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Thursday, August 30, 2012
PSW Staff
08/30/12 08:10 AM,
Although Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers have certainly seen their share of North American roads over the past three and a half decades, the group hit the road again in 2012 for a tour which included its first run of European shows in 20 years. Despite the change of scenery, one thing that remained constant throughout the trek was the use of an L-Acoustics K1 loudspeaker system specified by Petty and The Heartbreakers’ longtime FOH engineer, Robert Scovill. Preceded by…
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Sunday, May 23, 2010
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05/23/10 11:06 AM,
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Southern California-based Sound Image has now joined the list of North American L-Acoustics K1/KUDO Pilot Program companies. At the request of Robert Scovill, Tom Petty’s longtime front of house engineer, Sound Image took delivery of L-Acoustics’ K Standard package comprised of 48 K1 and 36 KUDO enclosures, 24 K1-SB and 24 SB28 subs, plus accompanying LA-RAK amplified controller racks. The system is currently in pre-production rehearsals for Petty’s upcoming MOJO Tour, which kicks off on June 1 at Red Rocks…
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Wednesday, April 07, 2010
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04/07/10 10:55 AM,
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Recording engineer/producer Ryan Ulyate, who has worked closely Tom Petty and Mike Campbell since 2005, was chosen to compile and organize the individual songs from over 250 Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers concerts from their over thirty years together. After selecting only the “A+” material with Petty and Campbell, he then mixed five CDs-worth of material. The challenge, aside from sheer volume, was to obtain a consistent sound from recordings spread across three decades made by different engineers using vastly…
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