“Black Death From a Speaker”
The Gig: A famous DJ hosts a family-type party at one of Orlando's big theme parks every year. The party always has one big name artist who we will just refer to here as "LL."
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Chain, Chain, Chain…
This month we'll continue with the second part of the compressor article (FOH, Theory and Practice, Sept. 2010, page 38). The first part was geared mainly toward what traditional compressors are used for, and the fundamentals behind the different basic functions.
Read More »Into the (Less) Murky Waters Known as the White Spaces
While many of us were distracted by the glittering technoproducts at the CEDIA Show in September, the FCC was voting to finalize rules for use of the White Spaces spectrum, those controversial spectra in between the recently established digital television transmission channels.
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The Pros and Cons of Subwoofing
Everyone likes fat bottom – at least in their mix, anyway (get your mind out of the gutter). There's no debate that augmenting a system with subwoofers increases the power handling, maximizes SPL and improves clarity in the upper frequency range by reducing intermodulation distortion.
Read More »Multiplying the Faithful
Every month, I attempt to write about issues, items and situations that directly involve or affect the worship sound world. However, there are a few different dividing lines with regards to those of you who work in this corner of live sound.
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No Accounting For Bad Taste
The Broadway singers were singing, the costumed dancers were dancing, I was mixing, and the whole shtick was extremely campy and very much like the big musical numbers with Carmen Miranda from a 1940s Busby Berkeley cinema extravaganza.
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Adam Lambert Tours with Sennheiser 2000 Series Wireless PMs
LOS ANGELES – Adam Lambert relied upon Sennheiser's 2000 Series wireless PMs for his Glam Nation tour, which had 72 stops in North America before it headed overseas. Rowe Media Pro co-owner James Berry, Lambert's monitor engineer, recommended the PMs.
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Eisemann Center Updated with Lectrosonics Wireless System
Eisemann Center staff, from left: Travis Barrett, Richard Armstrong, Carolyn Lloyd, Virgil Justice, Valerie Clark
RICHARDSON, TX – The Charles W. Eisemann Center for Performing Arts and Corporate Presentations hosts hundreds of events and stages its own series of shows. The sound system at the center's Hill Performance Hall was updated recently with a Lectrosonics wireless microphone system.
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Tupelo Music Hall Gets First Meyer Sound MINA Installation
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION, VT – Tupelo Music Hall, a 4,000-square-foot space inside a former railway freight depot, is the first venue to be equipped with Meyer Sound MINA line array loudspeakers.
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New Chapel at Perimeter Church Equipped with Danley Gear
ATLANTA – Cecil B. Day Chapel, a 475-seat vaulted-ceiling sanctuary of wood, stone, and stained glass, joined the other buildings on Perimeter Church's 95-acre campus recently. Named for the church benefactor who also founded Day's Inn, the chapel was equipped with Danley Sound Labs loudspeakers, subwoofers and stage monitors.
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Allen & Heath, Sun Infonet Promote Digital Roadshow In India
CALCUTTA, India – Allen & Heath's Indian distributor, Sun Infonet, recently completed a series of training sessions in three key locations – Bangalore, Ahmedabad and Calcutta – targeting customers who are ready to move from traditional analog to digital solutions.
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More Options for Aviom AllFrame Multi-Modular I/O System
Aviom, developer of the A-Net protocol, added FK6 and SK6 mounting accessories to the AllFrame Multi-Modular I/O System, enabling AllFrame I/O boxes to be installed in existing floor pockets or used as drop-boxes on stage.
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