Take a live event for 1,000,000 people, add in winter weather, hundreds of VIPs and Secret Service checks, and this is one tough gig, but for the pros at Maryland Sound, it’s just another day on the job. Interchangeable mic heads for wireless systems Steve La Cerra offers some techniques and advice for keeping your gear healthy and happy. Winter is usually a slow season, but downtime is a good time to do a little preventative maintenance. Thanks to a $2 million overhaul, a 1926 vaudeville house/movie palace, (and later) 1960s psychedelic rock palace in Port Chester, NY is reborn again as a music venue. Dan Daley ponders the question of what these changing demographics mean for the future of the industry. Of last year’s top-ten global tours, six artists were over 50 years old. All share a need to send a clear message to their parishioners. Here’s a look at a dozen recent sound-for-sanctuary upgrades serving congregations from a few hundred to thousands. We joined the 100,000 or so music and audio pros who made the annual trek to Anaheim to see (and hear) the hot new products at Winter NAMM. Last month, David Morgan arrived in Moscow to mix a 45-minute one-off with Cher performing at a private party, and things seemed to go pretty well. They say you can’t have your sound budget and your acoustic system, too. The icing: the price is tailored to medium-sized productions. Serve your audience the legendary L-ACOUSTICS sonic signature and rider friendliness.
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L-ACOUSTICS WST® technology is now packaged in two enclosures perfectly arrayable into a constant curvature line source with no destructive interference typical of trapezoidal cabinets. Inside the convention center we found plenty of hot new products for sound reinforcement applications. Some 100,000 music and audio pros made the annual trek to Anaheim for Winter NAMM, where even a few downpours couldn’t dampen their spirit. 5 Death Toll Rises to 238 5 Gets Wireless Assist