Engineers and Drummers
Drum mic tips for audio engineers who are not drummers from one who is.
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New Gear: October 2023
CAD Audio’s WX1000 Series Wireless Systems, and more new gear from 1 Sound, Alcons, Alto, Avid, Celestion, Clear-Com, DirectOut, Drawmer, Dynacord, Eartec, EAW, Lavoce, LD Systems, Rational Acoustics, RCF, Rupert Neve Designs, Shure and Yamaha
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Counting Crows: Banshee Season Tour 2023
Photojournalist Steve Jennings catches up with the audio crew of the band’s Banshee Season 2023 tour towards the end of its four-month run.
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Slightly Stoopid: From Stadiums to Street Festivals
These cool reggae rockers recently wrapped their Summertime 2023 tour with Sublime with Rome and others. Here’s our take on the action.
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A Look at Festivals Around the World
Outdoor festivals came back in a big and chaotic way in 2022. By 2023, festivals got even busier as pandemic concerns became a memory. Here’s a look back at seven events from around the world.
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Recent House of Worship Projects
With the current boom in audio upgrades, we visit some church installs with an eye towards improved musicality and vocal intelligibility where the word is all-important.
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‘Back to the Future’ Comes to Broadway
This blockbuster Sci-Fi classic film comes to the Broadway stage as a musical romp. Bryan Reesman chats with sound designer Gareth Owen about the project
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Top-of-the-Line Handheld Condenser Microphones
Dynamic microphones are the workhorse of the industry, but condenser models can provide that perfect balance of power, clarity and vocal detail for your production.
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Perspectives on JBL’s SRX900 Series
Three regional audio providers speak out on how they are employing JBL Professional’s SRX900 rigs in their daily operations.
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WMAS: Wireless Multi-Channel Audio Systems
Steve La Cerra looks into this proposed solution for the current RF channel crunch and why this may be the future of wireless audio systems.
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Teaching Mic Technique
Performers that cup or pop mics can create havoc for sound engineers. But rather than look for some new plug-in or technology solution, John McJunkin suggests that few minutes working with the vocalist can reap huge benefits.
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Unions: Both Sides Now
An agreement has finally been reached. Shortly before that happened, Baker Lee pondered about the effect of trade unions — particularly IATSE — and how it affects our industry.
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