Parnellis, Ideas and Innovations
The entire staff around here has been up to our elbows this month, with back-to-back LDI and AES tradeshows (see our complete AES coverage) and of course, the 12th annual Parnelli Awards. There was a lot going on, but rather than feeling tired, it feels great.
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Understanding Compression Drivers: Phase Plugs
Over the past three issues of FOH, we have covered many aspects of loudspeaker horn behavior, so a fitting topic to follow this series is a discussion of the behavior of the devices that feed sound from the compression driver diaphragm into the throat of a horn. These devices are typically known as “phase plugs.”
Read More »Bigger Than Life: Audio Production for Madonna’s MDNA Tour
A Madonna tour isn’t just an event. It’s an experience, and her MDNA world tour may just be the material girl’s biggest tour ever, breaking box office records and playing to more than 2 million fans throughout the planet and said to be one of the top-grossing tours of all time. And this is truly a world tour, hitting 26 cities in Europe and the Middle East before landing at another 26 North American markets. Add in the shows planned for the South American leg, starting later this month, and the whole tour will have close to 90 shows in all. But for FOH mixer Tim Colvard, the rest of the audio crew and techs from sound company Eighth Day Sound, it’s just another day on the job — wherever they happen to be, whether in Copenhagen or Cleveland.
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The SFJAZZ Center
Construction is underway with a four-month countdown to a grand opening on Jan. 21, 2013 (Martin Luther King Day) of the SFJAZZ Center, a new performance venue in the heart of San Francisco. Located at 205 Franklin St., the $63 million center is envisioned as a LEED-certified hub of art, music, culture and community in the Civic Center performing arts district, already home to Davies Symphony Hall, the San Francisco Opera House, the Herbst Theatre and the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium.
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