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Wednesday, May 09, 2012
Mark Frink 05/09/12 04:29 PM,It’s common for live music clubs to economize with second-hand sound equipment, and some value can be found in older loudspeakers and analog desks which are no longer rider-friendly enough for their original owners. Used analog consoles cost a fraction of their original price, so it’s not unusual to find club equipment older than the engineer running it. However, concert sound production is accustomed to the benefits that digital consoles provide. Let’s see what those benefits bring to live music… View this story
Filed in: Live Sound • Feature • Poll • Audio • Consoles • Digital • Installation • Mixer • Sound Reinforcement • System • Technician -
Monday, May 07, 2012
Greg DeTogne 05/07/12 05:29 PM,“We’re all from Nashville,” says Brad Baisley, who, with a name not far off from that of one of country music’s best-known superstars, seems well-suited for stating the obvious of what you’d expect of the sound crew traveling with Blake Shelton, another top artist from Music City. “Maybe we weren’t all born there, but it’s surely home, and the town’s vibe goes with us on the road.” Imbued with laid-back poise, a down-to-earth demeanor, and a clearly no-attitudes posture, Blake… View this story
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Thursday, May 03, 2012
PSW Staff 05/03/12 05:56 PM,BAMcafé, a restaurant and live performance venue located within the main Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) building, recently installed a QSC Audio KLA active line arrays to support as many as 75 music, comedy and spoken word events it presents annually in its free BAMcafé Live series. See Factor Industry, Inc., a touring and installed lighting and sound equipment provider, was tasked with providing a system which sounds great at a reasonable price point. “BAM came to me asking for… View this story
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Kevin Young 05/03/12 11:24 AM,Since its founding in 1999, the annual Ultra Music Festival in Miami has become one of the largest festivals of its kind in North America – a showcase of Electronic Dance Music (EDM) spread over three days and 14 stages and, this year, boasting a record-breaking crowd of 165,000-plus. It reflects numerous reports that the EDM genre is a rapidly growing segment of the North American concert industry that in turn could present a valuable revenue source for professional audio… View this story
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Wednesday, May 02, 2012
PSW Staff 05/02/12 12:44 PM,The first UK rental company to purchase Martin Audio’s MLA (Multi-cellular Loudspeaker Array), RG Jones Sound Engineering also found itself in the unique position of being the first to debut the scaled-down version of this technology with the brand-new MLA Compact. “I couldn’t wait to get my hands on the new system,” states Simon Honywill, who seized the opportunity to mix Chris Rea’s sound through the MLA Compact on the closing dates of the recent European and UK tour. Honywill,… View this story
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Thursday, April 26, 2012
PSW Staff 04/26/12 01:21 PM,The current tour by Barry Manilow—his first U.S. tour of the decade—has front of house engineer Ken Newman providing the mix with a Soundcraft Vi6 digital console. “In mixing this show, I have to make it sound exactly the way Barry wants it to,” explains Newman, who is also owner of Newman Audio, Inc. “While some artists leave the sound to their engineers, Barry is very involved in rehearsal and sound check and will sit right next to me and… View this story
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Wednesday, April 25, 2012
PSW Staff 04/25/12 08:19 AM,The recent National Achiever’s Congress meeting brought together entrepreneur/billionaire Donald Trump, peak performance coach Tony Robbins, best-selling authors Robert Kiyosaki (“Rich Dad, Poor Dad”), Harv Eker (“Secrets of the Millionaire Mind”) and a number of other motivational speakers to San Jose’s McEnery Convention Center. Audio production and staging for the unique event was handled by Stanco Productions of St. Louis, with technical director Sam Wehrmeyer heading up a crew that included A1 and system designer Justin Slazas, system tech and… View this story
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Wednesday, April 18, 2012
PSW Staff 04/18/12 10:38 AM,For several days leading up to the 47th annual Academy of Country Music (ACM) Awards on April 1 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, the city was host to dozens of other events held in conjunction with the awards. Outside the Mandalay Bay resort, thousands of eager country fans (up to 10,000 at any given time) gathered on Friday, March 30, up through the start of the awards on Sunday, to witness “The ACM Experience,” a stage of performances… View this story
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Tuesday, April 17, 2012
PSW Staff 04/17/12 08:04 AM,The new Jet Blue Park in Fort Myers, FL, spring training home of the Boston Red Sox, is outfitted with a sound reinforcement system headed by a selection of Community Professional WET and R-Series weather-resistant loudspeakers. The audio system for the 11,000-capacity venue was designed by Gary White of WJHW, based in Dallas, and installed by Jupiter, FL-based Peerson Audio. The new venue’s architecture presented a few minor challenges to the project, according to Peerson Audio president Don Peerson. “The… View this story
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Friday, April 13, 2012
PSW Staff 04/13/12 05:39 PM,NYC-based indie pop band Fun., on a sold-out cross-country tour and heeding the challenge of creating a compact touring audio footprint, has front of house engineer Daniel Hodges selecting a pair of DiGiCo SD8 consoles (plus an SD-Rack). Utilizing the streamlined Optocore network, as well as having the ability to share one stage rack between front of house and monitor world (managed by Justin Doucette), ultimately made the small trailer limitations workable. “The band has a pretty decent-sized lighting package… View this story
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