As I was preparing for this interview, I had an interesting talk with someone in the biz who shall remain unnamed. The gist was this: Is being a great mixer a prerequisite to having a client list consisting of acts known for sounding great live? Or does having such a client list give one an automatic aura of “Well, he must be a great mixer?”
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Performance Audio’s Craig Hylton admits with a laugh that he has spent more time watching the Utah Jazz in person this season than he has in recent memory. It helps that Hylton is both a basketball fan and that he can call his appearances at EnergySolutions Arena in Salt Lake City a work gig. “The team had a rough start,” he says, “but it’s fun to go to the games. I’m still learning what their needs are and how to tune the system.”
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Updated system puts sound on par with lights at Stone Mountain.
While theme parks and historic sites are both known for attracting tourists and locals alike, it isn’t often that you find them coexisting in one location. But with miniature golf, paddleboats, a skyride and other attractions centered on the world’s largest piece of exposed granite, Georgia’s Stone Mountain Park is equal parts kitschy fun and ode to Southern history.
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OK, you’re not going to do a Madonna show with one of these. In fact, you will be hard pressed—given the channel count on most of them—to do anything bigger than a five piece. But that is not the point. The point is that these small boards allow you to easily mix the show and record it without any extra gear. Some of them actually will work well in a small studio, which means you can use it to record during the week and pack it up on the weekend for gigs—and record the gigs as well with just the console and a laptop.
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Usually when I do a Road Test, the manufacturer ships the gear to me, I read the manuals, play with it a bit and take it out on a gig. With the KS Audio gear, the review process took on a slightly different scenario. I first got a call from my friend and editor Bill Evans, but instead of waiting for the gear, I was invited to a record release party where the KS Audio CPA self-powered compact line array was being used. Henry Strange (system engineer for KS Audio) and his crew had set up the line array and subs. I showed up a couple of hours before the show to check it out.
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So, an affordable cardioid dynamic microphone with a step-up transformer that will give me all the benefits of a dynamic handheld, while delivering the detail and frequency range benefits of a condenser? We’ll see. A rugged offering from a well-respected name in professional audio that is tough enough to withstand the rigors of the road while equally adept and worthy in the best of studios? All while priced under $240? Let’s just say I had my doubts.
Read More »In business, the little things do make a difference.
As companies look toward the future, it is clear the market will become more and more challenging—and as it does, many companies will realize their success in the past was in spite of itself.
Read More »Occasionally, I get a chance to provide the sound system and let other band engineers take over once I have the system settled. This gives me the wonderful experience of kicking back from the pressure of mixing to mentally critiquing the band engineer mixing in front of me. But not all band engineers are experienced, so I find not much delight in their lesser skills, but a learning lesson of what I would do to improve the show in their shoes. From this experience, here are some of my mixing tips that everyone should review.
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Audio Engineer/Entertainment Tech
HFEC (Silver Dollar City)
Branson, MO
www.silverdollarcity.com
417.425.5039
[email protected]
Services: Live theater sound
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Production Manager/Monitor Engineer
Austin, TX
www.wailers.com
512.636.1964
[email protected]
Services: Touring production and stage management, audio engineering.
Read More »DETROIT, MI — Longtime Metallica monitor engineer Paul Owen, who has spent close to 23 years mixing monitors for some 1,340 of the band’s shows, never knew it was impossible for one person to do what he did, until he stepped down last week. Trying to fill some very big shoes are Bob Cowan and Jonathan Winkler.
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SAN FRANCISCO — YouTube staged its first live event at San Francisco’s Fort Mason recently, using Meyer Sound systems supplied by Pro Media/UltraSound of Hercules, Calif. Part concert, part variety show, YouTube Live included the music of will.i.am, Joe Satriani and DJ Mike Relm, plus Mythbusters and Will It Blend host Tom Dickson.
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