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Acoustics: The Sound System/Room Connection
One of my best-received articles for FRONT of HOUSE detailed how to set up a cardioid subwoofer array (see FOH, Dec. 2011, page 28). In keeping with the “nuts and bolts” theme of that previous article, this month I’d like to present a straightforward set of guidelines to help the system tech or FOH engineer successfully tackle the challenge of providing a neutral sonic canvas for live sound events.
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On The Road with J-Lo
Engineer Rick Camp is a man with plenty of frequent flyer miles. When your list of FOH mixing credits includes the likes of Madonna, Beyoncé, Anita Baker, Natalie Cole, Destiny’s Child, Chris Brown and Burt Bacharach, you’ve been around the block a few times. We recently caught up with Rick in Australia during Jennifer Lopez’s Dance Again World Tour. Camp, who had previously worked FOH with J-Lo, was brought in again to mix the European, Australian and Asian legs of the tour last September, which — possibly just for additional airline miles — concluded with two dates in San Juan, Puerto Rico, followed by hopping back to central Asia for a couple shows in Turkmenistan on December 28.
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The Killers Battle Born Tour
Hailing from the quaint, sleepy village of Las Vegas, NV, The Killers formed their rocking sound in 2001 and have since gone on become an international success, selling more than 16 million albums in the process. The band consists of frontman/lead singer/keyboardist Brandon Flowers, guitarist Dave Keuning, bassist Mark Stoermer and drummer Ronnie Vannucci Jr., although they perform live as a six-piece ensemble, adding two multi-instrumentalist keyboard/guitar players to complete their sound.
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