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By Clive Young. If Barbra Streisand and The Who could do it this summer, so could Weird Al—so he did. The prince of parodies played with 41-piece orchestras every night on his recent Strings Attached tour, carrying audio gear...
By Clive Young. With classes packed, an exhibit floor filled with the latest gear and a beat-heavy keynote address by hip-hop pioneer Grandmaster Flash, the AES Convention opened in style in October.
By Clive Young. ArTecHouse, a new permanent digital art installation space, opened in September at New York City’s Chelsea Market, where its careening, AI-fueled visuals are emboldened by a sizable 30.1 immersive audio system.
By Clive Young. Grammy, Emmy and TEC Award-winning producer/engineer Ed Cherney died Monday, October 21.
By Clive Young. As always, sound reinforcement is an integral part of this year's AES Convention.
By Clive Young. The AES Convention opens today in New York, bringing with it everything audio, from the latest gear to unsurpassed educational opportunities.
By Clive Young. The Broadway smash mashes up more than 70 pop songs to create the ultimate jukebox musical. Sound designer Peter Hylenski shares how the audio team met that challenge head on.
Trade organization debuts with a dozen founding manufacturers onboard
By Clive Young. Every AES show delivers new surprises, people, gear and experiences, and this year’s edition, taking place Oct. 16–19 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City, will be no exception.
By Clive Young. Colleen Harper, the new executive director of the Audio Engineering Society, shares how the AES is changing to provide more value and education to members, foster greater diversity, and embrace modern music genres and audio technologies.
By Clive Young. Pro Sound News presents its annual overview of the live sound world, examining how the industry is powering new trends and reacting to changing developments.
By Clive Young. The home and studio of Prince’s musical director, Morris Hayes, were ravaged by fire in mid-September.
By Clive Young. David Turner, monitor engineer for country artist Josh Turner, was killed Wednesday night when a crew tour bus left Highway 46 East 20 minutes outside of Paso Robles and drove off a 50-foot embankment into a...
By Clive Young. The site where the first country music hit was recorded stands at the center of a legal battle in Atlanta that pits local preservationists against a major resort developer. At stake is nothing less than a...
By Clive Young. Andy Munitz, pro audio product manager at Sony North America, discusses product development, new offerings and the privilege of being part of the pro audio industry.
By Clive Young. Collecting and using metadata—information associated with a recording that denotes technical specs, creative information and a list of people involved in a recording’s creation—is an issue that has dogged the industry since consumers began shifting to...
More than 54,000 people came out to the decade-old ribfest, getting their fill of food and music via a Yorkville Sound PA.
By Clive Young. The MI/Pro Audio manufacturer aims to clear out a warehouse filled with $12 million worth of Crest Audio and Architectural Acoustics gear, guitars, portable PAs, consoles, woodworking tools, parts inventory, raw materials and more.
By Clive Young. Paul Tapper, CEO of NUGEN Audio, shares how a PhD in pure mathematics, a background in programming and being in the right place at the right time brought NUGEN to life.
By Clive Young. The site where the first country-music hit was recorded is likely to be demolished, making way for the garbage-loading area of a Jimmy Buffett’s Margaritaville hotel.
By Clive Young. A pillar of punk and indie recording, Inner Ear Studio lost an estimated $10,000 in specific gear to a discerning thief.
By Clive Young. The global Pro AV market is skyrocketing, and audio has a surprising place in that picture.
By Clive Young. Concerts are scientifically proven to be good for your health; now they're becoming less bad for the Earth, too.
By Clive Young. Studio pro awaits transplants after twist of fate.
By Clive Young. Recording equipment, guitars and more belonging to the late Walter Becker of Steely Dan will soon go up for auction.
By Clive Young. Music teacher-turned-Grammy winning engineer Jack Renner co-founded Telarc in 1977.
By Clive Young. In 2017, Equi=Tech faced a perfect storm of challenges, including the death of founder Martin Glasband. Now with his sister Jan leading a determined team of pros, the company is moving forward in new directions.
By Clive Young. Every year, InfoComm is a magnet that attracts AV industry movers and shakers, and this year’s edition was no different.
By Clive Young. The new Statue of Liberty Museum makes effective use of modern AV technology, as evidenced by the lump in your throat.
Jessica Paz, co-sound designer for Hadestown, became both the first woman to nominated for and also the first to win a Tony Award for Sound Design.
By Clive Young. The meth bust, valued at $835 million U.S., is the largest in Australian history.
By Clive Young. Tons of new live sound products are debuting at InfoComm away from the exhibition floor. Here's just some of them...
By Clive Young. Headed to InfoComm this week? Don’t lurk in the shadows—hit Center Stage.
By Clive Young. While podcasting has been around for 15 years, it’s only in the last few that the format has exploded.
Andy Farrow, global sales director for UK-based loudspeaker manufacturer Celestion, discusses how the 95-year-old company stays on the cutting edge.
By Clive Young. A perusal through social media takes the curious into the home studio of Twenty One Pilots vocalist Tyler Joseph.
By Clive Young. The performance was one of the first inside New York City’s $475 million venue, The Shed.
By Clive Young. New book will chronicle rock legend’s efforts to champion high-quality streaming audio, the failed Pono player and more.
By Clive Young. This year's Tony Award nominations for Best Sound Design for plays and musicals have been announced.
By Clive Young. The process of getting to tomorrow’s technologies and standards is usually messy, with wrong yet logical turns and, conversely, insightful leaps of faith—which means the adoption of new technology is often a very human process.
By Clive Young. The musical icon has put his house on the market, providing a glimpse of the home studio where his most recent albums were recorded.
By Clive Young. Pop-Punk pioneers Too Much Joy reunited with mix specialist Michael James for the band's new reunion single.
By Clive Young. While AMBEO is often mentioned in the same breath as AR and VR, it wasn’t initially created with those uses in mind.
Bob Brennan, founder of Reflex Marketing, reflects on the long-running rep firm’s history; why the dealer, manufacturer and rep firm have to be equals; and the value of training.
By Clive Young. Thieves stole $70,000 of gear from producer/engineer Tucker Martine; now friends are stepping in to help with a benefit show in June.
By Clive Young. Thieves stole vintage mics, amps and guitars from Grammy-nominated producer/engineer Tucker Martine's nearly completed studio. Now efforts are underway to help Martine, who's worked with R.E.M., Death Cab for Cutie, The Decemberists and others, recover.
