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Friday, August 27, 2010
PSW Staff 08/27/10 09:55 AM, 0 CommentsSammy Hagar and the Wabos are touring the U.S. from early August through September, and Clearwing Productions of Phoenix have chosen Martin Audio LE2100 monitors for The Red Rocker’s high-powered vocals. Hagar has not only had a long and storied solo career, but started as lead singer of Montrose, spent time with Van Halen (which led to several #1 albums and induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame) and his most recent supergroup, Chickenfoot, which also features guitarist… View this story
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Friday, February 12, 2010
PSW Staff 02/12/10 10:16 AM, 0 CommentsThe house sound system for the final show on former Stone Roses frontman Ian Brown’s recent UK concert tour was headed by Turbosound Flex Array loudspeakers provided by three UK production companies. Theshow at the Manchester Evening News Arena was an exercise in true collaboration between South Coast-based Metro Audio; Manchester-based STS; and Viking Sound from Northallerton, Derby. For the show at the MEN arena – at 20,000 seats the largest indoor arena in Europe – the safe choice of… View this story
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Sunday, January 31, 2010
PSW Staff 01/31/10 02:42 PM, 1 CommentJohn Legend’s most recent tour in support of his album release Evolver extended through much of 2009, ending up with sold-out shows at New York City’s Madison Square Garden. Touring with a sound reinforcement system provided by Escondido, CA-based Sound Image, the main PA included Adamson Systems line arrays powered by Crown I-Tech HD amplifiers. Front of House Engineer Gordon Mack selected a Digidesign Profile console for his mixing needs, also recording shows on 96 channels of Pro Tools. Monitor… View this story
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Thursday, January 21, 2010
PSW Staff 01/21/10 03:51 PM, 0 CommentsAfter a decade with Matchbox Twenty, Rob Thomas branched off in 2005 with …Something To Be, becoming the first solo artist from a group to debut at number one. He’s best known for the 1999 triple-platinum hit “Smooth” he co-wrote with Santana. This year we caught up with his Cradlesong tour towards the end of the US dates. The sound system was supplied by LMG of Orlando. Live Sound Engineer Jim “Yak” Yakabuski is best known for seven years with… View this story
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Sunday, December 20, 2009
Mark Frink 12/20/09 10:29 AM, 0 CommentsFor the second year, Crosby, Stills and Nash is touring with a QSC WideLine-10 line arrays that take less than a quarter of the truck space of the previous loudspeaker system. The extensive Crosby, Stills and Nash tour this year began in Europe, returning to the U.S. late in July in support of Demos, a collection of 12 previously unreleased tracks recorded between 1968 and 1971. We caught up with them at the St. Augustine (Florida) Amphitheater. Sound for the… View this story
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Wednesday, December 02, 2009
Jeff MacKay 12/02/09 03:43 PM, 0 CommentsIt was a true British invasion of audio equipment when Las Vegas, NV-based group The Killers recently toured North America, with primary sound reinforcement equipment coming from Martin Audio and DiGiCo. Delicate Productions of Camarillo, CA provided equipment for the U.S. leg of the tour, also working with British sound company Capital Sound, a partnership that sees both companies working together on two continents. Alan Behr, Audio Crew Chief and Delicate Productions employee, explains, “We have a very similar inventory.… View this story
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Saturday, November 28, 2009
PSW Staff 11/28/09 08:22 AM, 0 CommentsMonitor Engineer Nahuel Gutierrez has been using a Midas PRO6 live audio system for the UK concert tour by the Noisettes, a popular indie rock band from London. Having previously spent 15 months with its big brother the XL8 on the final Oasis world tour, Gutierrez found the transition to the PRO6 an easy one. “I was able to mix on the PRO6 in the same way I did on the XL8, and after a short time learning where the… View this story
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Friday, November 27, 2009
PSW Staff 11/27/09 07:30 PM, 0 CommentsRental firm Idea Musica Service of Latina in central Italy recently provided a DiGiCo SD8 digital console and DiGiRack to meet the criteria of a sound design conceived by AudioProgetti of Cavenago Brianza (Milan) for the latest concert tour by Italian singer/songwriter Gianluca Grignani. AudioProgetti Technical Manager Gabel Guagliumi explains the design: “Idea Musica’s brief was to put together a complete touring control system with 56 input channels and 24 outputs, a single core for audio input\conversion (avoiding the additional… View this story
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Friday, November 20, 2009
PSW Staff 11/20/09 09:46 AM, 0 CommentsQ. How did you get started in the business? John Kerns: I played in bands when I was young. We owned our own small PA and then I moved to California and started doing studio stuff for a little while. I just sort of lucked into the live thing. Q. How long have you worked on A-level tours like No Doubt, doing big stadium shows? JK: Since 1986 or 87 for arena/shed type tours. This is my fourth tour with… View this story
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Friday, November 06, 2009
PSW Staff 11/06/09 08:09 AM, 1 CommentPearl Jam, now back on the road in support of new release “Backspacer”, is utilizing EAW MicroWedge MW12 stage monitors selected by the band’s long-time Monitor Engineer Karrie Keyes and provided by Rat Sound Systems of Oxnard, CA. Among the challenges Keyes faces this tour are limited stage space, very loud stage volume and meeting the individual sound preferences of each of the musicians. The goal is to have no “pockets” on stage without sound, with lead singer Eddie Vedder… View this story
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