My good friend, Professor Ken Lopez, often asks me to appear as a guest lecturer for his classes at the University of Southern California Thornton School of Music. In his music production classes, Ken and I customarily discuss career path vectors, both in my specific case and for employment in the music business in general.
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The recent crash of a German airliner — a disaster brought about, apparently, by the willful act of one of its pilots — triggered a predictable discussion about the role that automation might play in avoiding such catastrophes in the future. But it also underscores just how much robotic automation — i.e., machines that can adaptively reconfigure their actions to changing circumstances — we already have in our daily lives.
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Once upon a time on these very pages, we discussed the procedure and benefits of using Real Time Analysis (RTA) as a tool for revealing problems in a live sound system. RTA or spectrum analysis can help expose room anomalies, problems with a P.A. or to help ring out monitor mixes (“Interpreting RTA Measurement Techniques,” March 2013, and “Ten Tips for Better Monitor Mixes,” Jan. 2014).
Read More »In the past decade, houses of worship have undergone a transformation. Production values have gone through the roof. An entire sub-industry has popped up to service the house of worship production market. Visit any industry trade show — whether NAB or this month’s InfoComm — and you’ll see entire segments of the show floor (or seminars) devoted to house of worship production.
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Well folks, as of this writing, it is once again the time of season. The trucks are loaded. the buses are rolling and the tours are well underway with audio rigs small and large flying off the shelves and onto trusses everywhere. Engineers are back in the groove with full time work, and sheds and venues around the world are filling up with fans willing to spend their hard-earned cash to see and hear their favorite bands overwhelm them with hit tunes played through some of the best sound systems money can buy.
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BODO, Norway – Drammen Lyd AS commissioned to install d&b audiotechnik V-Series systems in three of Stormen’s facilities.
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NEW YORK – WorldStage provided Chauvet Professional Next NXT-1 and Nexus 4×4 LED panels for Meghan Trainor’s performance on the Today Show.
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SYDNEY, Australia – The Simulation Learning Centre at The Sydney Adventist Hospital Clinical School of The University of Sydney utilizes Shure bodypacks, Clear-Com and BSS gear to provide hands-on, comprehensive training for students.
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LAS VEGAS — Each year, FRONT of HOUSE honors regional sound companies with our Hometown Hero awards. These awards honor the best small companies in six regions across North America: the Northeast, Southeast, Midwest, Northwest, Southwest and Canada. FOH readers — the people who actually work with these companies — get to decide who’s really the best.
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EUGENE, OR – Celebrating 40 years in the business, Relles Sound, Inc. has purchased an SSL Live. L500, used most recently for the Eugene Ballet Company’s Tommy the Ballet, featuring music from The Who’s classic rock-opera Tommy and original choreography from Artistic Director Toni Pimble.
Read More »WILKES-BARRE, PA – Mountain Productions is now distributing KASK Super Plasma and Hi-Vis Super Plasma helmets as part of their ever-growing fall protection inventory.
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