Recent House of Worship Projects
he push is on for upgrades in the church sound market. We visit some installs where musicality, full coverage and vocal intelligibility are all-important.
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Sam Berkow Takes Vic’s Las Vegas Jazz Club to the Next Level
First-class venues need not be mega-seat facilities. World renowned acoustician Sam Berkow — the 2022 Parnelli Audio Innovator honoree — applies his magic to an intimate club in the heart of Las Vegas.
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Audio Design for Broadway’s ‘Pictures from Home’
Bryan Reesman talks to Tony Award-winning sound designer Scott Lehrer about working on the Broadway premiere of “Pictures from Home,” which brings a comic and dramatic portrait of a mother, a father and the son who photographed their lives.
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Sound Design for Broadway’s ‘& Juliet’
Answering the question of what would have happened had Juliet lived on after the demise of Romeo, this hip, hit “Shakespearean Jukebox Musical” by Max Martin is brought to life with the help of acclaimed sound designer Gareth Owen to SRO crowds on Broadway’s Stephen Sondheim Theatre.
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Lifetime Achievement Honoree Roy Lamb
After years of working nearly every job any world tour could need, in 1986 Lamb focused on production managing the likes of the Rolling Stones, The Who, Eric Clapton, Peter Gabriel, John Mellencamp, Traffic, Page & Plant, REM, the Cars, Sheryl Crow, Bryan Adams — to name a few. He chats with FOH about his amazing career.
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Sound Productions Celebrates 50th Anniversary
From its beginnings as a backline rental company to its current role as a leading supplier of AVL gear, for the past half-century SoundPro has served its customers with first-class service and industry knowledge.
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Headworn Mics
Headset and earworn mics continue to advance the state of the art of miniature mic performance. We present some high-tech alternatives to lavalier and stand-mounted mics.
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Sennheiser EW-DX Advanced Digital Wireless
Steve Savanyu puts the company’s latest scalable digital wireless mic solution and its advanced feature set through its paces, with impressive results.
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RME 12 Mic-D Digitally Controlled Preamp with Dante
We check out this unit that packs 12 no-compromise, digitally controlled mic preamps, Dante networking, integrated dual-port MADI connectivity and studio-quality digital conversion — all into a compact 1U chassis.
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What Happens to the FOH Mix when the Band Switches to IEMs?
In-ears can make a huge difference to performers, but Steve La Cerra explains how the effect at the other end of the snake is just as amazing.
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Choosing Headworn Microphones
Headset mics can improve intelligibility and are nearly invisible from the third row, but selecting the right mic is a must. John McJunkin offers expert advice on the topic.
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A Taxing Way of Life
No one like taxes, but as Baker Lee warns, live engineers can get bit hard without some advance fiscal planning.
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