BOONVILLE, CA – Sacramento Production Services provided audio and staging for the three-day Sierra Nevada World Music Fest 2010, which drew record crowds to the Mendocino County Fairgrounds and featured 19 artists from Jamaica, the U.S., Australia and Brazil. All were heard via Martin Audio loudspeakers.
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PILTON, U.K. – RG Jones Sound Engineering provided Glastonbury Festival's Pyramid Stage audio production for the third year in a row. (The company first worked there in 2007 as suppliers of FOH and monitor control systems.)
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WARSAW, Poland – The Zbigniew Hubner Theatre underwent a major renovation earlier this year, with a full audio refit including a Midas PRO6 into the Scena 100 performance hall by Audio Plus, distributors of Midas and Klark Teknik in Poland.
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EAST HADDAM, CT – The Goodspeed Opera House stages musicals in an intimate setting, giving audience members an up-close look at the detailed choreography and costumes. Goodspeed Musicals' sound team uses compact wireless microphone systems from Sennheiser, and the clip-on mics and transmitters are small enough to stay tucked away and out of view.
Read More »How the hell did I end up here? How does a guy with an intense fear of falling-who gets nervous on a stepladder-find himself on a warm Sunday night in June standing on a small platform 855 feet above the Las Vegas Strip and prepping to step off said platform into, well, into nothing but air?
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In early May, the city of Nashville experienced some of the worst flooding in its history, which affected countless homes, studios, and venues, including the historic Grand Ole Opry House. Soundcheck, a large rehearsal facility and home to Shure's Nashville office, was partially submerged in up to four feet of water.
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With a budget of nearly $250,000 per restaurant for AV systems, CEO and founder Steele Platt clearly places a premium on the sound systems that go into Yard House restaurants. And along with the usual 100 to 250 varieties of beer on tap, 23 of the newest Yard House restaurants are using Ashly Protea DSP hardware ne24.24M audio processing.
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The Pinkroom nightclub in Miami's South Beach is hosting DJs and live bands with a new sound system including D.A.S. Audio Variant and Aero Series 2 loudspeakers chosen by Paradise Production Services.
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The O2 in London recently hosted a rendition of Bizet's classic opera, Carmen. To convey both the power and subtlety of Bizet's music throughout the 18,000-capacity arena, Autograph Sound Recording Ltd. provided a Meyer Sound reinforcement system.
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When it comes to the world of live performance audio – be it from a perspective on production, mixing and even system and console design – Howard Page is one of "the guys." To say he has an impressive résumé is such an understatement that it is actually laughable. When A-list mixers including guys like Cubby Colby invoke your name as one of the people they really learned something from, then you know your legacy is pretty much assured.
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FOH Engineer Ange Jones Supports Paul Weller's Return to The Royal Albert Hall
In May, Paul Weller returned to London's Royal Albert Hall to play five dates promoting his new album, Wake Up The Nation.
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"Whether it's speakers on a stick or flying a PA, the only difference is the size of your toolbox."
Rob "Cubby" Colby is known to most as a world-class engineer whose career spans nearly four decades. His résumé covers many genres and reads like a Who's Who of artists, from the early days of Prince and Phil Collins to the artist he's currently touring with, Juanes. But this article isn't about microphones or mixing techniques. It's about Cubby and how he's endured and adjusted throughout the years…in his own words.
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