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Blue enCORE 100 |
Blue Microphones, which has a track record in professional and studio recording, has launched the enCORE series for the live events market. The enCORE 100, 200 and 300 models are designed and priced for any live application from the rehearsal space and coffee shop to the auditorium and stadium.
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 Electro-Voice released LAPS V2.2A; this new version of LAPS, the Electro-Voice line array modeling and design program, is available for free download from the EV Web site.
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 A new swivel bracket extends the flexibility of Alcons LR7 micro pro-ribbon line-array system. With its new swivel yoke, up to five LR7 cabinets in stand-configuration and up to seven LR7 cabinets in flown configuration can be stand- or truss-mounted with the new BRK5LR7 unit.
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 The designers at SKB have developed a new Soft Case to accommodate powered speakers. More than a soft bag, the new 1SKB-SCPS1 is made with a rigid core that is encompassed by 600 Denier exterior.
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 Midas’ latest software upgrade for the XL8 Live Performance System, free to XL8 owners, includes a comprehensive new feature set targeted specifically at theatrical applications.
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 Focusrite’s eight channel pre-amp, the OctoPre MkII, features eight channels of Focusrite pre-amplification and a built-in 24-bit/96 kHz ADAT output, serving as a low-cost input upgrade for a Pro Tools system or digital audio workstation.
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Audio-Technica AT4080 and AT4081 |
Audio-Technica’s first-ever ribbon microphones, the AT4080 and AT4081 Bidirectional Active Ribbon Microphones, are part of A-T’s expanding 40 Series. The hand-built microphones feature a ribbon transducer designed for durability, high SPL capability and audio quality.
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Soundcraft Si1 digital live sound console |
The Soundcraft Si1 digital live sound console is the latest addition to the Si Series family, the third model in the Si line. The Si1 is 1,200mm wide and has a U.K. list price under £14,000, or about $23,000. The Si1 has 32 mic inputs mapped on 16 faders, and with four dedicated Stereo Line channels, four dedicated FX Returns from the four stereo Lexicon FX processors can mix up to 48 inputs.
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When was a teenager I lived just a few blocks from the local elementary school and we used to go over there on weekends, hop the fence and play basketball. We went there for a few reasons, It was close. It was a “real” court and much better than someone’s driveway and 8-foot hoops made us feel like NBA stars even though we all pretty much sucked.
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Patrick Stump, Pete Wentz, Kyle Chirnside, Andy Hurley and Joe Trohman |
For the past five years, Fall Out Boy FOH engineer Kyle Chirnside has been manning the controls. For the band’s current world tour, Chirnside is turning to the Midas PRO6.
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Steve Winwood and Eric Clapton |
It could be argued that FOH mixer Robert Collins has seen some of the greatest live rock ‘n’ roll shows ever. Actually, that would be a short debate, since Collins has stood in front of a laundry list of legends over the past number of decades, including this past summer’s run of 14 shows in the States with Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood.
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For a PDF of the September 2009 FOH Buyers Guide, CLICK HERE.
The days of hauling tons of copper around to get the audio signal from the stage to the console are rapidly fading. This short chart will give you an idea of what is out there that will let you carry a good reel of Cat5 cable instead of a giant multi-core snake.
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 I have a great deal of respect for the QSC name. After all, they have been building rock solid amplifiers and gear for decades. The high quality of their products has made them one of the icons of the sound biz. That said, whenever I review equipment from the big boys I tend to put that gear under a microscope. So, now that you know where I am coming from with regards to this review, let’s go.
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 Unless you’ve been living in a cave somewhere for the last year or so, chances are you’ve at least heard about and probably have been impacted in some way by the changing regulatory landscape for wireless mics and monitoring systems.
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 The votes were tallied, and some were close, some not so much … but the readers of FOH have chosen the best regional pro audio companies in North America. There are new faces and repeat “offenders.” One has been at it a little more then three years, another is celebrating a 30th anniversary. All have a passion for audio, an inimitable story, and a dedication to their clients so powerful that their peers — including competitors — were compelled to take time to nominate them and vote for them as best in their region.
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 I’m a 20+ year employee of Clair Global working for a popular Cuban born Miami resident and her 15 piece band as A2. (I’ll leave out her name to avoid litigation, but you can probably guess). We brought some gear with us (Board groups, etc), and got some locally (stacks and racks). We also carried a 45k.v.a. Transformer to interface with local 220 volt power (mostly generators).
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An Alternate Look at the Sensaphonics 3D Active Ambient PM System
In the December 2007 issue of FOH magazine, Bill Evans presented a review of the Sensaphonics 3D Active Ambient Personal Monitor System (www.sensaphonics.com). For the complete nuts and bolts of the system you can refer to that review, but this month in On the Digital Edge we’re going to revisit Sensaphonics’ technology from a slightly different perspective.
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When Bill Sheppell flew home to Ohio in mid-June, he was looking for a little R&R before undertaking what was to have been the gig of the year, if not the decade, as FOH mixer for Michael Jackson’s 50-night This Is It stand at London’s O2 arena, likely to be followed up by a world tour with the same massive stage and troupe.
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A lot of commentary I have heard is that many modern consoles do not have the warmth or fidelity that classic analog circuitry consoles do have. Yeah, many of these consoles are digital and the flexibility in the digital realm is hard to argue for the money invested. But are there tricks and techniques that we can employ to warm up these cold sounding consoles?
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 Despite all of our expertise and experience, we live in a world where entropy appears to be the norm and there is no real assurance that our endeavors will lead to success. Without bloviating or waxing poetic regarding our collective attempts to manipulate and control chaos, Murphy’s Law simply states, “Anything that can go wrong will go wrong.”
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