Tale of Two Tradeshows
George Petersen discusses NAB and Prolight + Sound, which we cover on pages 20 and 21 of the May issue of FRONT of HOUSE magazine.
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New Gear, May 2025
New gear from 64 Audio, CAD Audio, Celestion, DAD by NTP Technology, Electrotec Audio, Point Source Audio, ProX Cases, Riedel, Waves and Work Pro
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NAB 2025
The NAB show returned to the Las Vegas Convention Center with nearly 1,100 exhibitors drawing close to 55,000 attendees from April 5-9. We checked out the pro audio gear in the newly reopened North Hall.
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Prolight + Sound 2025
Prolight + Sound 2025, now in its 30th year, proved it’s still the place to catch what’s next in live production. Close to 23,000 attendees from more than 108 countries traveled to the event held in Frankfurt, Germany from April 8-11.
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Mary J. Blige ‘For My Fans’ Tour
Mary J. Blige’s production team turned to Eighth Day Sound for an audio assist in bringing her soulful songs of triumph, love and resilience to her fans. Steve Jennings chats with FOH engineer Jaymz Hardy-Martin III, monitor engineer Jeremy Peters and systems engineer Steve Hupkowicz.
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Kelsea Ballerini ‘Live on Tour’
Spectrum Sound’s d&b KSL system can be heard, of course, on the artist’s Live on Tour trek, but it doesn’t block the view. Instead, it’s flown high enough to avoid interference with the show’s dynamic visual production.
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Sports Facility Projects
This month, we focus on the new installed sound systems at BYU’s Marriott Center, Dalton Stadium in Dalton GA and Scotiabank Arena in Toronto along with the home stadium to the Middlesbrough FC in Middlesbrough, UK and Adjarabet Arena in eastern Europe.
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Zito
Michael S. Eddy interviews the winner of this year’s Parnelli Award for Patrick Stansfield Production Manager of the Year. Zito, who recently joined 340 Productions, talks about the challenge of managing large, complex tours with empathetic leadership and shares some advice for industry newcomers.
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Sydney Huang
Kevin Mitchell reveals how this up-and-comer has gone from mixing at FOH and monitors to learning about PA systems and production management. She has also overseen corporate events and festivals and toured with a variety of bands.
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‘Buena Vista Social Club’
Bryan Reesman meets up again with sound designer Jonathan Deans to discuss this Broadway production with a big cast and 10 musicians on stage. Deans talks about tracking the musicians as they move about the stage.
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The History of P.A. Loudspeakers — Focus on the 1970s
David K. Kennedy continues his focus on the history of loudspeakers, zeroing in on a particularly fertile era for loudspeaker advances — the 1970s.
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Mid-sized (8”-10”) Line Arrays
Steve Savanyu checks out what’s available in this market segment. When combined with subs, they can serve as a compact yet high-SPL solution for clubs, theaters, houses of worship, sports facilities and outdoor events.
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