Just before we went to press, we heard that audio engineer / designer/ consultant extraordinaire Cal Perkins had passed away at age 80. Although his name may not be immediately familiar, his impact on an entire industry was far-reaching.
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Check out the latest from FOH’s New Products section, with a dozen new products that promise new solutions to challenges facing audio engineers.
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Roger Waters “This Is Not A Drill” Tour. When 25 trucks haul a massive video/lighting rig and 224,000 pounds of speakers, this is not your typical tour. Kevin M. Mitchell checks in with the audio crew on Waters’ latest outing, a stunning visual — and surround audio — masterpiece.
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George Thorogood’s “Good to Be Bad: 45 Years of Rock” Tour. Even after nearly a half-century, night after night, the man who’s still “Bad to the Bone” continues to thrill audiences in North America, Europe and Australia on his seemingly unceasing tour. We visit with his sound team for the inside scoop.
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“Almost Famous:” This popular cult movie has been transformed into a hit Broadway musical, and Bryan Reesman chats with Tony Award-winning sound designer Peter Hylenski about the show.
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Recent Sports Facility Projects. We visit some recent sports facility installs that reflect the trend toward musicality, vocal intelligibility and sonic impact to heighten the fan experience.
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Audio-Technica: 60 Years of Excellence. Steve Savanyu offer a rare insider’s look into how in 1962, a one-man startup in a Tokyo garage eventually became a leading force in both the consumer and professional audio markets.
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Krysten “KD” Dean. The Parnelli NextGen series profiles up-and-coming live event pros making their mark on the industry. KD’s inspiring story reflects how she parlayed hard work, church sound experience, degrees in mechanical engineering and Full Sail training into becoming an FOH and systems engineer on major tours with Eighth Day Sound.
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Dynamic Handheld Vocal Mics. Are you still using 50-year-old vocal mic designs? We present some recent models that reflect newer technologies and improved performance.
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Electro-Voice EVERSE 8. We check out this battery-powered, 400-watt two-way compact speaker that’s goes beyond the “busking market” and presents a portable (and powerful) high-performance solution in many professional sound reinforcement applications.
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Bluetooth Basics, Part 1. Steve La Cerra looks into how this 2.4 GHz RF-based
“consumer” audio streaming and data transfer platform is increasingly being employed in pro devices and presents some facts you need to know about this evolving technology.
Techs… Paid or Unpaid? You’ve done pretty well so far depending on your church’s volunteer crew, but when is the time right for some paid professional help? John McJunkin, our man in the pews, examines the issue.
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