BANGKOK — FOH engineer Nigel Paul is using the Midas PRO9 digital live audio system for Dream Theater’s ongoing world tour in support of the band’s 11th studio album, A Dramatic Turn of Events. Clair Global is the audio provider for the tour.
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LONDON — Prom Praise, an event featuring the All Souls Orchestra, was staged at Royal Albert Hall on April 21. It was the 40th anniversary for the group and the 20th year that Sound By Design (SBD) was providing audio support. SBD provided Neumann digital mics for the occasion.
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VIENNA, Austria – Along with his years of performing, on his own and also with artists such as Juice Newton, drummer Rick Latham has been presenting educational workshops for up-and-coming drummers. He uses and promotes Harman’s AKG Drumset Groove Pack during the four-week group workshop.
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GOODLETTSVILLE, TN — Danley Sound Labs Jericho JH-90s are used primarily for outdoor installations in stadiums and other big venues, but Scott Oliver, director of contracting and engineering at Professional Audio Solutions, Inc. took a pair of the JH-90s inside for an installation at the First Baptist Church of Goodlettsville, TN.
Read More »MOSCOW — Close to 190 companies from 18 countries will exhibit at NAMM Musikmesse Russia/Prolight + Sound NAMM Russia, according to the show’s organizers. Other companies’ products will also be at the show, represented by various distributors. The event is set for May 16-19, 2012.
Read More »Once upon a time and long ago, most of us were enticed into becoming sound reinforcement professionals. Of course, at the time, few of us realized that this meant taking a lifelong oath of poverty (we’re never paid what we’re truly worth) and abuse — when it’s right no one notices; when something’s wrong, it’s always our fault. But we love what we do and stick to it in spite of any such minor trivialities.
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HONOLULU — It’s not often a sound company is asked to specify a full PA system and backline for a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier, let alone to look after it on its cruise from Hawaii to San Diego, but that’s exactly what Southern California-based audio providers Mambo Sound and Broadcast Support were tasked with last month, and they chose dB Technologies for the job.
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A Conversation with FOH Mixer John Cooper and Solotech’s Mario Leccese
A Bruce Springsteen tour isn’t just an event; it is a movement celebrated by fans in packed venues around the world. And in an era when groups are scaling down with smaller ensembles, acoustic shows and looking at “more intimate” venues, Springsteen brings his own version of intimacy to stadiums and arenas, staying just as much in touch with audience members in the front row as the people in row YY on the second deck.
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It’s always best to have a separate monitor mix system and a dedicated monitor engineer. But let’s face it — what you want and what you get are often two completely different things, and in many smaller venue/smaller budget gigs, those two jobs will be handled by the same person… namely you.
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Neodymium (Nd) is one of the chemical elements employed for the high-strength, permanent magnets in high-output/low-weight loudspeakers. Over the past several years, the small, tight-knit pro audio industry has seen volatile neodymium price changes on the global commodities market. And with Nd becoming an important component of modern, high-performance loudspeakers (particularly in flying systems), this price volatility has created uncertainty in end-user pricing of loudspeaker systems.
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It’s no secret — for the past 10 years or so, line arrays have been the hottest ticket in live sound systems. And one of… Read More »Large Format Line Arrays
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A World-Class Performing Arts Venue in Las Vegas
The mere mention of the words “Las Vegas show” usually conjures up a few images. Yet what probably doesn’t come to mind is a stand-alone, performing arts center serving as a home to the Las Vegas Philharmonic and the Nevada Ballet Theatre, a Broadway touring house, classical music venue, jazz speakeasy and rock or country roadhouse. The new Smith Center for the Performing Arts aims to change all that, and to place Las Vegas alongside Vienna, Paris and New York as a city with a world-class performing arts center built for the ages.
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