You may notice a small change on the cover of this issue of FOH. Where it used to say “The News Magazine for Live Sound” it now says “People. Production. Gear. Gigs.” I know it seems like a small thing, but it speaks volumes about the role of news in print media and the future of FOH magazine.
Read More »The basic tenet of Bleeding Edge is to look forward at cutting-edge technology and what it can offer us now, or perhaps might promise us in the future. Sometimes it can be fun (and quite educational) to look in the rearview mirror, so to speak, where technology is concerned. Since this month is AES month and we’ll be seeing a lot of new product from our favorite gear manufacturers, we thought it might be fun to set the time machine back to 1998 and have a look at the audio rage of the time and what has perhaps fallen by the wayside.
Read More »When the iconic Bleecker Street music venue, the Village Gate, was at its peak in the 1960s and ‘70s, the sound system was decidedly monaural, though plenty suitable for the eclectic array of musicians, from folky Dave Van Ronk to fusion prophets Dreams, who trod its stage. But when the Village Gate came out of retirement this year, under the rubric Le Poisson Rouge, its programs may have been just a eclectic as ever, from jazz to classical to rock, but its sound system had to face the reality of modern expectations. It had to go surround.
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JACKSONVILLE, Ill. — An Electro-Voice XLC sound system from Mason Sound of Jacksonville, Ill. was used at this year’s Illinois State Fair, which featured live performances by big names including ZZ Top, Fergie, Brooks & Dunn, Joan Jett, Huey Lewis and Trace Adkins.
SCOTLAND — Cornerstone Church in Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland, has installed an Allen & Heath iLive digital system comprising an iDR10 Mixrack and iLive-80 control surface. The church recently relocated to a larger building requiring a new sound system, as the old system was still in use in the original building, which is now used as a youth center. The iLive system forms the core of the new system, feeding a flown Logic Systems line array and bass bins.
DENVER — Denver’s Mile High Music Festival was one of the high points of this year’s summer concert season. The two-day event, held at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park, featured more than 44 acts on five stages, including headliners Dave Matthews Band, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, and John Mayer. Denver-based Dowlen Sound provided the audio for the three largest stages, including a Meyer Sound system for the headliners’ SanDisk stage.
RIO DE JANEIRO — Powering a sound system for a concert with screaming fans is never an easy task. Powering a sound system with screaming fans and dozens of motorcycle engines revving at the Red Bull X-Fighters Motocross in Rio de Janeiro is even more difficult. Brazilian sound reinforcement company, Loudness Sonorização selected 60 Crown I-Tech amps to power a JBL line array loudspeaker system for the motocross event.
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BARCELONA — Audio is the key factor for the success of a Herbalife convention, as a major requirement is that the audiences grasp the message loud and clear. Sound reinforcement at the event in question — held at Barcelona’s highly modern Palau Sant Jordi — was entrusted to Planet Service of San Marino, a rental company with a stock of Outline arrays.
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SCARBOROUGH, England — Limelight Presentation Systems has added Martin Audio Compact Line Array technology as part of their principle PA system. Head of audio Dave Plant recently placed an order for 16 W8LCs with Redditch-based dealer, John Brown at Limit Audio.
LAS VEGAS — Voting for the 2008 Parnelli Awards is currently in progress online at www.parnelliawards.com/vote. The Parnelli Awards take place on Friday Oct. 24… Read More »Parnelli Voting In Progress
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The Digidesign D-Show Profile Mix Rack System is the newest addition to Digidesign’s VENUE family of live sound systems. Developed specifically for small- and mid-sized performance venues, houses-of-worship, touring and fixed installations, or as an upgrade for existing analog systems, the D-Show Profile Mix Rack System combines a D-Show Profile console with the new Mix Rack, a compact 11-space rack enclosure that incorporates all audio I/O (stage and local) and DSP into a single chassis.
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ENGLAND — ADLIB Audio supplied sound for the Sessions Stages at both sites — Weston Park Stafford and Hylands Park Chelmsford — for the 2008 V Festival. The Sessions Stages featured rising new talent. Crew chiefs Richie Nicholson (Chelmsford) and Hassan Essiahi (Stafford) led two teams of ADLIB technicians and experienced one of their most enjoyable events of a mega busy 2008 festival season for the Liverpool-based company.
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