8: Billy Joel “In Concert”
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Clair Global
9: Shania Twain “Rock This Country” Tour
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VER Touring
10: Luke Bryan “Kick Up the Dust” Tour
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Clair Global
Revisiting Audio History
First of all, Happy New Year to everyone! By now, I’m sure you’re aware that 2016 is an election year. But whatever your party/candidate inclinations, 2016 brings great news, as political rallies and events all generate much needed $$$ into the pockets of sound companies paid to spread the message. So get out and be a part of the process (and collect some cash along the way) while helping create a piece of history.
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A Change of Venue in Vegas
Santa Fe and the Fat City Horns Help Keep the South Point Showroom Rocking
They may be named after New Mexico’s capital, but since 1975, Santa Fe and the Fat City Horns have been based in Las Vegas (Nevada, not New Mexico).
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Bob Heil: 50 Years of Innovation
Heil Sound, known worldwide as a manufacturer of high-performance, dynamic microphones, is marking 2016 as “50 Years of Maximum Rock & Roll” with a year-long celebration. Certainly, his popular microphones for studio, live sound and radio users are part of the continuing success of Heil Sound. However, that represents only a very small part of the audio legend that is Bob Heil.
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Magnetism and Neodymium
Loudspeaker drivers, switch mode power supplies, chain motors, dynamic microphones, throne shakers, disk drives and step-down transformers. What ties these pro audio staples together? The answer is magnetism. Magnetism, magnetic behavior, and magnets are everywhere in professional audio. If one needs to control electricity or drive physical motion using electricity, magnetism is almost always involved.
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Is That Ringing in My Ears Bothering You?
Removing Feedback from Stage Monitors
Just when I thought that club sound systems had evolved past Y2K, I get a gig at a place where the house monitor system is (I’ll be polite here) out-of-date. While the overwhelming trend for stage monitoring has moved heavily toward IEMs (even among local club acts), there are still plenty of performers using wedges. As wedges aren’t going away any time soon, let’s examine the concept of “ringing out” stage monitors.
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VCAs, DCAs and Groups – Oh My!
It’s an age-old question, and it’s one of the most common questions that I get from audio students. “Do you use VCAs or subgroups? How are they different, and what are they used for?” I usually try to start right off by answering that it’s a false question. VCAs and subgroups (often referred to simply as “groups”) are two totally different tools, and they shouldn’t be compared to one another. For the most part, that’s a true statement, but like anything about audio, the real, in-depth answer is nuanced.
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Guns!
“Be afraid, be very afraid!” At least that’s the message that I am receiving from all of the six major media broadcasters I have been following — and rightly so. On Nov. 13, 2015 attackers in Paris killed 130 people, including 89 at an Eagles of Death Metal concert in the Bataclan Theatre.
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Entertainment Manufacturing Group (EMG)
Sometimes, you just outgrow your name. When it happens, it’s better to embrace it.
The company formerly known as Entertainment Metals, a provider of precision metal and cabling solutions for the professional audio, video, broadcast, theater and install markets announced recently an all-inclusive corporate re-branding initiative starting in 2016.
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Radial JDV Mk5 Direct Box
How many times can you reinvent the wheel? A direct box may seem like a simple piece of gear — and some are, such as Radial’s acclaimed JDI line of passive direct boxes. But when active processing enters the picture, Radial has been known to break out of that “just a direct box” mold with some creative designs and features that redefine the modern direct box. In fact, Radial seems to do this on a regular basis and improves on it every time. The Mk5, the latest version (and fifth generation) of the company’s popular JDV active direct box, features some interesting and useful innovations that take it well beyond the norm.
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