Live Sound
On the Move With My Morning Jacket
My Morning Jacket spent most of 2023 on the move—which was fine with FOH engineer Ryan Pickett as he marked his 20th year mixing...
Live Sound
Live Sound
RBD To Wrap Up 54-Show Reunion Tour
Latin pop superstars RBD wrap up their reunion tour this weekend, ending the 54-show trek mixed throughout on an Allen & Heath dLive rig...
Live Sound
Mixing The Mavericks’ Road-Ready Revelry
The Mavericks may just be America's best party band, wowing crowds with their killer, turn-on-a-dime mix of Country, Tejano, Rock and everything else—which keeps...
Live Sound
Mixing U2’s Mighty Sound for the Sphere, Part 2
In Part 2 of our U2 Sphere coverage, Joe O'Herlihy, the band's legendary FOH engineer, shares how he prepped for the Sphere shows, recounts...
Live Sound
Mixing U2’s Mighty Sound for the Sphere
A team of legends—U2, FOH engineer Joe O’Herlihy and producer Steve Lillywhite—re-imagine ‘Achtung Baby’ for Las Vegas' multi-billion-dollar Sphere.
Live Sound
Mixing Megadeth Live
Bringing Megadeth's explosive sound to the masses on the road are engineers Stanley Soares and Chris Rakestraw, aided by a slew of Waves plug-ins.
Business
Rational Acoustics, Eclipse Audio Team To Develop
A new agreement between Rational Acoustics and Eclipse Audio finds both companies collaborating on Smaart product line.
Live Sound
John Mayer Makes the Most of Solo Acoustic Arena Tour
John Mayer’s busy year included spring and fall solo arena tours, sandwiching in the final summer run of Dead & Company.
Business
Solotech Gets New Investor
International event and touring powerhouse Solotech has added CDPQ as a shareholder.
Live Sound
Thomas Rhett Tour Has A ‘Home Team’ Advantage
Country star Thomas Rhett's 'Home Team 23' tour used one of the most complex networking systems yet devised for a concert tour, unifying the...
Business
Sonic Destruction: L-Acoustics Demolishes Counterfeit P.A. Systems
L-Acoustics held a “destruction event” to dispose of counterfeit audio gear headed to recycling.
Live Sound
Around the World with Andre Rieu
Andre Rieu and his orchestra take classical music’s greatest hits out of the symphony hall and into the hockey arenas.
Business
Clair Global Spins Out Cohesion as Stand-Alone Installation Brand
Clair Global's proprietary Cohesion label has now been made its own stand-alone brand in the installation and integration space
Live Gear
Guns N’ Roses Roll with Austrian Audio
When FOH engineer Dave Natale joined Guns n' Roses' world tour, he brought along some favorite mics for the ride.
Live Sound
Jazz at Lincoln Center Updates with Nadia
The Appel Room inside New York City’s Jazz at Lincoln Center recently celebrated being the first venue to install a Meyer Sound Nadia platform.
Live Sound
Alejandro Fernández Tour Rolls with Rent All Pro
The pop star’s recent fall tour found his longtime audio provider fielding an L-Acoustic K1 system.
Business
Grateful Dead Live Gear, Wall of Sound Replica Head to Auction
Analogr will auction off Jerry Garcia’s last touring guitar rig, multiple Hard Truckers loudspeakers, and a 1:4 scale working replica of the legendary Wall...
Business
ACT Entertainment Takes On PK Sound for North America
Longtime entertainment tech supplier ACT Entertainment will distribute PK Sound’s robotic line arrays in North America.
Business
Harman Jumps into Immersive with Flux Acquisition
Harman Professional will acquire French immersive audio company Flux Software Engineering.
Live Sound
Great American Music Hall Gets New House System
San Francisco’s The Great American Music Hall recently upgraded its house system with new desks and a P.A. to match.
Live Sound
DAS Drives Battle Champs Hip-Hop Festival in Times Square
The three-day Battle Champs festival celebrated 50 years of hip-hop with block-rocking beats provided by DAS.
Live Gear
Building 140 Wireless Mic ‘Flight Pack Kits’
CTUS has assembled and deployed 140 custom wireless microphone kits for use staging corporate events for its high-profile clients.
Business
Billy Joel Exhibition to Honor Phil Ramone’s A&R Recording
A new Billy Joel museum exhibition will explore the entertainer’s career, including his studio work inside New York CIty's legendary A&R Recording studio.
Blog
Mix Live Blog: Financial Fallout
The height of the COVID pandemic may have passed, but its financial impact on live sound pros continues to reverberate.
Live Sound
Around the World with Rosalía
FOH engineer Ricky Ashford mixed Rosalía around the globe in stadiums, festivals and more on her 68-date Motomami world tour.
Live Sound
Natalie Merchant Returns to the Road
Natalie Merchant has returned to the road for her first extended tour in years, and old studio pals George Cowan and Dave Cook are...
Business
d&b Teams with EntertainmentLAB on Immersive Audience Experience Challenge
d&b group is collaborating on ways to increase audience interactions in mass-event experiences.
Live Sound
Mixing Liam Gallagher Live
Providing sound on a mini tour by the stadium-filling former frontman of Oasis? Skan PA Hire rolls with it.
Live Sound
Mixing The Live Vibes of Slightly Stoopid
Times change, but the need for a good time never does—which is why Slightly Stoopid’s fans come out every year to let loose to...
Live Sound
Feist Gets Immersive Live
Feist's European/UK tour used a custom immersive audio system used at each stop to complement in-house PAs.
Live Sound
My Morning Jacket Swaps Snare Mic Live
Live sound engineer Ryan Pickett adjusts My Morning Jacket's sound in increments, such as adding a new snare mic to the band's drum kit.
Live Sound
Sphere Shakes Things Up with Haptic Seating
Sphere in Las Vegas has 10,000 haptic seats with Powersoft’s technology integrated into them.
Live Sound
Exclusive: Inside The Audio of Blackpink’s ‘Born Pink Encore’ Tour
Blackpink tore up the record books when it settled into Los Angeles' 56,000-seat Dodger Stadium for the final North American show of its Born...
Blog
Mix Live Blog: Enter the Sphere
Is Las Vegas' new Sphere venue the next big thing in live concert production? Well, it definitely is big.
Live Sound
The Fillmore Updates Audio with UltraSound-Installed Panther System
San Francisco’s 1,200-capacity The Fillmore upgraded its audio with an UltraSound-installed Meyer Sound Panther system.
Live Sound
The Sound of U2’s Vegas Show: A Spherical Miracle?
Mix was inside Las Vegas’ new $2.6B venue, Sphere, for opening weekend of U2’s groundbreaking residency.
Business
DiGiCo Acquires Fourier Audio
DiGiCo has acquired Fourier Audio, bringing the live sound software developer and manufacturer into the family of parent company Audiotonix.
Business
Counterfeit Speakers Seized; Sound Co. Slammed with $5m Judgment
136 fake L-Acoustics products were seized from Tampa-based rental company Se7ven Sounds Music, Inc. and will be destroyed. It's the latest incident in a...
Live Sound
Chris DiCorpo Builds A Custom Compact dLive Desk
Freelance live engineer Chris DiCorpo created his own custom, ultra-compact console based around Allen & Heath's dLive platform—without using a full-fledged dLive control surface.
Live Sound
Carl Palmer Brings Back ELP on the Road
ELP drummer Carl Palmer is carrying on the band’s legacy with a new tour that uses a savvy mix of multimedia and live performance.
Live Sound
Lionel Richie’s Band Clicks with Klang
Numerous members of Lionel Richie's band having moved to immersive Klang monitor mixes on his current tour, thanks to engineer Lorin White.
Live Sound
Bregenz Festival Stage Floats Like a Butterfly
The Bregenz Festival’s remarkable 300-ton floating stage for Madame Butterfly includes KV2, Kling & Freitag, Adamson and JBL loudspeakers hidden in the set.