Business
Rodd Plays Game with ATC
In 1977, age 11, future mix engineer John Rodd snuck out of the house to see Star Wars; now he’s part of the Star...
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Business
The Pros’ Go-To Gear: Studio Essentials
You’re stranded on a desert island, but were able to salvage only a handful of your favorite pieces of recording equipment. What did you...
Business
Miking Flatirons Community Church
Flatirons Community Church in Colorado looks after the spiritual needs of 20,000 congregants each week across three facilities. Helping bring the intended experience to...
Business
Mike Mics Drums with A-T
Drummer and educator Mike Johnston has chosen Audio-Technica microphones and headphones for use in his popular drum lesson videos on www.mikeslessons.com.
Business
GCPro Updates Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship
The 10,000-member Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship (OCBF) church in Dallas, Texas, recently upgraded its technical facilities across the board, from sound to lighting to...
Live Sound
Live Sound Showcase: Not Just Good; Thorogood
George Thorogood is many things—a guitar slinger, band leader and the man who wrote “Bad To The Bone,” the go-to track for every Eighties...
Product Reviews
Real-World Review: Neat Mics’ King Bee, Worker Bee and Beecaster Studio Microphones
Newcomer Neat Microphones has launched a line of affordable mics bold bee-inspired color schemes and some highly unusual design features.
Gear and Technology
The 139th AES Convention Anderton Awards
It was a cliff-hanger that had showgoers panicked—but literally minutes before the show opened, all lawsuits concerning the catered food at last year’s Anderton...
Business
Tracking RF Transgressions In London
The Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre in London is a very busy place, hosting more than 400 national and international events a year, ranging...
Business
T-funk Goes Live from the Lab
Telefunken recently hosted recording sessions with Amy Helm and the Handsome Strangers at the company's Connecticut studio as part of its "Live from the Lab"...
Business
Needham Mics Newsboys With Manley
Engineer and producer Mark Needham recently got his hands on Manley Reference mics, using them on a project with Newsboys at his L.A. studio,...
Business
Shrine Takes A Shine To A-T
Monte Brothers Sound Systems (Ardsley, NY) recently renovated the audio system inside The National Shrine of St. John Neumann, located in the lower church...
Business
Shure Users Win at CMAs
Shure endorsers were well represented in the winner’s circle at the recent 49th Country Music Association Awards live telecast, which took place at a...
Business
Buying The Last Sound System
There is an axiom in the sound contracting industry that the goal is to sell a house of worship its last sound system.
Business
Mixing Monitors for 5 Seconds of Summer
As an experienced sound engineer for over 20 years, I’ve worked with all genres and styles, mixing for acts including Scissor Sisters, PJ Harvey,...
Business
A-T Supports CMA Awards
Audio-Technica supplied more than 150 vocal and instrument microphones for the 49th Annual Country Music Association (CMA) Awards, broadcast live in 5.1-channel surround sound...
Business
New Orleans Museum Mints New Music
The only building in the country to have produced both United States and Confederate money, the Old U.S. Mint, part of the Louisiana State...
Business
An Experiment in Colorado
You’ve probably seen the attitude before—clueless people who say “It’s a big facility that’s a relic from another age.
Business
Dodd’s Piano Gets Real with Orpheus
Realpiano, the brainchild of Jonathan Dodd, is using Prism Sound's Orpheus audio interface system to offer clients the unique sound of the very best...
Business
Lectrosonics Debuts Venue 2 on Cold Mountain
Classical music recording and production company Soundmirror recently put the first Lectrosonics Venue 2 Digital Hybrid Wireless modular receiver to work on the world...
Business
AT5040 Patched Into Patchwerk
Atlanta-based Patchwerk Recording Studios has recently hosted rappers Waka Flocka Flame, Fetty Wap and Yung Ralph, R&B legend Regina Belle, gospel artist Y’anna...
Business
DPA Snares African Sounds
Artist, composer and lecturer Daniel Blinkhorn recently took along DPA d:dictate 4006A microphones when travelling through Africa to capture the continent’s soundscapes. Blinkhorn’s projects...
Business
Sony Adds To Charlie Daniels’ Volunteer Jam
This year marked the 40th annual Charlie Daniels Volunteer Jam in August—a mega-concert at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, TN which raised $300,000 for...
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.
Business
Norris Captures Ben Affleck with DPA
Freelance production sound mixer Whit Norris, CAS, decided to plant a variety of DPA Microphones’ d:screet 4098 supercardioid microphones near the actors in order...
Business
On The Road with Primus
Known for liberally mixing alt, prog, country and any other genres lying around (not to mention creating the theme to South Park), Primus hit...
Business
Studio Showcase: Historic RCA Studio B: Mixing Out of the Box
MUSIC ROW NASHVILLE, TN—Now operated (again) solely by the Country Music Hall of Fame, the Historic RCA Studio B serves the public as a...
Business
Bolas Puts Manley Mic to Work
Engineer and producer Niko Bolas has been using a Reference Cardioid mic and CORE channel strip from Manley Labs on projects with Neil Young,...
Business
Vans Warped Tour Digs Into D1
Punk rock has always had a gritty, DIY aesthetic, but it still needs to sound good. With that in mind, this summer’s Van Warped...
Business
Atlanta Sound Summit Announced
DPA Microphones, Lectrosonics and Sound Devices, LLC have announced the third in a series of U.S. regional events, Sound Summit Atlanta, to be held...
Product Reviews
Review: Blue Hummingbird Small-Diaphragm Condenser Microphone
Blue's 180-degree pivoting capsule SDC "sounds fantastic, feels expensive."
Business
DPA Key to IKOF Sound
Engineer and producer Mirko Canji, tasked with recording the intensive five-day International Keyboard Odyssiad and Festival (IKOF), made use of DPA microphones.
Business
Inside The CMA Music Festival
With nearly 500 country music artists drawing an average daily footprint of 87,680 fans from all 50 states and 20 foreign countries, the Country...
Business
Going Wireless In Front of 400,000
Modern-day troubadour Ed Sheeran has made a name for himself in the US, but that’s nothing compared to back home for him, where his...
Business
DPA Keeps the Noise Down
Broadcast and live event audio engineer Rick Alexander reaches for his DPA d:screet 4071 miniature omnidirectional microphones whenever environmental noise proves to be a challenge.
Business
Nimkin Tees Off with Countryman
Location sound engineer Ben Nimkin recently added a customized B6 omnidirectional lavalier to his arsenal of stock Countryman mics.
Business
Bishop Rewarded by Royer Labs
Royer Labs microphones contributed to two major accomplishments by recording engineer and producer Michael Bishop this year.
Business
Miking Up A Wonderland
Wonderland, a rock and roll take on the classic children’s book, Alice In Wonderland, was recently staged by the Chicago Children’s Theatre, and to...
Business
Reid Documents with Countryman
Michael Reid, founder of environmental action group Life Recycled, is documenting his kayaking expedition up the coast of Japan using a Countryman B3 lav...
Business
DPA Captures Mad Max’s Fury
Award-winning production sound mixer Ben Osmo employed DPA's d:screet 4063 miniature microphones during the shooting of action scenes for George Miller’s Mad Max: Fury...
Live Sound
Something is Rockin’ in the State of Denmark
Volbeat may have been founded in Copenhagen, Denmark, but the heavy metal band is known around the globe—as its headlining run through North America...
Business
RFS Joins Exclusive DPA Club
U.K. equipment rental company Richmond Film Services has purchased a DPA d:dicate 4041-SP condenser microphone.