The Wire
DPA Tapped for Lord Huron’s New Album
Brand’s Mics Ensure Indie Rock Band’s Fans Get the Ultimate Sound Experience
Live Sound
Business
Pro Sound News’ Top 5 Stories of 2021 (So Far)
As we bring the PSN website to a close, here’s our Top 5 most popular articles of 2021 so far, as ranked by Google Analytics.
Business
PRO SOUND NEWS MOVES TO MIX
Pro Sound News and Mix are merging—here's how to keep getting the best pro-audio news in the business!
Gear and Technology
d&b audiotechnik Launches D40 Amplifier
d&b audiotechnik has unveiled its new D40 four-channel Class D mobile amplifier.
Blogs
Find Your Next Gig Now! The Complete ‘Sounding Board’ Series
This limited series by audio industry veteran Mike Dias shows you specifically how to career network in the pro audio industry; this is not generic, ‘one size fits all’ advice from someone who doesn’t know a cable snake from...
Live
Opera Takes a Field Trip with Lectrosonics
Chicago Opera Theater live-streamed La Hija de Rappaccini, a contemporary opera based on a Nathaniel Hawthorne story composed by Daniel Catán, this past April.
Blogs
Sounding Board: Community Is Why We Network
Audio industry veteran Mike Dias closes out his 'pro-audio career networking' column with some final thoughts and thank-yous.
Live
Brooklyn Bowl Nashville is Ready to Roll
The pandemic brought live music to a halt on March 12, 2020—the night before Brooklyn Bowl Nashville's grand opening. Here's how Music City's newest venue survived to finally open this month.
Live
RAT Rolls L-Acoustics into The Vermont Hollywood
Los Angeles' latest venue, The Vermont Hollywood, sports North America’s first fixed installation of the new L-Acoustics K3 enclosure.
Gear and Technology
EAW Launches NTX Line Array, SBX Subwoofer
Eastern Acoustic Works has unveiled its new NTX Series Line Array and SBX Series Subwoofer.
Business
White Paper Explores Reopening Live Events Safely
A new white paper, “Reopening Live Events Safely: An Industry View,” looks at how to keep production pros safe as the industry reopens.
Gear and Technology
Work Pro Audio Launches Entar Loudspeakers
Spanish manufacturer Equipson’s Work Pro Audio brand has launched its new Entar Series, a range of two-way professional loudspeakers intended for the installation and live sound markets.
Business
View From the Top: Philippe Depallens, VP/GM, Ultimate Ears Pro
Philippe Depallens, vice president and general manager of Ultimate Ears Pro, discusses his journey guiding one of the best-known IEM brands.
Business
Music Climate Revolution Launches as Touring Resumes
Reverb, a musician-led environmental nonprofit, has launched Music Climate Revolution, a campaign to help bands shrink the environmental footprint of their tours.
Gear and Technology
Sennheiser Launches Evolution Wireless Digital Series
Taking aim at the entry-level wireless mic market, Sennheiser has introduced its Evolution Wireless Digital series of live sound microphones, which are managed using an app-based workflow.
Blogs
Why are PSN and Mix Merging?
You may have heard about what’s happening here at PSN. It’s big: Pro Sound News and Mix are merging.
Live
Live Sound Reawakens As U.S. Tours Return
As U.S. tours cautiously start to hit the road in June, a whole new post-pandemic production world awaits.
Gear and Technology
Shure Updates SLX-D Digital Wireless System
Shure has announced new updates for its SLX-D Digital Wireless System via its Wireless Workbench 6 software and ShurePlus Channels app.
Live
Tennis Center Reinvented as Music Bowl
When the CT Tennis Center on the Yale University campus became the Westville Music Bowl, changes were no doubt in store for the 10,000-capacity venue.
International
Moscow’s Izvestiнa Hall Reopens
Moscow’s Izvestiнa Hall recently hosted rock band Affinage, bringing in outside audio support for the band's stop on its nationwide post-pandemic tour.
Business
d&b Group Launches d&b solutions
d&b Group has founded a new business, d&b solutions, which will provide end-to-end installation and production solutions.
Gear and Technology
Adamson Launches IS-Series Weatherized Line, Updated Tools
Adamson Systems Engineering has released a slew of new products, including its new line of IS-Series Weatherized installation loudspeakers and updated design tools.
Business
EAW Brings MKD Speaker Production Back to U.S.
Eastern Acoustic Works has quietly brought the assembly of its MKD installation speaker line in-house to its Whitinsville, Massachusetts headquarters.
Live
Holoplot Debuts X1 Modul Matrix Array
German loudspeaker specialist Holoplot has introduced its new X1 product line, intended for providing localized and immersive audio.
HOW Sound
A LYON in The Living Room
New Life Church in Colorado Springs recently installed a new Meyer Sound LYON line array reinforcement system in its main worship space, known as The Living Room.
HOW Sound
Austin Stone Church Updates with d&b
Austin Stone Church updated the latest of its six campuses with a d&b audiotechnik Y series line array system.
Blogs
What’s It Like to Mix for 4,000 Fans in a Pandemic?
As the U.S. gets vaccinated, concerts are starting to come back—but what’s it like to mix for 4,000 fans during a pandemic?
Live
Inside a Six-Month Festival’s Pandemic Audio
OPAV has been providing sound for 350-plus concerts and events at Orlando's Frontyard Festival since December 2020.
HOW Sound
Shelter Cove Church Updates with Avid
After its old console died, Shelter Cove Community Church purchased a new Avid VENUE | S6L system through local AV provider, Floodjay Productions.
Business
Live Nation, Veeps Outfit 60-Plus Venues for Livestreaming
Live Nation Entertainment and Veeps, the livestream platform run by co-founders Joel and Benji Madden of the band Good Charlotte, have started equipping over 60 concert venues across the U.S. to offer turnkey livestreaming.
Live
Creating Spellbinding Live Sound for Harry Potter
Sound designer Gareth Fry has been using d&b audiotechnik systems on live stage productions of 'Harry Potter and The Cursed Child.'
Live
Mario Leccese, Live Sound Veteran, Passes at 60
Veteran live sound pro Mario Leccese, director of Operations for Solotech US, has died.
Gear and Technology
Peavey Ships Aureus Live Digital Mixer
First announced last summer, Peavey Electronics’ Aureus digital mixer is now shipping, offering a 10’’ multi-touch display and 59 controls.
Gear and Technology
Innovations: Martin Audio’s TORUS and DISPLAY 3
Martin Audio head Dom Harter discusses the new TORUS constant curvature array and DISPLAY 3 3D system design software.
Gear and Technology
Professional Wireless Launches Omega-16
Professional Wireless Systems has launched its new Omega-16 multizone receiver antenna distribution system.
Business
DCR Nashville Nets Paul Owen
Veteran live sound executive Paul Owen is joining full-service event production company DCR Nashville as its new president.
Blogs
Editorial: Are We There Yet?
Usually it's kids in the backseat that ask 'Are we there yet?' Now it's being asked by audio professionals who want to get back to work after a long pandemic-induced break.
Live
Kim Walker-Smith Returns to the Road
Front Porch Productions has been supplying the control package for Christian artist Kim Walker-Smith's current series of four-date mini-tours.
Live
Cincinnati’s Fountain Square Opens New Stage
ClearSound Design installs an L-Acoustics rig at Cincinnati’s new Fifth Third Center Stage.
Live
Post-Pandemic Wireless System Care: The Show Must Go ‘On’
Every wireless system is designed for some downtime—but not a full year offline. Here’s how to bring it back up to speed.
Gear and Technology
PK Sound Launches Trinity Install Line Array
PK Sound has released Trinity Install line array elements—an installation-focused version of its flagship Trinity large-format line array.
Gear and Technology
Renkus-Heinz Debuts CA/CX121M Stage Monitor
Renkus-Heinz has unveiled its new C Series compact stage monitor, available in both passive (CX121M) and powered (CA121M) models.