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So Led Zeppelin's reunion gig - did here anyone go? Are you "Big Mick" Hughes? Audiotechnews would love it if you were; you and your wife.
Robert Plant's personal sound engineer, Roy Williams, was on the desk too! I suppose it was a case of one hand each on the desk, and the remaining digits meeting to form a bond of fear and mutual respect. Yes ATN means holding hands.
Pro Sound News reports this.
As Big Mick admitted afterwards, "The pressure for this gig was definitely on!"
With that in mind, audio for the show was supplied by various [ read more.. ]
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Ableton are taking 'Live' on the road and offering some freebies, advice and deals to all attendees of the show.
Ableton is pleased to announce an exciting opportunity for all musicians, producers, DJs and composers! This October, the company are launching a series of events across the South and Midlands showcasing their Live software. (Scotland and the North of England will get their own tour soon – dates to be announced). The events are designed to introduce Ableton's software to any DJs and producers who are unfamiliar with the product, [ read more.. ]
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Cheshire hire company, The Audio Group, recently employed Allen & Heath’s iLive digital system to manage a festival for M.A.D Sound and Lighting near Aberystwyth, Wales.
Comprising an iDR10 mix rack and iLive-80 control surface, the system was driven by Front of house man James Jewry audio for the 2-day event at Pafiliwnbont in Pontrhydfendigaid, which featured 10 top Welsh bands including Huw Chiswel, Sibrydion and Radio Luxemburg.
Audio Group’s director, Paul Adamson, said:
“We have been looking to purchase a digital audio system [ read more.. ]
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This tour is turning out to be pretty cool actually. Don't get me wrong, I'm working like a trooper, but getting a lot of laughs in between.
I'm not really sure who this girl on the left is, but she seemed to work at one of the venues, and obviously didn't want her picture taken.
Wonder how that worked out for her.
Shout outs should definitely go to my tour family, who I sort of miss on the very welcome days off. I wouldn't want to embarrass anyone by naming names, so I'll just say that they're all great, a pleasure to work with, and really [ read more.. ]
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And so it is, and has come to pass, as it has been before, and will come to pass again, that Audiotechnews is off on tour. Bitchin' schedules mean I only get to use free WiFi for around HALF of the 24 hours that calendar days give us, so don't expect miracles.
The first few dates are already behind us, and we're already into the swing of things. Gladly, Cheltenham Town Hall is out of the way, and can keep its slapback reverbs. No thanks, I've done Arenas you know!! ;)
Out in the party town of Llandudno, Venue Cymru served us well, and thanks [ read more.. ]
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The owners of the Scala nightclub in King’s Cross, London, decided the sound system in the main area needed an upgrade. So what do they go for?
I'll give you a hint. Whoever installed the new rig came out looking like a Smurf.
Yup - Turbosound.
This from ET Now
The original Turbosound Floodlight loudspeaker system was stacked on the stage so for the new system, a flown array was the way forward.
Jeff Woodford of LMC Audio Systems specified the Aspect TA-500 three-way point source enclosure with the two-way mid-high TA-500HM hung undern [ read more.. ]
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EDIROL is still in shoving around in the moshpit of field recording technology, and with its new R-44, the company has its most compact, powerful and lightweight recorder to date.
It’s taken just four years for EDIROL to establish themselves as major players in the field recorder market. The ‘R’ range of recorders has already become the industry standard and has been used in every situation requiring professional quality audio recording. Musicians, journalists, podcasters, video editors, educators and broadcasters who need crystal clear [ read more.. ]
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Somehow Audiotechnews gets quite a few requests to review Sat Nav units, which has proved to be quite handy as he has recently taken over the position as tour manager.
Putting his trust in the Panasonic Strada CN-GP50 this time, and without the aid of multimap, Audiotechnews trooped off to Sommerset last week.
Multimap wouldn't have convinced me that driving a van along narrow footpaths was the correct way to reach the venue in question. As it turns out, it was the only way, so the Strada was an absolute miracle.
The Panasonic Strada offers [ read more.. ]
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US bluesman, Joe Bonamassa, is currently on the European leg of a world tour with a PA rig based around Allen & Heath’s iLive digital mixing system and a WZ312M compact dedicated monitor mixer.
Bonamassa’s FOH engineer, Jay Phebus, recently started using an iLive system, comprising an iDR10 mix rack and iLive-112 control surface, completing an intensive 4 month tour of America, as well as exclusive dates in Holland and Russia, last autumn with the system. Impressed with the flexibility, easy load in and set up, and fantastic sound qual [ read more.. ]
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Every now and again, we like to look after our subscribers by giving them access to information that no one else can get.
In the near future, we may have something coming along which saves you money as well as helps to find you work - but we'll announce that if and when it happens.
For now though - sign up to our RSS feed to enjoy our interview with Marc Carolan - a truly big time Sound Engineer, great bloke, and someone who has achieved what many of us long to.
Wembley Stadium!
(I've done the arena, but never the stadium).
Here's a taster [ read more.. ]
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