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The FOH crew included, from left, Greg Price, Ben Rothstein and Myles Fontaine Crosby (mixer for opening act Kenny Wayne Shepherd). (c) Steve Jennings

Van Halen Tour 2015

The Van Halen 2015 Tour kicked off on July 5 at the White River Amphitheatre (Auburn, WA), with an additional 40 stops throughout North America — playing mostly sheds and arena venues — and wraps up in early October. The staging and lighting is uncharacteristically bare for a major rock tour, but it all serves to focus on the guitar pyrotechnics of Eddie at center stage, joined by his brother Alex on drums, son Wolfgang on bass and on-again/off-again singer David Lee Roth returning to the lead vocal slot. The outing is in support of a new live album, Tokyo Dome Live in Concert, which was recorded during VH’s previous tour.

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Ovo Fest: October’s Very Own Delivers In Toronto

One of the largest hip-hop festivals in Canada, the fourth annual OVO (October’s Very Own) Fest drew more than 35,000 fans to Toronto from August 1 to 3. Kevin Hart headlined day one of the three-day event; J. Cole, Big Sean, YG + Jeremih took the spotlight day two; and Drake hosted day three, along with guest performances from Future, Pharrell Williams, U.K.’s MC Skepta, Kanye West and Krept & Konan.

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Hometown Hero Finalists

Six Regional Audio Providers Make it to the 2015 Parnelli Ballot

The readers of FRONT of HOUSE have voted, and we have six finalists in the Parnelli Awards Hometown Hero category for the hardworking death-defying audio companies that cater to five U.S. regions and Canada.

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Teroro opening for Los Lobos at LiveWire

LiveWire

New Phoenix-area Venue Marks First EAW Anya Install in a Club Environment

In the heart of Scottsdale, Arizona’s entertainment district, LiveWire has quickly become one of the most sought-after venues in the Southwest. Since opening earlier this year, LiveWire has hosted national touring acts, comedians, artists, DJs and up-and-coming local bands.

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Members of the DPS team in the Burbank warehouse (left to right): Alan Sherin, Rob Kurtz, Jon Tunstall, R.J. Lynn, Anthony Dever, John Lee and Andrew “Hamish” Mills.

DPS Expands Production Services Based on its Audio Roots

I’m riding over to DPS’ warehouse from their HQ in Burbank with Robert “R.J.” Lynn in his Audi and director of marketing Alan Sherin. At a stop light, founder and consultant Anthony Dever pulls up in his Tesla, rolls down his window and jokes, “Wanna race?” Lynn, DPS general manager, laughs and points out that maybe that’s not prudent, cop-wise. The light turns green, and Dever hits the pedal, if only for a short spurt.

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The CPD 14 is a three-way design featuring two side-firing woofers, four cone mids and a 1.75-inch compression driver on a center-mounted HF waveguide.

KS Audio CPD 14

When I was asked to write a review of KS Audio’s CPD 14, I have to admit that I had never heard of the company before. In fact, most of my colleagues that I asked hadn’t heard of KS Audio either. I only found one person who knew the name KS Audio, and when I mentioned their name, his response was that they “make amazing studio monitors.” For a company that has been around for over 30 years, it seemed no one really knew much about them, so I spent the past few weeks getting familiar with their product line, including the speakers that I’ve reviewed here, the CPD 14.

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This series of two-channel models offer power ratings from 350 to 775 watts per channel (4 ohms) or 1,100 to 2,400 watts (4 ohms bridged).

Crown XLS DriveCore 2 Amplifiers

Once upon a time, old timers will remember when “one dollar per watt” was considered either the benchmark or goal of many amplifier designs. Well, thanks to switch-mode, Class-D technology, those days are long gone, and today’s models continue to improve on that, both in terms of increasing onboard DSP functionality and higher power levels in smaller, more lightweight packages.

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A live Andrea Zonn show on Nashville’s Music City Roots in late August made for a memorable evening.

A Night of Celebration

I am now enjoying my eleventh year mixing FOH sound for James Taylor and his Legendary Band. I have come to believe the word “Legendary” doesn’t begin to describe the musical talent present on the stage each night. Throughout his career, James has always assembled an astounding group of musician’s musicians who each contribute their wondrous virtuosity to the performance.

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Last year, EDM was a $6.9 billion global industry, according to an IMS business report issued in mid-2015. At the same time, as per Billboard, EDM festivals, whose attendance had increased tenfold since 2007, saw capacity remain flat last year.

EDM goes IPO and WTF?

Two years ago, I wrote about the just-completed IPO of SFX, venture capitalist and entrepreneur Robert F.X. Sillerman’s market capitalization of his electronic dance music empire. It’s a good time to take a look at how that’s turning out.

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Understanding Time-Based Effects, (Part 2) Pardon the echo, echo, echo, echo

Last month, we talked about the nuts and bolts (parameters) that you’d find in a typical delay, whether it be the plug-in or the hardware variety. This month I have some tips and techniques that you are free to borrow if you promise not to tell anyone about them. The editors of FRONT of HOUSE are already sworn to secrecy. But before we get into specifics, we need to mention one last characteristic of delay.

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