Live Gear
Capturing the Careening Beat of Ozomatli
Renowned for its propulsive live shows, Ozomatli's ornate beats have been getting captured onstage by Audix mics.
Live Sound
Live Gear
1966 “Caesars Console” Heads Home to UA
Originally commissioned for Caesars Palace in 1966, the prodigal console that mixed everyone from Frank Sinatra to Tina Turner has returned home to Universal...
Live Sound
Allen & Heath Deep In SXSW 2024
SXSW is underway and Allen & Heath desks can be found across the Austin, TX festival.
Live Sound
Allen & Heath Goes Big at SXSW 2024
Console maker to outfit multiple stages, with a home base and FOH Lounge on site in partnership with the British Music Embassy.
Live Sound
Madonna in the Middle of an 80-Date ‘Celebration’
Eighth Day Sound provides L-Acoustics K2, Avid Venue S6L and DiGiCo Quantum 338 package for career-spanning world tour
Live Sound
Thunderbird Is Go for L-Acoustics
Mainstay touring venue in the heart of Pittsburgh updates P.A., with an ear for clarity and low-end response
Business
d&b group Immersive Center to Open at London Science Museum
d&b group will open an Immersive Technology Experience Center in London this April.
Live Gear
Post Malone and Alicia Keys Deliver at Super Bowl LVIII
Neumann mic products were in the mix at Super Bowl LVIII, used by both Post Malone and Alicia Keys during their star turns.
Business
FOH Legend Robert Scovill Joins EAW
Eastern Acoustic Works has brought on front-of-house mix legend Robert Scovill as its new Sr. Live Sound Market Manager.
Live Sound
DAS Audio Checks Into 1 Hotel Brooklyn Bridge
1 Hotel Brooklyn Bridge sports numerous, sizable DAS Audio systems.
Live Sound
Scotiabank Arena Renovates with WJHW, 1 Sound
Scotiabank Arena in Toronto has recently begun a $350 million renovation that is being done in stages.
Live Sound
Bridgestone Arena Turns To Spectrum Sound for Latest Console
Bridgestone Arena has now added a new DiGiCo Quantum338 to its preexisting SD12-96 console pair.
Business
2023 CMA Touring Awards Winners Named
This year’s winners for the CMA Touring Awards have been named, including in various live sound-related categories.
Live Sound
Living the Dream: On the Road With Dylan Scott
Every time Dylan Scott walks on stage, he makes sure fans get more than they paid for; matching that determination is his production team,...
Live Sound
Upgraded P.A. for Multiple Eagle Brook Campuses
A P.A. shoot-out for Eagle Brook Church's newest location led to an L-Acoustics install at the facility.
Live Gear
FCC Enacts WMAS Rules, Allowing More ‘Spectrally Efficient’ Wireless Mics
The Federal Communications Commission enacted new rules today, allowing for the use of Wireless Multi-Channel Audio Systems (WMAS).
Live Sound
The Full Mic Package at Elevation Church
Justin Whisnant, audio director of Elevation Church in North Carolina, tackled a number of mic issues with multiple DPA microphone solutions.
Live Sound
Reimagining the P.A.
Reimage Church in Winterville, N.C., recently upgraded its sound reinforcement system
Live Gear
Shure Makes Most of Grammys
Last week’s Grammy Awards ceremony, broadcast live from Los Angeles’ Crypto.com Arena, featured countless hitmakers, performing or accepting honors for their work.
Live Sound
Allen & Heath Heads to the Stars
The Laupheim Planetarium outside Ulm, Germany recently updated its audio system to a 7.2 configuration.
Live Sound
TX HOW Adds Immersive IEM Mixes
San Antonio’s 3,500-capacity Community Bible Church recently upped its IEM game, adding immersive monitors for the praise band.
Live Sound
Mixing Monitors for PJ Harvey
PJ Harvey recently hit the road with a number of her longtime live sound engineers and UK-based audio provider Skan.
Live Sound
Hanoi’s Ho Guom Opera Expands Acoustic Options
The new Ho Guom Opera in Hanoi, Vietnam features aural environments created by a Meyer Sound Constellation acoustic system.
Live Gear
Electro-Voice’s ZLX Loudspeaker Hits 1m Mark
EV's one-millionth ZLX—which recently rolled off the production line—was brought to this year’s NAMM Show for a homecoming.
Business
Coldplay, MIT Live Music Climate Change Report Due in June 2024
Academia and the music business are joining forces to reduce the environmental impact of live music events.
International
Ultra Events Updates with d&b
South Africa-based live production house Ultra Events recently upgraded its system rental offerings with the addition of a d&b audiotechnik AL90 system.
Business
L-Acoustics and d&b Team to Develop Software Platform
Though competitors in the marketplace, L-Acoustics and d&b audiotechnik are co-developing a new software platform, Milan Manager.
Blog
Live Sound Lives at NAMM Show 2024
If you live for live sound, there's no better place to be this month than the NAMM Show in Anaheim—and here's why!
Live Sound
World Changers Church Changes To Outline
World Changers Church International recently updated the audio system in its domed worship facility with Outline GTO cabinets.
Live Sound
Mixing Depeche Mode’s Memento Mori World Tour
Depeche Mode continues to bring its music to the masses on the year-long Memento Mori tour, with help from Britannia Row.
Live Sound
First Avenue Goes First with L Series Install
Minneapolis’ First Avenue club may have been immortalized in Prince’s "Purple Rain," but that doesn’t mean it's stuck in the Eighties.
Live Sound
Bell Brings It All Back Home
FOH engineer/production manager Joshua Anderson manned an Allen & Heath dLive console nightly on the Kaylee Bell tour.
Live Sound
Andorra’s Ski Party Culture Gets Audio Upgrade
Living it up while the snow comes down—that's the environment that L’Abarset's new d&b system has to encourage.
Live Sound
L-Acoustics Packs Fuente de Vida with Sound
Tampico, Mexico’s Fuente de Vida church recently installed a new audio system to fix issues with sound coverage and intelligibility.
Live Sound
Oakland’s Historic Paramount Theatre Updates Audio
Oakland’s Paramount Theatre, a vintage, 3,000-plus capacity movie palace, recently updated its audio systems.
Business
Focusrite Acquires OutBoard and TiMax
With the acquisition of OutBoard and TiMax, the two brands are expected to collaborate with fellow Focusrite brand Martin Audio.
Live Sound
Inside the Audio Sphere, Part 2
U2 FOH engineer Joe O'Herlihy recounts his first impressions of Sphere's incredible audio.
Live Sound
Wolf Performance Hall Upgrades Audio
Ontario’s Wolf Performance Hall recently upgraded to a full EM Acoustics sound solution.
Live Sound
IPS Updates Audio at The Crossing
Chattanooga’s The Crossing Church needed a new P.A. and turned to Franklin, TN-based Integrated Production Solutions to design a system.
Live Sound
2023 CMA Touring Awards Nominees Named
This year’s nominees for the CMA Touring Awards have been named, including in various live sound-related categories.
Live Sound
Inside the Audio Sphere, Part 1
Advanced technologies make for seamless flexibility, from chest-thumping rock ‘n’ roll to 360-degree multimedia extravaganzas
Live Gear
DAS Audio Gives Back to Miami-Dade Community
DAS Audio joined forces with Miami’s Young Musicians Unite organization to help benefit young musicians in 40 schools across South Florida.