Gear and Technology
Amplifiers Per Annum
By Al Fernald. Here are just a few of the amplifiers and related updates that have been introduced over the last 12 months.
Tour Sound
Live Sound
Fun, Fun, Fun on Pet Sounds’ 50th Anniversary Tour
By Paroo Streich. Brian Wilson, the visionary behind The Beach Boys, is rolling his "Pet Sounds" 50th Anniversary Tour forward into 2018 with its...
Live Sound
Francis Takes On New Desk for Katy Perry
The FOH engineer behind GnR and Kanye West switched things up for his current jaunt supporting Katy Perry.
Business
Winter Quiet No More for SR Providers
This time of year used to mean that things slowed down in the live sound sector—but the operative words there are “used to.”
Live Sound
Halsey’s ‘Fountain’ Tour Flows with DPA
Halsey is using a DPA d:facto vocal microphone at every stop on her current world tour
Live Sound
Inside the Audio of The Killers World Tour
Capital Sound fielded a Martin Audio MLA system for the recent UK leg of the band's world tour.
Live Sound
MyMix Takes On Pete Tong at the Hollywood Bowl
By Steve Harvey. Musicians heard themselves on the complicated Pete Tong's Ibiza Classics tour via MyMix systems.
Live Sound
Monitoring Queens of the Stone Age at MSG
By Ian MacDonald. Engineer Spencer Jones handled monitors on QOTSA's fall tour, a run that found the band headlining New York City's Madison Square...
International
Depeche Mode Shares That Global Spirit On Tour
Depeche Mode's longtime audio team uses new and old technology to help convey the warmth and humanity in the band’s famously synthy sounds.
Live Sound
Run the Jewels Roll with Waves eMotion LV1 Mixer
FOH engineer Tomas Wolfe has been using a Waves eMotion LV1 Live Mixer to mix Run The Jewels’ tour.
Live Sound
Mixing the Holiday A Cappella Sounds of Pentatonix
Mark Woodcock uses a Yamaha RIVAGE PM10 console to handle the house mix for a acappella act Pentatonix.
Live Sound
Galaxy Rolls with Scovill on Petty Tour
Galaxy Hot Spot speakers were a key part of FOH engineer Robert Scovill's rig on the final Tom Petty tour.
Live Sound
Tears For Fears Squires A New PM10 On Tour
Monitor engineer George Squires has been using a Yamaha PM10 digital audio console on the road for the resurgent Tears For Fears.
Live
Eight Plays, A Streak: Paul McCartney Tours NYC
By Clive Young. Go inside Paul McCartney’s 2017 mini-tour of New York City, where the rock legend and crew tackled eight sold-out shows, playing...
HOW Sound
L-Acoustics Opens NYC Office
Aiming to underline its presence on the East Coast and also the Broadway theatrical market, L-Acoustics has opened a new office in midtown Manhattan,...
Live Sound
Stage Tec Mixes 4,000 Voices on Tour
Marking the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, “Luther,” a massive pop oratorio about the event toured Germany, with the last of 12 performances taking...
Live Sound
Live Sound Showcase: Arcade Fire
By Lowell Greenblatt. While most tours are booked so that a production has time to find its groove before playing a high-profile New York...
Live Sound
$1B Growth in Pro Loudspeakers Predicted
UK analysts Futuresource Consulting predict the global pro loudspeaker market will hit $3.6 billion by 2021, fueled largely by increased demand for quality installed...
Live Sound
Firehouse Fired Up About Dante AoIP
Firehouse Productions has been the audio provider for countless tours by Coldplay, Radiohead, Peter Gabriel, Sting and many others; shows for the likes of...
Live Sound
Adamson Fills Stadium with Krystof
Prague’s Evzena Rosického Stadium recently sold out two shows by one of the country’s most popular acts, Krystof, as it celebrated its 25th anniversary....
Live Sound
FOH Stays Dry on Halsey Tour
Halsey has been making the rounds for the last month on her Hopeless Fountain Kingdom Tour with audio provided by Eighth Day Sound. One...
Live Sound
Sheppell Brings DPA to Bon Jovi
FOH engineer Bill Sheppell used DPA d:facto vocal mics on the recent Bon Jovi tour as an experiment and ultimately opted to make...
Festival Business
State of the Industry 2017: Live Sound
By Clive Young. The last few years have seen the concert industry ride a growing wave of success, and so far, 2017 looks to...
HOW Sound
At AES: RF Panel: ‘Scan Early and Often’
By Steve Harvey. The successful completion of the FCC's Incentive Auction earlier this year set the countdown clock ticking for wireless mic operators, who...
Live Sound
Third Eye Blind Has A Vue
It may be fall, but that hasn’t stopped Nineties hitmakers Third Eye Blind from hitting the road on their 31-city “Summer of the Gods”...
Live Sound
DPA Drives Classical Mystery Tour’s Sound
Based in Las Vegas, Craig Thomesen has worked with everyone from Bette Midler, Tina Turner, Johnny Cash, The Doobie Brothers and more. These days,...
Live Sound
Nickelback’s Back, Rolling with Yamaha
The key to any successful tour is preparation, and if the tour’s engineers are using new consoles for the first time, then it’s even...
Live Sound
Adele Drummer Adds Auralex
When Derrick Wright needed to isolate his drums for quiet songs on Adele’s recent world tour, he went to an off-stage isolated drum room...
Live Sound
CODA Brings the Rock to Royal Arena
When the new Royal Arena opened in Copenhagen a few months ago, the first act to play it was Metallica, but the ‘hometown’ opening...
Live Sound
Mackie AXIS Moves Into Monitorworld
German hip-hop, reggae, and dancehall artist Frank Dellé (aka Eased) has been touring in support of his latest solo album, Neo. While he’s best-known...
Live Sound
Adding Quiet to Brian Wilson’s Pet Sounds
On the road since Spring 2016, Brian Wilson is winding down his Pet Sounds 50th Anniversary World Tour, where he has been the classic...
Live Sound
d&b audiotechnik Set for AES New York
The annual AES Convention is the high point of the pro audio year, and no one ever wants to miss it. That goes for...
Live Sound
Live Sound Showcase: Panic! at the Disco
By Clive Young. Panic! at the Disco started out big in the mid-2000s and then only got bigger. Sporting a wildly varied pop rock...
Live Sound
3G Productions Rolls with Trevi-Guzman Tour
3G Productions of Las Vegas and Los Angeles hit the road this summer, providing audio for legendary Mexican singer-songwriters Gloria Trevi and Alejandra Guzman...
Live Sound
Tony Bennett Left His PM10 in San Diego
19-time GRAMMY winner Tony Bennett can still belt like nobody’s business, even at the age of 91. On the road to this day, he...
Live Sound
Bentley Brings First AVB-Networked Meyer Rig
VER Tour Sound has been on the road since January with Dierks Bentley, bringing the country music star’s tunes to arenas and amphitheaters via...
Live Sound
Tears For Fears Lets It All Out with Focusrite
Pop-rock stalwarts Tears For Fears returned to the road this summer on a co-headlining shed tour with another famed duo, Hall & Oates. Along...
HOW Sound
Spectrum Sound Goes Deep with DiGiCo
Nashville-based Spectrum Sound recently updated its inventory with the addition of six new DiGiCo SD12 mixing consoles and four additional SD-Racks. These come in...
Live Sound
Pitbull Grabs Digital 9000 Wireless
When multi-platinum artist Pitbull recently acquired a Sennheiser Digital 9000 wireless system, the first thing he did was put it to the test in...
Live Sound
Blink-182 Turns to SSL L200
New York, NY (August 29, 2017)—Perennial pop-punkers Blink-182 has been on the road behind its latest album, California, with Jason Decter, the band’s front...
HOW Sound
T-Mobile Lights Up First 600 MHz Site
T-Mobile has made good on its promise to begin lighting up new 600 MHz services in August, announcing that its first network site, in...
Live Sound
Depeche Mode’s IEM Evolution
By Sarne Thorogood. For years, the band has relied on a traditional stage setup, using a monitor system including audio tools, such as the...