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Midas PRO3 Live Audio System

Midas PRO3 Live Audio System

Among a bunch of other new gear (including a "convert any digital format into any other digital format" box that opens up endless possibilities), Midas brought their acclaimed digital mixers into a price range where they are very much within reach of even regional soundcos. The Midas PRO3 naturally features Midas mic pre's, as well as the popular VCA and POPulation groups, which allow users to navigate channels intuitively, without layers or pages of faders.

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Roland Systems Group RSS M-300

The M-300 Mixing Console provides a third console choice in the growing V-Mixing System lineup that also consists of Digital Snakes, Personal Mixing and Multi-Channel Recording. Its size and affordability allows smaller to mid-sized venues to replace their analog consoles with a digital mixing solution.

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Small Gear, Big Sound at the Constantly Changing Cultural Carnival

Cerwin-Vega provided two of their CVA-118 active subs and four CVA-28 active 3-way tops for the CCCCP.

It was Wednesday evening when I opened an e-mail from Bill Evans, my editor (and friend). "This is a super big deal," he wrote. "Can you go to this party in Van Nuys on Saturday?" "Absolutely," I answered. It really doesn't take a lot to get me to a party. I was promised good music, celebs and an open bar. What more could I ask for?

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RRS Audio Uses All-Software SAC System for Michael Legrand at the MGM Grand

On Saturday, March 27, composer Michel Legrand was honored in a star-studded tribute held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. The event was filmed for a PBS concert special and featured a 66-piece orchestra as well as performances by Dionne Warwick, George Benson, Melissa Manchester, Frank Sinatra Jr., Andy Williams, Jerry Lewis and others, and Jon Voight and Jennifer O'Neill hosted the tribute.

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Behringer’s Next BIG Step

Company founder Uli Behringer

Regulars at InfoComm will see some new faces there this year, ones that are already very familiar to those in the pro audio and MI sides of the business. Germany-based Behringer, maker of audio mixers, signal processors, amplifiers (both power and guitar types), various musical instruments, PA systems and lighting systems, will be there to launch themselves into the systems installation space.

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Honky Tonkin’ Down on the Strip

Mickey Gilley's legacy as an icon of country music was already secure when he opened his original namesake bar and honky tonk in Pasadena, Texas in 1971. With its mechanical broncos and classy roadhouse vibe, the club was further immortalized as the centerpiece of the 1980 hit movie Urban Cowboy, setting the benchmark for hip country music bars from coast to coast.

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Church on the Move Gets a Sound Makeover

Church on the Move is a Tulsa, Okla.-based "mega-church" built around the Evangelical ministry of a charismatic transplanted Texan named Willie George. Besides attracting around 10,000 people a week to services at the church, George's organization is also involved in innumerable community outreach programs, a youth summer camp, a Christian school, all sorts of sponsored sports clubs and more.

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Audio-Technica AT4080 and AT4081 Ribbon Mics

Our test pieces for this go-round are a robust pair indeed. We're taking the new A-T 4080 and 4081 ribbon microphones for a spin. In the past, I've found it difficult to remain constructive while reviewing mics. They're one of those things that is most certainly left up to a matter of personal preference.

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