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Ben Howard Tours UK, Ireland & Europe with Assist from Eighth Day Sound

EUROPE – Ben Howard’s 10th anniversary tour for 2014’s UK N.1 album, ‘I Forget Where We Were,’ visited venues across Europe. Eighth Day Sound provided an L-Acoustics K1/K2 system, with the crew working with house rigs at smaller venues. FOH engineer John Cornfield and monitor engineer Sander Van Laere mixed on Allen & Heath S7000 and DiGiCo Quantum 5 consoles.

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DiGiCo Names Sam North Technical Sales Support Engineer

MANCHESTER, UK – DiGiCo appointed Sam North as technical sales support engineer. North joins DiGiCo following an extensive career in the audio industry. His role at DiGiCo will include a focus on education, developing stronger relationships with engineers and the wider industry through training and support.

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In Memoriam: Vince Edwards, 57

HAYWARD, CA – Vince Edwards, longtime Sound Engineer for Sound Image Productions, died Feb. 6 at age 57. He created and moderated popular Facebook groups ‘The Backstage Pass’ and ‘Death X Load Out,’ and after Covid hit, he launched his YouTube channel, ‘Beyond the Backstage Pass,’ which celebrated unsung heroes in backstage production.

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ISE 2025 Wrap-up Video

ISE 2025 welcomed 85,351 visitors from 168 countries to Barcelona, Spain from Feb. 4-7, 2025. With a closing message of “Mission Accomplished – Connection Restored,” the organizers note that next year’s event will return to Barcelona Feb. 3-6, 2026.

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Automation vs. AI

As Baker Lee notes, while automation executes predefined tasks, AI learns from data, adapts and makes decisions without explicit programming. But not everyone will be eager to accept AI’s helping hand. To read his Feb. 2025 column, “The Future’s So Bright, I Gotta Get AI,” click the link below.

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