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Todd Rundgren’s “Clearly Human” Tour Goes Clear-Com in First-of-its-Kind Hybrid Show Experience
Todd Rundgren’s “Clearly Human” Tour Goes Clear-Com in First-of-its-Kind Hybrid Show Experience
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Business
Restart-19 COVID Concert Experiment Shares Results
According to the results of an experiment in Germany, indoor sports and cultural events including music concerts could return soon—under the right conditions.
Live
Billy Strings’ Drive-In Tour Rolls On
Bluegrass sensation Billy Strings’ “Meet Me at the Drive-In” tour is on the move, playing socially distanced drive-in venues like Wilkes-Barre’s Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza.
International
Providing Socially Distanced Concert Sound in Belgium
The Studio 100 Pop-Up Theatre in Belgium usually hosts 2,000 spectators, but is now holding concerts for 200 spread across the same space.
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Scientists Hold Concerts to Determine How to Bring Shows Back
Researchers in Germany recently held three concerts in a single day to investigate how the coronavirus is likely transmitted in group settings. The team hopes to use the data gleaned from the event to create guidelines for governmental agencies...
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Hellooo TV Streams Live with DiGiCo
Hellooo TV, the brainchild of live sound engineer Erik Rogers and producer and documentary photographer Paris Visone, is delivering weekly streamed music performances using touring gear from DiGiCo
The Wire
Riedel and RRN Deliver Remote Mastering Service for Live-Streamed Peter Maffay Concert
WUPPERTAL, Germany — May 27, 2020 — Riedel Communications and Remote Recording Network (RRN) today announced their collaboration on a unique remote mastering service for a live-streamed concert performed by Peter Maffay and local musicians from Steintor-Varietè in Halle,...
Post and Broadcast
Collaboration Offers Livestream Mastering
A live-streamed concert performed in Halle, Germany underwent remote mastering by Peter Brandt from Studio Boecker in Cologne.
Live
Miking to Meet Bjork’s Vision
When avant garde songstress Bjork envisioned Cornucopia, 50-piece choirs and invented instruments in an immersive audio landscape was only the beginning.
Business
Live Sound Pro Recovering from COVID-19
Freelance audio pro Joe McGrath is recovering from a near-death experience after contracting COVID-19 on the job.
Post and Broadcast
Rio Rocks Over Lawo IP
The biggest stars in music played Rock in Rio, but the broadcast mix for pay TV was handled nine miles away using IP infrastructure based on technology from Lawo.
Live
Creating China’s Spectacular Chapel of Sound
Beijing-based OPEN Architecture is putting the finishing touches on its spectacular Chapel of Sound — a boulder-shaped concert hall in a rocky valley at the foot of Jinshanling Great Wall.
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Wrangling the RF of David Byrne’s American Utopia
David Byrne’s American Utopia tour is playing Broadway through February, featuring a massive band that is mobile throughout the performance, thanks to RF wizardry.
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Madix Bangs the Drum for DPA
Diablo Digital co-founder and FOH engineer Brad Madix relies on a range of DPA microphones to help deliver pristine percussion to audiences.
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L-Acoustics helped ‘achieve something special’ on Celine Dion tour
The French company's K1 and K2 supported Celine Dion's longtime audio provider Solotech in achieving consistent sound throughout venues
Live
Buy tickets now for Paul MacCallum benefit concert
Concert organisers have announced that the benefit concert, which will help fund MacCallum's medical bills, will sell the remainder of its tickets on the night
Live
Mixing Monitors for ‘Bowie In Berlin’
A series of classical music-styled concerts celebrating David Bowie's 'Berlin Trilogy' led to complicated monitoring needs.
Live
JoeCo Captures Teenage Cancer Trust Concerts
JoeCo recorders used to preserve charity shows by Nile Rodgers & CHIC, Kasabian and Def Leppard.
Live
QSC Invades Southwest Invasion in Austin
QSC gear ensured that more than 12,000 attendees heard every note at Southwest Invasion
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Live Aid — July 13, 1985
By Clive Young. There had never been anything quite like it—sure, there’d been George Harrison's Concert for Bangladesh and the No Nukes shows of 1979, but this was something else entirely. It was the biggest charity concert of all-time,...
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