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The December 2023 Digital Edition

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December 2023

Please, Santa…

I was truly inspired this month by the interview with 2024 Parnelli Awards Audio Innovator honoree Buford Jones, who after decades of touring with top artists, shifted perspectives and turned to helping others learn the craft.

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The Live Side of AES NY 2023

Celebrating the organization’s 75th anniversary (it was founded in 1948), the 155th convention of the Audio Engineering Society took place Oct. 25-27 at New York City’s Jacob Javits Convention Center. Here are a few products that caught our attention.

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New Gear, December 2023

Audio Precision APx516B Audio Analyzer, CODA CiRAY Line Array, Earthworks SR5117 Capsule for Sennheiser Wireless, EAW SM12 Stage Monitor, Enova NXT Cables, Flex Rental Solutions Flex StaffingPlus, L-Acoustics LC16D Multichannel Network Audio Converter, PreSonus Expands CDL Speaker Line, Sommer Cable SC-Mercator Cat.6a Proflex and TASCAM Sonicview Console Version 1.5

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Buford Jones, Audio Innovator

After 47 years of mixing arenas and stadiums for ZZ Top, David Bowie, George Harrison, Pink Floyd, Linda Ronstadt, James Taylor, Jackson Browne, Faith Hill and many others, Buford’s only “attitude” is a quest for excellence and a desire to help others in the industry.

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Sam Boone: Engineering the System

We chat with this young systems engineer with Carolina roots who — after plenty of hard work and dedication in just a short period of time — has established herself as a consummate professional fascinated with the science of sound.

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‘Merrily We Roll Along’

This Stephen Sondheim musical returns to Broadway, starring Daniel Radcliffe of Harry Potter fame. We talk with award-winning sound designer Kai Harada about the audio production.

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