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The shows were heard via L-Acoustics’ flagship L Series line array system. Photo: Melisa McGregor.

Danny Elfman Live: From Batman to Boingo to Big Mess and Beyond

By Tom Kenny ⋅ Published: 02/18/2025 ⋅ Updated: 03/20/2025

After 30 years and composing more than 100 film scores, Danny Elfman has started playing live again—and bringing all that to the stage is...

Solotech is fielding an L-Acoustics P.A. for Justin Timberlake’s Forget Tomorrow world tour. Photo: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images.

Live Sound

Justin Timberlake Tour Takes On ‘Tomorrow’

By Clive Young ⋅ Published: 01/13/2025 ⋅ Updated: 01/16/2025

On Justin Timberlake's 'Forget Tomorrow' tour, FOH engineer Jaymz Hardy-Martin III ensures every seat in the house gets 'up-close and personal' sound.

Nearly all live mics onstage are DPAs, including the 4015 wide cardioids used as underhangs on Travis Barker’s drumkit, extending out on arms from the cymbals. Photo: Manny Carabel/Getty Images.

Live Sound

Blink-182 Hits The Road ‘One More Time’

By Clive Young ⋅ Published: 08/12/2024 ⋅ Updated: 08/13/2024

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...

Noah Kahan, seen here at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, belts nightly into a DPA d:facto 4018VL vocal mic. PHOTO: Jason Kempin/Getty Images.

Live Sound

Noah Kahan: Singer, Songwriter, Stadium Filler

By Clive Young ⋅ Published: 07/16/2024

Noah Kahan is the kind of artist who sells out multiple nights at Fenway Park but still writes a new song, posts it to...

Special Event Services (SES) of Mocksville, North Carolina provided all sound and lighting for the U.S. leg of Luke Combs’ world tour. Photo: David Bergman

Live Sound

Luke Combs is Gettin’ Global on His World Tour, Part 1

By Clive Young ⋅ Published: 09/11/2023 ⋅ Updated: 09/12/2023

Luke Combs' world tour will hit 16 countries this year, but it started with a sold-out stadium run here in the U.S., supported by...

Ed Sheeran's audio team is tasked with making every seat in the house sound as close as this. Photo: Ralph Larmann.

Live Sound

Ed Sheeran’s Mathematics Tour Finds A Sound Solution, Part 1

By Clive Young ⋅ Published: 07/13/2023 ⋅ Updated: 07/17/2023

The massive Ed Sheeran world tour is breaking attendance records at every venue it plays—but it’s up to the audio team to make a...

Marc Carolan, Muse’s longtime FOH engineer, puts an Avid S6L control surface, numerous plug-ins on LiveProfessor and a range of outboard gear to use nightly.

Live Sound

Mixing Muse for the Masses on the ‘Will of the People’ World Tour

By Clive Young ⋅ Published: 05/18/2023 ⋅ Updated: 05/19/2023

The latest Muse world tour overdelivers with cutting-edge concert theatrics—and the same goes for its live sound.

Michael Romanowski’s Coast Mastering Studio

Facilities

IsoAcoustics Immersive Mounts Land at Coast Mastering

By Mix Staff ⋅ Published: 02/08/2023

IsoAcoustics V120 acoustic decouplers have been installed in Michael Romanowski’s Coast Mastering Studio.

Kenny Kaiser manned an SSL console at every stop on the Killers’ North American tour, including Banc of California Stadium on August 27.

Live Sound

The Killers On The Loose: Brandon Flowers & Co. Tour The World

By Clive Young ⋅ Published: 11/18/2022

Alt rock legends The Killers have returned to the road this year, circling the globe with FOH engineer Kenny Kaiser and a slew of...

Ready to roll at Madison Square Garden despite the foot of snow outside were (l-r): FOH engineer Matthew Walsh; monitor engineer Laurence Eaves; FOH engineer Bob Strakele; and A2 Ricardo Garcia. PHOTO: Brandon Todd / MSG Photos

Live Sound

A Tour of Duty with The War On Drugs

By Clive Young ⋅ Published: 02/14/2022

Playing Madison Square Garden for the first time is a milestone for any band and its crew, but for The War On Drugs, that...

Music Production

Coast Mastering Opens Immersive Room

By ProSoundNetwork Editorial Staff ⋅ Published: 11/19/2020

Mastering engineer Michael Romanowski recently completed a new facility at Coast Mastering that is outfitted to handle projects up to Dolby Atmos 9.1.6.