Before we get into this month’s topic, I should say that audio techs are a relatively new breed. Not long ago, your average church, synagogue or temple did not have a sound system. As a child I went to a Catholic church. The priest would enter the pulpit (a small tower on the left side of the church three or four feet above the platform/altar), climb half a dozen steps and deliver his sermon from this location.
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I just finished reading the book, Here, There and Everywhere, by famed Beatles recording engineer Geoff Emerick. Not only is this a great book for Beatles fans, but it also provides recording and live engineers a glimpse into the beginning of modern recording and production techniques. Emerick documents his career from his 1962 internship with the iconic EMI’s Abby Road Studios all the way through to the completion of the band’s 1969 Abby Road album and onward into his professional association and work with Paul McCartney, as well as a plethora of other well-known acts.
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“Innovative live sound solutions” and “World’s first smart mixing system,” they say. While a newcomer to the speaker/mixer market, Line 6 has a long history in technology, from its POD-enabled guitar processing to its respected family of XD digital wireless units. And with that in mind, I wanted to investigate these new speakers and mixer.
Read More »A couple month’s ago, FOH’s always-effervescent — and ever-insightful — columnist Baker Lee wrote about the very real problems of substance abuse and addiction that face many members of our community. But that’s not the only obsession many of us are afflicted with. For me, I’m ready to come clean: I’m a total microphone junkie, and I suspect this affliction strikes many of you as well.
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Soundco
Concert Systems Production Group
Venue
Status Liquors & Nightclub parking lot,
Tallahassee FL
Soundcos
Gerard Audio, Live International Ltd and Clearwing Productions
Venue
Toyota Park
Bridgeview IL
For three wild days and nights June 14 to 16, BamaJam 2012 fired up the area just north of Enterprise, AL, with lights, video displays, music and sound… plenty of sound. Located on the 1,600-acre grounds of BamaJam Farms, 35,000-plus music enthusiasts from all over the Southeastern U.S. converged and revelled to the sounds of Tim McGraw, Eric Church, the Zac Brown Band, Sheryl Crow, Kid Rock and a long list of additional artists. With three stages spread across the area — one of which was a double stage that alternated acts on each half — along with a wealth of lighting and video displays, the logistical and technical aspects of bringing BamaJam 2012 to life were nothing short of massive.
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X Games — the World Cup of extreme sports — may not have as much music as Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza, Coachella, Outside Lands or any of the other seemingly endless seasonal music festivals that line up every summer like inbound traffic over LAX. But it does share with many of them a lengthy pedigree — this year’s Summer X Games that took place at downtown Los Angeles’ 27-acre LA Live campus from June 29 to July 1 was the 18th consecutive event — and, like several of them, it’s a fast-growing franchise.
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