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Mix Live Blog: This Won’t Work
Right gate, wrong airport — and that was only how the day started for tour manager/FOH engineer Steve La Cerra.
Tours
Live Sound
Twenty One Pilots Ride The Waves on World Tour
Twenty One Pilots is currently wrapping up its Australian leg and on-hand is longtime FOH engineer Kenny Sellars, who ensures the energy on stage...
Live Sound
XG Treks Tracks Worldwide with DiGiCo
Japanese-born/South Korea-based girl group XG is touring Europe with a pair of DiGiCo Quantum338 consoles at FOH and monitors.
Live Sound
Getting Low with Hans Zimmer Live
Danley Sound Labs DTS10 subwoofers deliver infrasound on Hans Zimmer’s U.S. orchestral tour.
Live Sound
Behind the Audio of George Strait’s Record-Breaking Show
Providing sound for nearly 111,000 George Strait fans at a record-breaking show at Texas A&M was no simple task, as his audio team explains.
Live Sound
Bugging Out with the Audio of OVO
On the road since its debut 15 years ago, Cirque du Soleil's OVO continues to amaze, even as it readies for an audio refresh.
Live Sound
Opening for Jelly Roll Takes No Toll
Throughout Jelly Roll's just-completed arena tour, opener Warren Zeiders was mixed on gear provided by Sound Image.
Live Sound
Turning Up the Volume for ‘Black Sabbath – The Ballet’
Audio provider Britannia Row has been tackling audio for Birmingham Royal Ballet's UK tour behind 'Black Sabbath - The Ballet.'
Live Sound
Fourier Audio Unshackles Cage The Elephant’s Live Plug-Ins
Cage The Elephant has been on the road this summer with one of the first Fourier Audio transform.engine plug-in servers at its FOH position.
Live Sound
The Sounds of Sad Summer Festival
Following in the footsteps of the late Warped tour, the fifth annual Sad Summer Festival toured this summer with a bevy of pop-punk acts...
Live Sound
Kylie, Kevins and Quantums: Minogue on the Road
Following a sold-out Vegas residency earlier this year, perennial popstar Kylie Minogue hit the road in Europe with DiGiCos in tow.
Live Sound
Spec’ing a Pearl Jam P.A.
Pearl Jam is in the midst of its Dark Matter World Tour, picking up P.A. from different vendors depending on the continent.
Live Sound
Miking the Peter Erskine Quartet on Tour
Live sound engineer Andrea Pellegrini brought along DPA mics when he recently worked a 22-date tour of Italy with the Peter Erskine Quartet.
Live Sound
Archive Takes to the Road With Waves SuperRack LiveBox
FOH engineer Philippe Dubich makes full use of access to the wide world of VST3 plug-ins.
Live Sound
Novel Console Flypack on the Road
Busy schedule on Lukas Graham tour leads Frank Grønbæk to create and now carry a custom Solid State Logic TCA Pack.
Live Sound
Helping The Offspring Come Out and Play Live
On hand to help The Offspring keep the pedal to the metal throughout its world tour is audio provider Britannia Row Productions.
Live Sound
Metallica’s M72 Tour Tackles RF Issues Worldwide
On Metallica's current stadium tour, the audio team has had to contend with a variety of different RF environments around the world.
Live Sound
Blink-182 Hits The Road ‘One More Time’
Reunited after a decade apart, Blink-182 is blasting its way across North America with Clair Global and a team of audio pros along for...
Live Sound
Noah Kahan: Singer, Songwriter, Stadium Filler
Noah Kahan is the kind of artist who sells out multiple nights at Fenway Park but still writes a new song, posts it to...
Live Sound
Sean Paul Makes Waves with LV1 Mixers on Tour
Grammy Award-winning singer and rapper Sean Paul is out on tour with Waves eMotion LV1 live mixers at FOH and monitors.
Live Sound
Capturing Sam Smith’s Drum Sound Live
FOH engineer Jim Ebdon has been capturing drummer Jonathan “Ginger” Hamilton at every show using multiple condenser mics from Austrian Audio.
Live Sound
Mixing Red Hot Chili Peppers: Analog Amor on the Unlimited Love Tour
Veteran FOH engineer Toby Francis proves tubes travel on Red Hot Chili Peppers’ two-year tour.
Live Sound
Nothing But Thieves Swap Out Desks On Tour
Sometimes everything can change in one gig. That’s what monitor engineer David Ruffle discovered when he had to miss a one-off show in South...
Live Sound
Hungária Rocks 50,000 Fans in Budapest
Hungária, first formed in 1967, recently played a reunion gig for 50,000 fans at Puskas Arena in Budapest.
Live Sound
Keane World Tour Thinks Big with Macros
Marking two decades since the release of its first album, Keane has hit the road this year for its Keane20, Hope and Fears tour.
Live Sound
The Sound of The Smile
Brit Row has been on the road, running Radiohead spin-off The Smile through an audio system that looks to the past and the future.
Live Gear
Serving Up Sound for 1.6 Million Madonna Fans in Rio
Covering 1.6M people with more than 600 loudspeakers proved to be a new challenge for Madonna and her audio team.
Live Sound
OMG It’s OMD
New Wave stalwarts OMD recently toured South Africa with a d&b rig provided by Ultra Events.
Live Sound
Engineer Gives Arm’s Length A Hand
Florida-based FOH engineer Michael Urbizu recently headed to the Great White North to give Arm’s Length a hand on tour.
Live Sound
A Proper Mix for Peso Pluma
FOH engineer Fernando Guzman has a pair of SSL Live mixing consoles out on the Peso Pluma tour.
Live Sound
Tracking The Tour Sound of Sam Hunt
Sam Hunt has been hitting the road hard with the help of his crew and longtime audio provider Spectrum Sound.
Live Gear
Miking for Metal Drum Sound Consistency
Bob Strakele, FOH engineer for both Avenged Sevenfold and Slipknot, discusses some of his methods for drum sound consistency.
Live Sound
Mitch Rowland Hits The Road
When Harry Styles' go-to collaborator Mitch Rowland hit the road for a U.S. tour, Britannia Row and a sheaf of top-shelf gear came with...
Live Sound
Solotech Opens LA Rehearsal Destination
Solotech has launched Solotech Hollywood Studios, offering sizable facilities for rehearsals, TV shows, events and more.
Live Sound
Mission Control Deploys Unique Riedel System for Coldplay
Mission Control Ltd. is using Riedel equipment as a bespoke live music package for Coldplay's long-running "Music of the Spheres" world tour.
Live Sound
A Multitude of Mixers On Tour with Rick Wakeman
Rick Wakeman may be 74 years old, but the legendary keyboardist—and CBE, thank you very much—has the touring stamina of artists a third his...
Live Sound
Touring Like It’s The 1975
The 1975 may be named after a bygone era, but their music is of today—as is the technology used to bring it to life...
Business
Live Sound Industry Vet Jason Alt Joins Special Event Services
Former president of Delicate Productions Jason Alt has joined NC-based Special Event Services.
Live Sound
Mixing Mitski’s Ever-Expanding Tour
Multi-genre indie artist Mitski has a sold-out tour on her hands; now the run of residencies is a buzzed-about sensation.
Live Sound
Mixing Fall Out Boy On The Move
Perennially popular power-popsters Fall Out Boy are on the road with a Clair Global-provided audio system in tow.
Live Sound
Mixing the Mayhem of Travis Scott’s Circus Maximus Tour
Ken “Pooch” Van Druten talks tackling FOH mixes for platinum-seller Travis Scott, whose concerts take place in the space between hip-hop, pop and the...
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