The Unfamiliar P.A.

The scariest P.A. is the one you've never met before. Traveling with production is a very comfortable place: You always know what type of gear you'll...

All Access: Mutemath

Mar 1, 2012 9:00 AM, Photos and Text By Steve Jennings

Mutemath, touring behind their latest release, Odd Soul, played San Francisco’s Regency Ballroom, a neoclassical former dance hall that was built in 1909....

Avenged Sevenfold Tour Profile

Feb 1, 2012 9:00 AM, By Sarah Benzuly

All Access: Chickenfoot

Jan 1, 2012 9:00 AM, Photos and Text By Steve Jennings

When you assemble Sammy Hagar (vocals, guitar), Joe Satriani (guitars), Michael Anthony (bass, vocals) and drummer Kenny Aronoff (filling in for Chad Smith), you get supergroup Chickenfoot, who bring classic rock ’n’ roll to each venue. Mix caught up with the group and crew at San Francisco’s Warfield Theater. ...

FixIt: Kenny Rogers Technical Director/Monitor Engineer Frank Farrell

Mar 1, 2012 9:00 AM

Rogers’ current tour includes a vocal choir. We asked his technical director how they mike a choir in a sound-reinforcement situation....

Flaming Lips Strip Down

Mar 1, 2012 9:00 AM

Last month, the Flaming Lips visited Bimbo’s 365 (San Francisco) as part of the regional Noisepop festival. FOH engineer Chris Chandler had to pare down the band’s usually extensive equipment package, yet managed to reproduce the Lips’ big sound in a relatively small space. ...

Learn More from Meyer Sound

Mar 1, 2012 9:00 AM

Meyer Sound provides an ongoing series of seminars and Webinars for live sound professionals who wish to learn more about Meyer technology or just increase their skills....

Gallery's JBL System Meets Challenges

May 1, 2012 9:00 AM

The new Gallery Nightclub in Las Vegas is a multiroom venue that has already hosted artists such as Nicki Minaj, Akon, Cee Lo Green, LL Cool J and others. Space is divided between the Gallery room, dance floor and the Pussycat Dolls Lounge for a total capacity of 1,000. R2W Inc. (Las Vegas) designed and installed the audio system, which includes more than 90 JBL AE Series and Control Contractor Series speakers, all powered by Crown amps....

Community Professional Loudspeakers DP6

Jan 1, 2012 9:00 AM

Featuring the same components as the company's D6 ceiling model, the DP6 pendant loudspeaker is a true coaxial loudspeaker with an HF compression driver, Community's patented Carbon Ring Cone Technology™ and Tru-Phase™ high-frequency waveguide for consistent, wide dispersion up to 16 kHz. Uniform voicing allows the entire range of Distributed Design ceiling, surface and pendant-mount loudspeakers to be combined in a single installation. ...

Lawo Acquires Innovason

Jan 1, 2012 9:00 AM, Compiled by Sarah Benzuly

Console manufacturer Innovason’s products and trademarks are now owned by Lawo AG following the company’s acquisition of Innovason’s majority shareholding in April 2008. According to Marcel Babazadeh, Innovason international sales director, “Our focus for the future is on the continued development of the Eclipse platform. The difference is that we will be able to pursue this development with more resources available to us than before.” Following this move, Hervé de Caro is now product manager for Eclipse; Nicolas Gozdowski will continue in his role as service engineer; and Benoit Quiniou in R&D. ...