Live Sound
Shure Mics Up Super Bowl LVI
RF coordinators, referees and performers used Shure gear to deliver Super Bowl LVI to 70,000 fans at LA’s SoFi Stadium.
Live Sound
Live Sound
A Tour of Duty with The War On Drugs
Playing Madison Square Garden for the first time is a milestone for any band and its crew, but for The War On Drugs, that...
Live Sound
Yorkville Sound Hangs at Filthy McNasty’s Saloon
To be more specific, Yorkville Sound hangs are used at Filthy McNasty’s Saloon.
Live Sound
The Journey of ‘Jagged Little Pill’
While Broadway's 'Jagged Little Pill' closed in December, the musical received 15 Tony Award nominations, including one for its sound design.
Live Sound
2022 Event Safety Summit Returns In Time for Live Sound’s Big Summer
The Event Safety Alliance has set the agenda for its 2022 Event Safety Summit, taking place March 22-24, 2022 at Rock Lititz in Lititz,...
Live Sound
VIDEO: Counterfeit L-Acoustics Loudspeakers Destroyed by Authorities
Chinese customs officials recently seized and destroyed fake L-Acoustics loudspeakers, then prosecuted the counterfeiters.
Live Sound
Shanghai Astronomy Museum Gets Immersive Sound
The Shanghai Astronomy Museum, a new 39,000-square-meter museum devoted to the celestial sciences, has two venues with Meyer Sound immersive audio systems.
Live Sound
KFC Yum Center Arena Slam-Dunks Sound Upgrade
Louisville’s KFC Yum! Center recently updated its audio system, updating the house system and a newly expanded video production facility.
Live Sound
PLASA: Shortages, delays put live events at risk
Delays, shortages and cost increases, alongside huge decreases in annual turnovers, are plaguing the live events industry according to a new PLASA report.
Blog
Mix Live Blog: What’s on Your List?
Mix blogger and longtime FOH engineer for Blue Öyster Cult Steve La Cerra considers how and why his input list has evolved over the...
Live Sound
St. Louis Muny Enters The Matrix
A pair of AHM-64 Audio Matrix Processors have replaced the St. Louis Muny amphitheatre’s older distribution system.
Live Sound
Minnesota Orchestra Dives into DiGiCo
Orchestra Hall in Minneapolis, the home of the Minnesota Orchestra, recently got a trio of DiGiCo mixing systems for use throughout the facility.
Live Sound
11th Century Chapel Gets 21st Century Network
Gloucester Cathedral in Gloucester, England dates back to the year 1089, but now it has an Audinate Dante network from 2021.
Live Sound
Metallica Marks 40 Years of Mayhem
Metallica's go-to designer since the early 90s, Dan Braun, talks about creating the band's recent 40th anniversary concerts in this exclusive interview.
Live Sound
Cirque du Soleil Returns With ‘KOOZA,’ ‘Alegria’
Unexpected pause due to the global pandemic enables Cirque du Soleil’s touring operations to upgrade its KOOZA production to Sennheiser Digital 6000.
Live Sound
Amphitheatre Built In 161 AD Gets Soundscape Update for Roger & Brian Eno
Brian and Roger Eno used d&b Soundscape for their first joint performance, held at the Odeon of Herodes Atticus amphitheatre in Greece.
Live Sound
Genesis Live: Turn It On Again…One Last Time, Part 2
In Part 2, Genesis FOH engineer Michel Colin reveals Phil Collins' inexpensive vocal mic and how to get that classic 1980s gated drum sound...
Live Sound
Genesis Live: Turn It On Again…One Last Time, Part 1
After announcing a farewell tour in March, 2020, Genesis finally hit the U.S. this past fall...and then Covid struck the audio team.
Live Gear
Rick Camp Sets Up System T for All Things Atmos
FOH engineer Rick Camp has outfitted his Master Mix Live facility in Las Vegas with a SSL System T console.
Live Sound
UBS Arena: Built for Hockey, Made for Music
The new $1.1 billion UBS Arena in Elmont, N.Y. opened with great fanfare in mid-November.
Live Sound
TAG Spreads ‘Good’ Vibes for Pitbull
TAG provided audio for Pitbull throughout the 'I Feel Good' tour this past fall, using its d&b audiotechnik KSL system.
Live Sound
Brown Note Finishes Festival-Filled Fall
Brown Note Productions spent the fall providing audio for four major multi-day festivals promoted by Danny Wimmer Presents.
Live Sound
Faux Floyd Rolls with Capital Sound
Long-running tribute act The Australian Pink Floyd Show hit the road in the UK this past fall with an Outline system from Capital Sound...
Live Sound
Philadelphia’s Kimmel Center Upgrades with an Eye to the Future
Bauder Audio Systems supplies the PAC with a DiGiCo Quantum338 console, SD-Racks and 4REA4 processor.
Live Sound
d&b Group Acquires UK-Based White Light
d&b Group has added to its d&b solutions business with the acquisition of UK-based White Light.
Live Sound
Mixhalo Raises $24 Million; Investors Include L-Acoustics
Mixhalo, a startup founded that aims to provide wireless IEM-style immersive mixes to concert audiences, has raised $24 million in funding.
Live Sound
The Cap Comes Back
A legendary venue that hosted everyone from the Grateful Dead to Pink Floyd, The Cap hit hard times, then bounced back stronger than ever.
Live Sound
Furnace Fest 2021 Heats Up
Alabama's heavy metal meltdown Furnace Fest came back in 2021 after a full 18 years on hiatus, with Allen & Heath desks used for...
Live Sound
Calgary’s Tallest Building Masks Up 4,000 Times
A full 40 out of 56 floors inside Brookfield Place, Calgary’s tallest building, have been outfitted with advanced sound masking technology.
Live Sound
3 Doors Down Rolls Out with Special Event Services
3 Doors Down hit the road this summer to mark the 20th anniversary of its debut album, with Special Event Services providing audio production.
Live Sound
Edinburgh International Festival Flows
The Edinburgh International Festival used a d&b soundscape system this year to make outdoor classical music concerts sound as if they were indoors.
Live Sound
Philadelphia’s Verizon Hall Returns Refreshed
Philadelphia's Verizon Hall at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts recently reopened with a new Meyer Sound system.
Live Gear
Parvaaz Circles Around to New Tour
Bangalore-based Parvaaz just wrapped up its multi-city Full Circle tour, the first tour of its kind in India since the pandemic began.
Live Gear
Focusrite, SSL Team for System T Control of RedNet MP8R
The Focusrite RedNet MP8R mic preamp can now be remotely controlled directly from the SSL System T console.
Live Gear
Martin Audio Nets XE Monitor Waveguide Patent
Martin Audio has been awarded a United Kingdom Patent for its XE stage monitor waveguide.
Live Sound
Third Man Records Gets Live in London
Rocker Jack White's budding Third Man Records empire has opened its latest outpost in London, combining a retail space, exclusive live venue and more.
Live Gear
Solotech Loads Up On L-Acoustics K3s
Solotech has purchased a total of 56 L-Acoustics K3 compact line array cabinets, split equally across its North American and European locations.
Live Sound
The Evolving Live Mix of Manchester Orchestra
Manchester Orchestra returned to the road this fall behind its latest album, The Million Masks of God; FOH engineer TJ Elias shares his insights...
Live Sound
Church Streams Organ Music to Parish
Petruskerk van Leens, one of Holland’s oldest churches, now livestreams masses and its famed organ by using DPA Microphones.
Live Sound
Whatever It Takes, Part 2: Mixing the DMB Live
Part Two of 'Whatever It Takes' explores the Dave Matthews Band's house mix, monitor setup, miking and more.
Live Sound
3G Productions Revamps, Restructures, Readies for 2022
3G Productions has restructured, moving to a new facility in Vegas, undergoing recapitalization, and dropping some operations and services in the process.
Live Sound
Whatever It Takes, Part 1: The DMB Overcome COVID Crises
The Dave Matthews Band finishes its epic 2021 tour this weekend at New York's Madison Square Garden. We checked in with the audio team...