LOS ANGELES – Maroon 5’s FOH engineer, veteran mixer Jim Ebdon, is also known for his many tours with Aerosmith, Annie Lennox and Matchbox Twenty. For Maroon V’s recent tour, he used several products from A-Designs Audio, including a KGB-1tf instrument preamp, REDDI all-tube DI box and Electrodyne 501 mic preamp (from sibling company Pete’s Place Audio). He’s pictured here with the KGB-1tf instrument preamp during the band’s tour through South America.
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CHAPEL HILL, NC — RMB Audio recently deployed a unique Martin Audio MLA Mini solution at the University of North Carolina’s Memorial Hall to ensure consistent audio coverage with minimal impact on sightlines. It involves the use of MLA Compact system with DSX subs on the stage wings for events requiring higher SPLs and an alternate Martin Audio MLA Mini setup for shows with lower SPL requirements. In this way, sightlines and coverage are optimized for the different events.
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DINGBOCHE, Nepal – Finnish heavy metal band AncarA and hip hop artist Signmark set out last fall to perform the world’s highest rock concert in the foothills of Mt. Everest. The band spent 18 days getting acclimatized for the event, trekking in and carrying their gear from the nearest airport to Dingboche, Nepal, a 14,468-foot-high stopover for those tackling Mount Everest and nearby peaks. While high enough to make full-throated vocals a challenge, Signmark didn’t have to worry – he raps in sign-language. But the intrepid performers did need a rugged sound system for a highly difficult load-in. The setup included a 16-channel QSC TouchMix compact digital mixer and a pair of K Series loudspeakers.
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