Live Gear
FCC Enacts WMAS Rules, Allowing More ‘Spectrally Efficient’ Wireless Mics
The Federal Communications Commission enacted new rules today, allowing for the use of Wireless Multi-Channel Audio Systems (WMAS).
Live Sound
Live Sound
The Full Mic Package at Elevation Church
Justin Whisnant, audio director of Elevation Church in North Carolina, tackled a number of mic issues with multiple DPA microphone solutions.
Live Sound
Reimagining the P.A.
Reimage Church in Winterville, N.C., recently upgraded its sound reinforcement system
Live Gear
Shure Makes Most of Grammys
Last week’s Grammy Awards ceremony, broadcast live from Los Angeles’ Crypto.com Arena, featured countless hitmakers, performing or accepting honors for their work.
Live Sound
Allen & Heath Heads to the Stars
The Laupheim Planetarium outside Ulm, Germany recently updated its audio system to a 7.2 configuration.
Live Sound
TX HOW Adds Immersive IEM Mixes
San Antonio’s 3,500-capacity Community Bible Church recently upped its IEM game, adding immersive monitors for the praise band.
Live Sound
Mixing Monitors for PJ Harvey
PJ Harvey recently hit the road with a number of her longtime live sound engineers and UK-based audio provider Skan.
Live Sound
Hanoi’s Ho Guom Opera Expands Acoustic Options
The new Ho Guom Opera in Hanoi, Vietnam features aural environments created by a Meyer Sound Constellation acoustic system.
Live Gear
Electro-Voice’s ZLX Loudspeaker Hits 1m Mark
EV's one-millionth ZLX—which recently rolled off the production line—was brought to this year’s NAMM Show for a homecoming.
Business
Coldplay, MIT Live Music Climate Change Report Due in June 2024
Academia and the music business are joining forces to reduce the environmental impact of live music events.
International
Ultra Events Updates with d&b
South Africa-based live production house Ultra Events recently upgraded its system rental offerings with the addition of a d&b audiotechnik AL90 system.
Business
L-Acoustics and d&b Team to Develop Software Platform
Though competitors in the marketplace, L-Acoustics and d&b audiotechnik are co-developing a new software platform, Milan Manager.
Blog
Live Sound Lives at NAMM Show 2024
If you live for live sound, there's no better place to be this month than the NAMM Show in Anaheim—and here's why!
Live Sound
World Changers Church Changes To Outline
World Changers Church International recently updated the audio system in its domed worship facility with Outline GTO cabinets.
Live Sound
Mixing Depeche Mode’s Memento Mori World Tour
Depeche Mode continues to bring its music to the masses on the year-long Memento Mori tour, with help from Britannia Row.
Live Sound
First Avenue Goes First with L Series Install
Minneapolis’ First Avenue club may have been immortalized in Prince’s "Purple Rain," but that doesn’t mean it's stuck in the Eighties.
Live Sound
Bell Brings It All Back Home
FOH engineer/production manager Joshua Anderson manned an Allen & Heath dLive console nightly on the Kaylee Bell tour.
Live Sound
Andorra’s Ski Party Culture Gets Audio Upgrade
Living it up while the snow comes down—that's the environment that L’Abarset's new d&b system has to encourage.
Live Sound
L-Acoustics Packs Fuente de Vida with Sound
Tampico, Mexico’s Fuente de Vida church recently installed a new audio system to fix issues with sound coverage and intelligibility.
Live Sound
Oakland’s Historic Paramount Theatre Updates Audio
Oakland’s Paramount Theatre, a vintage, 3,000-plus capacity movie palace, recently updated its audio systems.
Business
Focusrite Acquires OutBoard and TiMax
With the acquisition of OutBoard and TiMax, the two brands are expected to collaborate with fellow Focusrite brand Martin Audio.
Live Sound
Inside the Audio Sphere, Part 2
U2 FOH engineer Joe O'Herlihy recounts his first impressions of Sphere's incredible audio.
Live Sound
Wolf Performance Hall Upgrades Audio
Ontario’s Wolf Performance Hall recently upgraded to a full EM Acoustics sound solution.
Live Sound
IPS Updates Audio at The Crossing
Chattanooga’s The Crossing Church needed a new P.A. and turned to Franklin, TN-based Integrated Production Solutions to design a system.
Live Sound
2023 CMA Touring Awards Nominees Named
This year’s nominees for the CMA Touring Awards have been named, including in various live sound-related categories.
Live Sound
Inside the Audio Sphere, Part 1
Advanced technologies make for seamless flexibility, from chest-thumping rock ‘n’ roll to 360-degree multimedia extravaganzas
Live Gear
DAS Audio Gives Back to Miami-Dade Community
DAS Audio joined forces with Miami’s Young Musicians Unite organization to help benefit young musicians in 40 schools across South Florida.
Live Sound
On the Move With My Morning Jacket
My Morning Jacket spent most of 2023 on the move—which was fine with FOH engineer Ryan Pickett as he marked his 20th year mixing...
Live Sound
RBD To Wrap Up 54-Show Reunion Tour
Latin pop superstars RBD wrap up their reunion tour this weekend, ending the 54-show trek mixed throughout on an Allen & Heath dLive rig...
Live Sound
Mixing The Mavericks’ Road-Ready Revelry
The Mavericks may just be America's best party band, wowing crowds with their killer, turn-on-a-dime mix of Country, Tejano, Rock and everything else—which keeps...
Live Sound
Mixing U2’s Mighty Sound for the Sphere, Part 2
In Part 2 of our U2 Sphere coverage, Joe O'Herlihy, the band's legendary FOH engineer, shares how he prepped for the Sphere shows, recounts...
Live Sound
Mixing U2’s Mighty Sound for the Sphere
A team of legends—U2, FOH engineer Joe O’Herlihy and producer Steve Lillywhite—re-imagine ‘Achtung Baby’ for Las Vegas' multi-billion-dollar Sphere.
Live Sound
Mixing Megadeth Live
Bringing Megadeth's explosive sound to the masses on the road are engineers Stanley Soares and Chris Rakestraw, aided by a slew of Waves plug-ins.
Business
Rational Acoustics, Eclipse Audio Team To Develop
A new agreement between Rational Acoustics and Eclipse Audio finds both companies collaborating on Smaart product line.
Live Sound
John Mayer Makes the Most of Solo Acoustic Arena Tour
John Mayer’s busy year included spring and fall solo arena tours, sandwiching in the final summer run of Dead & Company.
Business
Solotech Gets New Investor
International event and touring powerhouse Solotech has added CDPQ as a shareholder.
Live Sound
Thomas Rhett Tour Has A ‘Home Team’ Advantage
Country star Thomas Rhett's 'Home Team 23' tour used one of the most complex networking systems yet devised for a concert tour, unifying the...
Business
Sonic Destruction: L-Acoustics Demolishes Counterfeit P.A. Systems
L-Acoustics held a “destruction event” to dispose of counterfeit audio gear headed to recycling.
Live Sound
Around the World with Andre Rieu
Andre Rieu and his orchestra take classical music’s greatest hits out of the symphony hall and into the hockey arenas.
Business
Clair Global Spins Out Cohesion as Stand-Alone Installation Brand
Clair Global's proprietary Cohesion label has now been made its own stand-alone brand in the installation and integration space
Live Gear
Guns N’ Roses Roll with Austrian Audio
When FOH engineer Dave Natale joined Guns n' Roses' world tour, he brought along some favorite mics for the ride.
Live Sound
Jazz at Lincoln Center Updates with Nadia
The Appel Room inside New York City’s Jazz at Lincoln Center recently celebrated being the first venue to install a Meyer Sound Nadia platform.