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It’s All About Control

It’s All About Control

At this time of year — when the members of our celebrated audio industry descend upon one town or another and fill massive convention centers with miles and aisles of new, state-of-the-art audio technology — my thoughts turn to control. After all, every item on display at AES is purporting to present the user with more control of their mix along with the promise — spoken and unspoken — that each new piece of technological wizardry will offer a newer, faster and more efficient way to manipulate and manage the mechanics of their audio world.

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Roy & Gene Clair: The Sound of Sibling Success

Roy and Gene Clair

Brothers who built pro audio empire to be honored with Parnelli Audio Visionary Award

Roy and Gene Clair are quick to say they are “outstanding in their field.” Not that they are braggarts — far from it. They mean it literally, as in they are “out standing in their field” of humble Lititz, Pa. Far from the glare of New York or Los Angeles, the brothers built one of the largest and most innovative pro audio empires the live event industry has ever seen.

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The Amazing Shrinking News Cycle

You may notice a small change on the cover of this issue of FOH. Where it used to say “The News Magazine for Live Sound” it now says “People. Production. Gear. Gigs.” I know it seems like a small thing, but it speaks volumes about the role of news in print media and the future of FOH magazine.

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A Look In The Rearview Mirror

The basic tenet of Bleeding Edge is to look forward at cutting-edge technology and what it can offer us now, or perhaps might promise us in the future. Sometimes it can be fun (and quite educational) to look in the rearview mirror, so to speak, where technology is concerned. Since this month is AES month and we’ll be seeing a lot of new product from our favorite gear manufacturers, we thought it might be fun to set the time machine back to 1998 and have a look at the audio rage of the time and what has perhaps fallen by the wayside.

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Surround Moves from Movies to Live

When the iconic Bleecker Street music venue, the Village Gate, was at its peak in the 1960s and ‘70s, the sound system was decidedly monaural, though plenty suitable for the eclectic array of musicians, from folky Dave Van Ronk to fusion prophets Dreams, who trod its stage. But when the Village Gate came out of retirement this year, under the rubric Le Poisson Rouge, its programs may have been just a eclectic as ever, from jazz to classical to rock, but its sound system had to face the reality of modern expectations. It had to go surround.

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Allen & Heath iLive Becomes Cornerstone of Scottish Church

SCOTLAND — Cornerstone Church in Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland, has installed an Allen & Heath iLive digital system comprising an iDR10 Mixrack and iLive-80 control surface. The church recently relocated to a larger building requiring a new sound system, as the old system was still in use in the original building, which is now used as a youth center. The iLive system forms the core of the new system, feeding a flown Logic Systems line array and bass bins.
 

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Mile High Music Festival Soars with Meyer Sound

DENVER — Denver’s Mile High Music Festival was one of the high points of this year’s summer concert season. The two-day event, held at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park, featured more than 44 acts on five stages, including headliners Dave Matthews Band, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, and John Mayer. Denver-based Dowlen Sound provided the audio for the three largest stages, including a Meyer Sound system for the headliners’ SanDisk stage.
 

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Red Bull X-Fighters International Motocross 2008 Revs Up with Crown

RIO DE JANEIRO — Powering a sound system for a concert with screaming fans is never an easy task. Powering a sound system with screaming fans and dozens of motorcycle engines revving at the Red Bull X-Fighters Motocross in Rio de Janeiro is even more difficult. Brazilian sound reinforcement company, Loudness Sonorização selected 60 Crown I-Tech amps to power a JBL line array loudspeaker system for the motocross event.

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Herbalife Convention Spreads Message with Outline

BARCELONA — Audio is the key factor for the success of a Herbalife convention, as a major requirement is that the audiences grasp the message loud and clear. Sound reinforcement at the event in question — held at Barcelona’s highly modern Palau Sant Jordi — was entrusted to Planet Service of San Marino, a rental company with a stock of Outline arrays.

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