Live Sound
The Evil That Men Mix: On The Road with Rob Zombie
By Billy Davis. Rob Zombie and Marilyn Manson teamed up this summer for the Twins of Evil tour; now Zombie’s tight-knit crew share how...
Tour Sound
Live Sound
Stone Temple Pilots Rock with DiGiCo
Grunge pioneers hit the road co-headlining with The Cult and Bush.
Live Sound
Monitor Engineer Michael Mule, Dead at 57
By Clive Young. Monitor engineer Michael Mule worked with everyone from Iron Maiden to Anita Baker across a nearly 40-year career that began at...
Live Sound
Remarking on the Miking of Paramore
Currently rolling through Asia, Paramore has a slew of Telefunken mics in tow.
Live Sound
Robert Plant Rolls with SSL on the Road
FOH engineer Mark Kennedy has been mixing the legendary rocker.
Live Sound
Live Sound Showcase: Mixing Jack White at Jazz Fest
By Jim Beaugez. On his first tour in four years, Jack White is playing arenas, clubs and festivals. In keeping with his championing of...
Live Sound
Tackling Björk’s Effects on the Road
Touring Europe this summer, Björk’s vocal were handled—and heavily effected—with care.
Live Sound
Miking the Bacon Brothers Live
One of the rare celebrity-fronted acts that garners musical respect, the Bacon Brothers are back on the road.
Live Sound
VER Tour Sound Rolls with Post Malone
Hip-hop hero Post Malone wraps up U.S. leg of his world tour, supported by VER Tour Sound.
Live Sound
Creating Lorde’s Live Vocal Chain
Lorde's 70-concert world tour continues through the Southern Hemisphere this month, bringing a considerable amount of technology along for the ride.
Live Sound
How Ya Gonna Keep ’em Down on the Farm After They’ve Mixed PVRIS?
FOH engineer / production manager Connor Hawkins focuses in on a favorite console.
Live Sound
Entrepreneurial Audio with the Randy Rogers Band
Backstage Sound and Lighting sets up hard-touring act with new FOH desk.
International
Live Sound Showcase: U2—Speaking from Experience
After a massive stadium tour last summer, U2 returns to the arenas to close out its Innocence + Experience concept tours. Sound director Joe...
Live Sound
Nathaniel Rateliff Covers the Earth with A&H
70-plus shows into their 2018 tour schedule, Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats have had a dLive desk at stageside each night.
Live Sound
QSC Hits the Road with McCartney MD Wix Wickens
QSC gear plays its part in the onstage rig of musical director Paul "Wix" Wickens.
Live Sound
Green Day Greets Buenos Aires with d&b
A brand-new d&b audiotechnik GSL System covered 37,000 screaming punk fans at Argentina's Estadio Velex Stadium.
Live Sound
Woodcock Packs Yamaha for Summer Tours
Yamaha's new Rivage PM7 will be used to mix Poison and Rob Zombie tours this summer.
Live Sound
Live Sound Showcase: The Tedeschi Trucks Band
By Clive Young. The Tedeschi Trucks Band typically plays 200 gigs a year, which keeps its audio team busy taming the stage volume of...
Live Sound
Cool Tools Track T-Mobile’s 600 MHz Coverage
By Steve Harvey. Crowdsourced data tools can help determine if you can still use that 600 MHz wireless mic system in a given area.
Live Sound
dLive Rolls with Million Dollar Quartet
Engineer Chris Wilson tackled FOH and monitors on the Allen & Heath desk.
Live Sound
Curbishley to Lead Solotech’s U.S. Rental Division
Curbishley's hire comes in advance of Solotech opening a new Los Angeles office.
Live Sound
‘La La Land’ Live Show Hits the Road
FOH engineer Troy Choi mixes live music to La La Land screenings around the world.
Live Sound
Live Sound Showcase: deadmau5
By Steve Harvey. Joel Zimmerman, known to EDM fans as deadmau5, presented his music orchestrated for strings, brass and woodwinds—but no percussion—at the Wiltern...
Live Sound
First Public Yamaha Rivage PM7 Demos Announced
T.C. Furlong will host the Rivage PM7's public debut April 24-25 in Chicago.
Live Sound
Miking Guitars on Lana Del Rey’s LA to the Moon Tour
FOH engineer Kevin Madigan (David Gilmour, CSN&Y) talks capturing live guitars
Live Sound
RCF Hits the Road with Festival of Praise Tour
A slew of top Gospel stars are making the rounds with RCF in tow.
Live Sound
VER to Merge with Production Resource Group
VER enters Chapter 11 to facilitate merger with PRG
Live Sound
Live Sound Showcase: Gimmie A Beat—Inside Janet Jackson’s Tour Sound
By Clive Young. Janet Jackson is still selling out arenas and making them dance, three decades into her career. Helping make that happen every...
Live Sound
Saving the Show: Live Audio Capture
By Clive Young. Live show recordings are a necessity for every artist. While most national touring artists playing theaters and arenas have recorded shows...
Live Sound
DPA Captures Celine at Caesars
Celine Dion's shows have used a growing contingent of DPA Microphones since 2010.
Live Sound
Versteegt on Mixing Live Reggae and More
By Keith Young. Touring the world with Grammy-nominated reggae band SOJA, FOH engineer Michael Versteegt has discovered how to make the most of the...
Live Sound
Nomad Wound Up with Van Damme Cable
Van Damme Cable hits festival circuit with Nomad Sound
Live Sound
Snoop Dogg Prowls with Allen & Heath
Snoop Dogg has been touring with an Allen & Heath dLive system handling his monitors.
Live Sound
Live Sound Showcase: Touring with Tori Amos
By Steve Harvey. In December, Amos wrapped up the North American leg of her tour with three sold-out nights at The Theatre at Ace...
Live Sound
Blondie Calls Up New Stage Monitors
The classic pop-punk band toured with the latest wedges from Clair Brothers.
Live Sound
Clay Walker Buys Yamaha CL5s
The longtime country artist recently purchased his own desks.
Live Sound
Brown Note, d&b Avert Disaster for Gorillaz
Pre-tour gamble paid off for Gorillaz’s live audio team
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Picking Charlie Puth’s PA
The young singing sensation finished a North American arena tour supported by Adamson systems.
Live Sound
Frahm Takes Stage Tec Desk on Tour
The composer/performer has kicked off a two-year tour with an Aurus platinum FOH console in tow.