial Staff ⋅ Published: 07/09/2018

Varied entertainment complicated covering kids.

Live Sound

Martin Audio Demo Tour Hits Middle America

By ProSoundNetwork Editorial Staff ⋅ Published: 06/19/2018

Martin Audio brings its roadshow to Milwaukee in July.

Live Sound

QSC Hits the Road with McCartney MD Wix Wickens

By ProSoundNetwork Editorial Staff ⋅ Published: 06/14/2018

QSC gear plays its part in the onstage rig of musical director Paul "Wix" Wickens.

Festival Profile

Serving Up EDM in China for 60,000

By ProSoundNetwork Editorial Staff ⋅ Published: 04/19/2018

Adamson PA and monitor rigs keep things moving at ISY.

Live Sound

QSC Invades Southwest Invasion in Austin

By ProSoundNetwork Editorial Staff ⋅ Published: 04/03/2018

QSC gear ensured that more than 12,000 attendees heard every note at Southwest Invasion

Live Sound

Gamung Embraces Harman for Growth

By ProSoundNetwork Editorial Staff ⋅ Published: 03/21/2018

Indonesian live production services company Gamung Productions upgrades its inventory with JBL Professional speakers, Crown amplifiers and Soundcraft consoles.