2017
Advanced Wireless Technologies
This month, we focus on advanced wireless technologies, encompassing everything from traditional UHF to 2.4 GHz digital systems, brand-new AoIP-ready configurations, app-enhanced functionalities, and...
2016
Workhorse Instrument Microphones for Live Sound
As subjectivity guides the practice of choosing the best microphone for the best sound source, preferences for specific models, as a rule, abound. However,...
2016
Acoustic Treatment: Affordable Kits, Unique Products
Acoustic treatment manufacturers sell solutions comprising a variety of physical products that must be arranged, positioned and applied correctly to work correctly. The goal...
2016
Microphones for Instrument Recording
Microphones for instrument recording are often quite personalized choices, yet there are some brands, makes and models that always work well to capture the...
2016
Broadcast Wireless Systems
Wireless components specifically for gathering live event broadcast audio include a broad range of options in transmitters and receivers, communication (comm) and interruptible foldback...
2016
[Really] Small Pro-Grade Powered Speakers
Allow me to emphasize: Here we will discuss really small powered speakers/monitors for mobile/desktop production, multimedia and gaming applications. At the recent NAMM Show,...
2016
Two to Go: World-Class Dual-Channel Mic Preamps
Ah, freedom. Today, highly capable DAWs are easily stuffed into featherweight laptops and even tablets; as such, audio can be captured, processed and mixed...
2016
Seven Sources of Superb Portable P.A.
Over the past 18 months, I’ve reviewed the following portable P.A. products in a variety of applications and environments, such as small- to medium-size...
2015
Software Tools for Composition & DIY Sound Design
Today’s sophisticated audio sculpting tools have arguably amended the unspoken rules of creating sound for video. Tech-savvy, creative musicians may wield only one instrument...
2015
Top New & Updated Live Mixers: Big & Small
This baker’s dozen represents the most interesting and promising new live mixing products in 2015, whether big, small or somewhere in between. While widely...
Live Sound
Tour Profile: Reba McEntire and Brad Paisley
HITTING THE ROAD WITH TWO HATS AND A REDHEAD
Live Sound
Projekt Revolution
On a Saturday evening in mid-August, a quick stroll through the sprawling, grassy parking lot of Charlotte, N.C.'s Verizon Wireless Amphitheater revealed
Live Sound
Verizon Ladies First
Mega-Tour Keeps Beyoncé, Missy Elliott and Alicia Keys All in First Place
Guides
Surround Monitoring Systems
Shopping for the perfect monitors is a complicated process that's unlike buying any other professional audio gear. One sizable challenge is deciding which
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