Live Sound
EXCLUSIVE: Inside the Frank Zappa Hologram Tour
By Paroo Streich. Kicking off this Friday, the world tour brings the late Frank Zappa's bandmates together to play live with their leader once...
Shure
2019
Wireless Audio 2019: New Systems, New Products
No market segment has to stay on its toes and continually innovate like the manufacturers of wireless audio systems and products.
New Products
Shure Introduces TwinPlex
Today, at the 2019 NAB Show, Shure unveiled TwinPlex™, the Company’s new line of premium subminiature (5 mm) omnidirectional lavalier and headset microphones. Designed...
Live Sound
Live Sound Showcase: Panic! at the Disco’s Calm Tour
Panic! At the Disco takes a victory lap around North America’s arenas with an Eighth Day Sound-supplied system.
Live Sound
Behind the Scenes of the Grammys’ Live Sound
Providing live sound for an audience composed of the top music artists and executives is no easy task.
Live Sound
Shure Settles into Super Bowl
Axient Digital mics used for referee calls, pre-game events and halftime show.
Blog
Seen on the Scene: 2019 NAMM Show, Days 2 & 3
By Clive Young. The Winter NAMM Show is over, but the memories remain—and the new gear is coming! Check out our huge photo gallery...
Blog
Seen on the Scene: 2019 NAMM Show, Day One
Dive into our huge photo gallery for all the new products, sights and hoopla of Day One.
Reviews
Review: Shure Axient Digital Wireless
Stellar RF and Audio Performance in the 470-636 MHz Band
Recording
Reinventing ‘Remain in Light’
By Steve Harvey. 2015 Producer of the Year Grammy Award-winner Jeff Bhasker reveals the production process behind Angelique Kidjo's first English-language album, a cover...
Live Sound
Mixing Moby with the L.A. Phil
By Steve Harvey. In a world premiere event celebrating the L.A. Philharmonic's 100th Season, Moby performed with an orchestra for the first time in...
Live Sound
Frank Carter’s Festival Freedom
A swap to new wireless system gave the rising punk band freedom to roam.
Live Sound
Live Sound Showcase: Rolling with Thomas Rhett’s Road Show
By Clive Young. Talking with the audio team behind the scenes on this fall's Thomas Rhett arena tour.
Live Sound
Simple Minds Didn’t Forget About You
PSN speaks with the audio team behind Simple Minds' first full U.S. headline tour in more than 20 years.
Live Sound
Live—All Access with Maroon 5 on the Red Pill Blues Tour
Mix caught the Maroon 5 Red Pill Blues Tour at the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, Calif., in early June, with audio production provided...
Live Sound
First UK Axient Rig Lands at Revived Theater
Aiming to host events and teach students, the Leicester Haymarket Theater has been revived and undergone an audio upgrade in the process.
Live Sound
Shure Takes It Out to the Ballgame
CP Communications supports MLB All-Star Week broadcasts from Nationals Park in Washington, D.C.
Classic-Tracks
Classic Track: Semisonic’s “Closing Time”
If it had not been for producer Steve Lillywhite, Semisonic’s "Feeling Strangely Fine" and its hit single “Closing Time” would never have seen the...
Live Sound
Live Sound Showcase: Mixing Jack White at Jazz Fest
By Jim Beaugez. On his first tour in four years, Jack White is playing arenas, clubs and festivals. In keeping with his championing of...
Product Reviews
Review: Shure Axient Digital Wireless Microphone System
By Liz May. Shure's flagship Axient Digital wireless system handled everything we threw at it and came through with flying colors during PSN's review...
Live Sound
Tackling RF Coordination, Miking for the Tony Awards
Firehouse Productions takes on Tony Awards broadcast.
Technology
New Products: InfoComm 2018
Here we present the Best of Show winners in pro audio, along with one editor’s sampling of some cool products that make sense to...
International
Live Sound Showcase: U2—Speaking from Experience
After a massive stadium tour last summer, U2 returns to the arenas to close out its Innocence + Experience concept tours. Sound director Joe...
Featured
Best of Show: InfoComm 2018
Future’s Best of Show Awards are judged by a panel of engineers and industry experts from submitted nominations. Criteria include ease of installation and...
Business
Audio Exhibitors Ready for InfoComm 2018
By Clive Young. As InfoComm 2018 lands in Las Vegas next week, pro-audio exhibitors explain why it's such a crucial show for the industry.
Live Sound
Live Sound Showcase: The Tedeschi Trucks Band
By Clive Young. The Tedeschi Trucks Band typically plays 200 gigs a year, which keeps its audio team busy taming the stage volume of...
Live Sound
GTLO Rocks (and Rolls) Rams Head Live!
FOH engineer and production manager Chris Chalfin explains what goes into making the GTLO sound.
Business
Sound Productions Sets Shure Trade-In Event
Dallas-based pro-audio supplier sets April 26 trade-in event with Shure
Business
At NAB: Shure Extends 600 MHz Wireless Rebate
Shure's rebate program for various wireless mic and IEM systems now runs through the end of October, 2018.
Live Sound
All Access with Miranda Lambert on the Livin’ Like Hippies Tour 2018
Miranda Lambert brought her Livin’ Like Hippies tour to the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, Calif., on February 8, with a full Clair Cohesion...
Facilities
Malaco, the “Last Soul Company,” Thrives at 50
How the Blues, Soul Studio/Label Came Back After Disaster Struck. By Jim Beaugez.
HOW Sound
Reaching to the Choir
By Al Fernald. Choir microphones don’t automatically grab your attention—if anything, they’re meant to blend into the scenery—but they’re crucial for bringing a group...
Live Sound
PWS Keeps Latin GRAMMY Awards’ RF A-OK
Professional Wireless Systems provided RF coordination and more than 250 channels of wireless systems for the annual Latin GRAMMY Awards broadcast.
Festival Profile
Firehouse, Shure Take On iHeartCountry Fest
The annual iHeartCountry Festival recently took over Austin’s Frank Erwin Center to bring fans a dozen top names in country music. Providing audio for...
Business
Rooting Around The Tonight Show’s Sound
Serving up host Jimmy Fallon, three-time Grammy-winners The Roots and an endless supply of musical guests, 'The Tonight Show' uses a complex but flexible...
Business
Shure Rides in Rose Parade
Rat Sound opted for a Shure Axient and UHF-R wireless system to help navigate the crowded RF environment at the 125th Rose Parade in...