MONTREAL – She's one of the best-selling recording artists in history, but she hasn't toured since 1999. Following a record-breaking five-year engagement at the Colosseum at Caesar’s Palace, Las Vegas, Celine Dion is back on the road with her Taking Chances production tour, the first major artist to carry two Studer Vista 5SR digital audio consoles to handle front-of-house and monitor mixing.
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BRASILIA, Brazil – Adamson’s SpekTrix system was recently installed in the intimate space of Espaço Brazil Telecom Theatre, located in Brasilia, the capital of Brazil. The newly opened theatre, which is located in the Brasilia Alvorada Hotel, promises a continuous line-up of performances including music, theatre, literary workshops and lectures. Marc Systems was contracted for the lighting and sound design, which on the sound side included four SpekTrix enclosures, two SpekTrix W and two SpekTrix subs.
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LIVERPOOL, England – ADLIB Audio continues its busy spring with their new V-DOSC system, once again in action, this time on the recent Matchbox 20 UK arena tour, specified by industry veteran FOH Engineer Jim Ebdon. It was the first time ADLIB has worked with the band, but had worked on Rob Thomas’s last UK production tour. ADLIB supplied their most experienced V-DOSC systems engineers – Tony Szabo and James Neale, plus monitor guru Marc Peers who looked after everything onstage.
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PARIS – The French Open, one of the most prestigious international tennis events, is in full swing. Traditionally, the toughest games always take place on the red clay of Paris, as clay courts are significantly slower than hard court surfaces. In order to provide the right audio backdrop for broadcast, the Presteigne Charter Group, a prominent worldwide provider of broadcast rental equipment based in London, selected Lawo mixing consoles for this event. Certainly no cracking serves or balls skimming the edge of the net will be missed by TV viewers with these consoles handling audio.
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Miami, Fla. – For those seeking a fine dining experience coupled with some late night music and dancing, the upscale “Dolores but you can call me Lolita” restaurant and lounge is one of Miami’s top destinations. Offering spectacular south Florida sunsets on the restaurant’s open terrace and featuring an eclectic fusion of Brazilian, Persian, Spanish, Asian and Mediterranean cuisines, guests enjoy a broad choice of menu options and frequently extend their visits into the wee hours of the morning in the adjacent lounge. The facility recently upgraded its sound reinforcement capabilities, and patrons are now treated to a first-class audio experience courtesy of loudspeaker systems from D.A.S. Audio.
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Carvin introduces the new EM900 In Ear Monitor System designed with PLL (phase lock loop) electronics, balanced XLR inputs and rugged metal housings. Ideal for both on stage use and rehearsals, the EM900 In Ear Monitor System is an alternative to cumbersome floor monitor wedges — facilitating greater freedom of movement while enabling one to hear everything in either high fidelity mono or stereo. Performers can use as many as 16 complete EM900 systems simultaneously on stage and any number of EM901 stereo receivers on the same frequency.
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FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS, Ill. – Ryan Adams once said in a radio interview that classic rock is alive and well in America. Truer words were never spoken, especially during the summer, with tours heading out to see America, and Heil Sound microphones are along for the ride.
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We have been trying to do this Buyers Guide for three years. With the growing adoption and acceptance of digital consoles in the live event audio workplace, a real “have-vs.-have-not” environment had developed for quite a while. Digital consoles are a great tool and increasingly demanded on show riders, but their cost puts them simply out of reach of many — if not most — smaller companies. These local and regional soundcos were stuck either not getting gigs they once did or renting the demanded digital desk.
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I work in an audio/visual department at Harvard University. My clients are brilliant economists, poets, physicists and historians. On any given week, I’m knee-deep in Noble Prize winners. I’ve pinned mics on Mikhail Gorbachev and Yo-Yo Ma. But what kept popping into my dreams at night? Mixing for a rock ‘n’ roll band. I mean, come on, you can only sit through so many high-level organic chemistry lectures before you start yearning for the world of rock ‘n’ roll.
Read More »The topic of “rider-friendly” gear is an ageless debate among sound company personnel, and a beauty contest of what is currently rider-friendly and what is not. In this column, I will throw out some thoughts on rider-friendly, and see if the readership can concur.
Read More »I know it may seem a little over the top to spend an entire article on microphones, but these are probably the most important tools you have, especially in a house-of-worship setting. We will be covering the three popular types of pickup or polar patterns and dynamic microphones versus condenser microphones.
I will not be discussing brands and models of mics, as there are just too many to touch on. If you are a hired gun, meaning you do not belong to a particular congregation but you work as a mixer, you should have a selection of mics with you every time you mix. If you are part of the church membership and are either paid for your services or you volunteer your skills, you probably use the mics that are already at your house of worship. Unless your particular house has a vast selection of microphones, I would encourage you to pick up some of your own. Good mics are always a valuable commodity in any sound reinforcement setting.
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When I think about the Square One Splitter from Klark Teknik, it reminds of the comedians that parody the kitchen utensil gadgets advertised on TV. “It slices, it dices, it…” is pretty much the same with this splitter, as its engineers were given some liberty to add features beyond a mic-level XLR active splitter.
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