NEW YORK – Sound designer Jon Weston has been enhancing the audio for the revival of “The Wiz” on Broadway with an assist from d&b audiotechnik’s Soundscape, En-Space and ArrayCalc software. The production within the Marriott Marquis theater on Broadway is heard via a PRG-supplied d&b V-Series speaker system.
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Creating great mixes requires a combination of left and right brain skills. In his “FOH-at-Large” column for the Nov. 2024 issue of FRONT of HOUSE, Baker Lee explains that what we really need is the perfect blend of both.
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Editor George Petersen reviews the Nov. 2024 issue of FRONT of HOUSE, spotlighting four awesome tours – “Hans Zimmer Live,” Vampire Weekend, Sammy Hagar and David Gilmour. We also visit some new arena and stadium installs, check out the latest AC Power Distro Systems, and put Audio-Technica’s new 2.4 GHz digital wireless system to the test.
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LAS VEGAS – Voting continues through Dec. 13 for all the Parnelli Award categories at parnelliawards.com/vote. Six top regional sound companies, selected from an earlier round of voting, are vying for one of the most coveted awards categories, the Parnelli for Hometown Hero Sound Company of the Year.
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USA – Lawo named John Palma Senior Sales Manager for Media Infrastructures in the U.S. He brings more than 35 years of experience in strategic sales and business development within the broadcast industry.
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LONDON – The Glyndebourne Opera House, best known for hosting an annual summer festival that is a cornerstone of the UK’s operatic calendar, has embraced Shure’s Axient Digital Wireless System for its 2024 season.
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Okay, we’re past daylight savings time, Halloween and the election season, and can look forward to Thanksgiving, the December holidays and New Year’s Eve — all which spell good times (steady work) for the live event industry. There’s over-commercialization of these festivities, but at least on turkey day, we can offer thanks for what we have, including employment that brings meaning into our lives.
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Last month, FRONT of HOUSE readers nominated six finalists for the Indispensable Technology Award in each of four categories: Lighting, Video, Staging/Special Effects and Audio. Here are the six nominees in the Audio category, all of which made their debut in 2024 or 2023.
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For its 20th year, the iconic Tomorrowland festival celebrating all genres of electronic music returned to the aptly named town of Boom in Belgium over two summer weekends. This year, Holoplot’s X1 system was chosen to provide the sound for The Atmosphere stage, a custom-made circus-top tent.
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Celestion CF1230BMB 12” Driver, Cohesion Expands CF Fill Speaker Line, Lawo Shipping VSC for macOS Sonoma, LD Systems ANNY Series, Sennheiser Spectera, Shure Axient Digital PSM Wireless IEM System, Telefunken Capsules for Sennheiser Wireless, TiMax panLab, Ultimate Support Venue Series Boom Stand and Waves eMotion LV1 Classic
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Master composer Han Zimmer brings his spellbinding symphonic magic back on the road. We chat with FOH engineer Colin Pink about the 247-input experience.
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Kevin M. Mitchell catches up with the audio crew on the band’s “Only God Was Above Us” world tour at the end of its North American leg, before kicking off for European dates later this month.
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