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Audix Novacore NCEC & NCTH Wireless Microphone Capsules – A Mix Product of the Week
Just announced by the folks at Audix are two new wireless vocal microphone capsules, the Novacore NCEC and NCTH.
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Mix Live Blog: Sticker Shock!
Reports of 'Blue Dot Fever' are widespread across the concert business, but what does it actually indicate?
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Lectrosonics IFBT2.0 Dual-Channel IFB Transmitter Base Station — A Mix Product of the Week
Lectrosonics has announced the introduction of its new IFB (Interruptible FoldBack) transmitter base station, the IFBT2.0.
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Mix Live Blog: Rocking The Rock Legends Cruise XIII—Part 4
It's TM/FOH engineer Steve La Cerra's final day on the high seas with Blue Öyster Cult and the Rock Legends XIII Cruise....
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Roland SPD-SX PRO System V2.0 — A Mix Product of the Week
Roland has released an update for its top-of-the-line sampling pad, the SPD-SX PRO.
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Mix Live Blog: Rocking The Rock Legends Cruise XIII—Part 3
When Blue Öyster Cult recently played a cruise, TM/FOH engineer Steve La Cerra wound up behind the drumkit. Why? Read on!
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Mix Live Blog: Rocking The Rock Legends Cruise XIII—Part 2
When Blue Öyster Cult recently played a cruise, it was all smooth sailing, right? Wrong—but that didn't stop the band or TM/FOH engineer Steve...
New Products
Strymon PCH X2 Active Stereo DI Isolator — A Mix Product of the Week
New from the folks at Strymon is the PCH X2, a stereo, active direct box and isolator.
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Mix Live Blog: Rocking The Rock Legends Cruise XIII—A Gig Diary
Blue Öyster Cult recently took to the high seas to play the Rock Legends Cruise XIII and now FOH pro Steve shares the experience...
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Mix Blog: Eagles Fly High
Longevity is a precious commodity in the music business, a trait that eludes many (if not most) artists.
New Products
Casio DN-SE10 Dimension Shifter – A Mix Product of the Week
The DN-SE10 Dimension Shifter is an expression controller that attaches to a guitar strap, enabling a player to control effects by pulling down on...
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Mix Live Blog : Packing for the Sub-Zero Tour
If you think it's cold where you are, you should hear about the place engineer Steve La Cerra and Blue Öyster Cult just played...
New Products
Waves eMotion LV1 Control – A Mix Product of the Week
New from Waves is the eMotion LV1 Control, a premium control surface designed to expand fader control for Waves LV1 Classic digital mixing consoles.
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Mix Live Blog: Less Pollution in the RF Air
Masque Sound is the first company to supply Sennheiser’s Spectera wideband wireless system for a Broadway production—and this is a big deal.
New Products
Black Lion Audio MIDI Eight – A Mix Product of the Week
The MIDI Eight from Black Lion Audio is an 8-in/8-out MIDI interface designed to help manage MIDI I/O for an assortment of devices.
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Mix Live Blog: Don’t Toss That Old Computer Just Yet!
Steve would love to throw his old laptops away, but can't—and it's not because of nostalgia either.
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Mix Blog: I Hate to Say “I Told You So…”
Sometimes you know how something is going to end before it even begins.
New Products
Drawmer 1979 Channel Strip — A Mix Product of the Week
A modern take on the channel strip, it offers a mic preamp, 3-band EQ, FET compressor and Lift dynamic gain processing.
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Mix Blog: All I Want for Christmas…
Auctions of music-related memorabilia, from guitars to demo tapes, are becoming top draws for collectors and those looking for alternative investments, but will they...
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Mix Live Blog: Don’t Sell Yourself Short
There's a thin line between breaking into the industry and letting the industry break you.
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Mix Live Blog: Fear of (Not) Flying
The government shutdown may be over, but the PTSD from touring during it will follow Steve for a while....
New Products
Camvate Super Crab Clamp — A Mix Product of the Week
Here’s a really cool little device that’s been around for a while but flew under my radar until a coworker showed it to me...
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Mix Live Blog: Audio Dreamin’
It was unusual for me to be home on a weekend, but my work schedule a few weeks ago was rather odd....
New Products
Roland Earth Electric Piano Software – A Mix Product of the Week
New from the folks at Roland is the Earth Electric Piano software instrument.
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Mix Blog: Maintenance Issues
A new customs law has led more than 30 countries to suspend shipments to the U.S., and a ripple effect will affect repairs.
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Mix Blog: If It Sounds Too Good to Be True…
Scammers have infiltrated many parts of our online lives, and the pro-audio portion is no exception.
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Mix Live Blog: Put That Thing Away!
Thinking of pulling out your phone at a concert to tape it? Think again. Seriously.
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Mix Live Blog: What I Did On My Summer “Vacation”
As he returns to teaching production at Mercy College in New York, Steve La Cerra looks back at a crazy four months on the...
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Mix Live Blog: This Is Progress?
Mixing on a new live console for the first time is always a challenge—and this time was no exception.
New Products
PreSonus StudioLive Series III SE Digital Mixers — A Mix Product of the Week
PreSonus has unveiled a new line of digital mixers, StudioLive Series III SE, with three new models—SE 16, SE 24 and SE 32
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Mix Live Blog: Minivan Madness
Getting a headlining band and its gear from Point A to Point B is difficult enough, but Steve's finding that its harder than ever...
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Mix Live Blog: Freddie Mercury and a Night to Remember
Peabody, set the Wayback machine for July 13, 1985....
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Mix Live Blog: 14 Days, 7 Countries, 10 Shows—On Tour with BÖC, Part 2
Mix contributor Steve La Cerra hits Europe with Blue Öyster Cult to mix and manage a whirlwind tour through Finland, Paris, Berlin and more.
New Products
Fulcrum Acoustic CC Series Array System—A Mix Product of the Week
New from Fulcrum Acoustic is the CC Series, a compact, constant-curvature array system.
New Products
Shure ANX4 Scalable Wireless Receiver — A Mix Product of the Week
Unveiled at InfoComm a couple weeks ago, the Shure ANX4 is a scalable multichannel wireless receiver that can receive Axient Digital or ULX-D transmitters....
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Mix Live Blog: 14 Days, 7 Countries, 10 Shows—On Tour with BÖC, Part 1
Mix contributor Steve La Cerra heads off to Europe with Blue Öyster Cult to mix and manage a whirlwind tour. Don't fear the Reaper—but...
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Mix Live Blog: To Sleep, or Not to Sleep?
A FOH Engineer/TM's job is never done...even at the very end of the tour leg when they really need some shut-eye.
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Mix Live Blog: Where’s My Credit Card??!
Heading to JFK Airport to start a two-week run of dates in the U.K. and Europe with Blue Öyster Cult seemed like a simple...
New Products
AEA 1029 VCA Compressor — A Mix Product of the Week
The newest product introduction from AEA is a bit of a surprise: It’s a VCA compressor, the first from AEA.
New Products
Waves WSG-PY64 I/O Card — A Mix Product of the Week
Continuing its collaboration with Yamaha, Waves has released the WSG-PY64 I/O card for the DM7 Series of digital mixing consoles.
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Mix Live Blog: Pardon the Delay
File this one under “we almost didn’t make the gig.” Here’s the setup…
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PK Sound Tx Series Intelligent Point Source Modules—A Mix Product of the Week
PK Sound has announced the release of the Tx Series of intelligent point-source loudspeakers.