New Gear for Sept. 2017
The Sept. 2017 issue of FRONT of HOUSE magazine featured these products in its New Gear section.
Featured Product:
- Konig & Meyer K&M Flat Bases
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If I Had a Hammer…I Still Wouldn’t Be a Carpenter
“Peabody, set the WABAC machine for the early 1990s”… (cue Scorpions “Wind Of Change”)… Commercial recording studios are thriving. The record industry has not yet had to deal with Napster, and most people think that streaming refers either to a bodily function or a style of fly-fishing. Multitrack tape machines are still king, and analog is living happily alongside digital reel-to-reel tape.
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QSC TouchMix v3 Firmware Update
QSC’s TouchMix series of small format digital mixers build upon the company’s strengths in the budget friendly, easy to operate live sound market. Having used the TouchMix-16 periodically over the last few years, the mixer’s firmware has come a long way. My friends at Meyer Marketing were gracious enough to loan me both a TouchMix-16 and a TouchMix-30 so I could test out the new features for this review.
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And He Said it Shouldn’t Be Done…
I was in London at the PLASA Show in October of 2002 with a freshly-printed copy of the first issue of FRONT of HOUSE in my hand. I went up to a very well-respected industry luminaire (pardon, the lighting reference). I proudly handed it to him and he looked at it for a few seconds, then quite sincerely said, “You know, the industry just doesn’t need another performance audio magazine.”
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Well Done: Live Sound has Become Remarkably, Incredibly Good
Earlier this year, the chattering classes of the media were talking about Coachella’s cultural significance and its position as a political bellwether, with the festival’s owner, Philip Anschutz, taken to task for supporting groups that appeared to be hostile to LGBT rights. Those accusations prompted vigorous denials from Anschutz, who called the reports “fake news” and issued statements in support of “the rights of all people, without regard to sexual orientation.”
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Spotlight: Houses of Worship
The only constant behind optimizing the sound for a house of worship project is change. Along with the shift from traditional church music to something more akin to a rock concert, church congregations are moving into unorthodox locations, and traditional churches are reaching out with mobile satellite services in gyms and other non-traditional locations. With sound designers and audio integrators scrambling over an obstacle course of potential compromises to the goal of an ideal listening experience for every seat in the house of worship, those manufacturers who can provide gear to meet their “mission impossible” challenges for any space have a decisive advantage.
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Crystal Ballroom in Portland, OR: Natural Sound for a Loud Rock Venue
Portland, Oregon’s Crystal Ballroom has enjoyed a storied existence since opening on the eve of World War I as Ringler’s Cotillion Hall. A live music venue since the 1960’s, when artists such as the Grateful Dead, Ike & Tina Turner and Buffalo Springfield performed, the historic building is starting a new chapter with a major audio equipment refresh, courtesy of design, sales and integration company Tone Proper AV, located in nearby Gresham, OR.
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Recovery Unplugged
Austin Performance Space Uses Music Therapy for Detox
The Recovery Unplugged Treatment Center uses the power of music to help its patients heal from drug and alcohol addiction. Offering medically supervised detox, residential inpatient treatment, outpatient treatment, and sober living, Recovery Unplugged offers a music-based treatment approach that provides patients with access to a well-rounded recovery experience.
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Sound Image Expands
It’s a beautiful Friday afternoon in August in Escondido, CA, one of the oldest cities in San Diego County, and Dave Shadoan is wandering the main hallway of his new warehouse trying to gather his top lieutenants for the ribbon cutting ceremony. See, he let the day get away from him and now it’s 4:30. “What do you mean Larry [Italia] left? Call him and tell him to come back!” (Turns out Italia was already 30 minutes out headed for home in infamous Southern California traffic; jokes about Photoshopping him in ensue.)
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