Live Sound
Whether you’re a musician who’s building a studio or rehearsal space, setting up an audio system at a venue or house of worship, an aspiring streamer/podcaster, or a production house, the audio mixer may be the most important (and expensive) purchase you make—but with multitudes of options, you’ll want to know exactly what you need before pulling the trigger.
This guide will help you sort through the factors to consider when searching for the perfect mixer for the job. If you’ve got a case of choice paralysis when it comes to mixers, or if
JBL has announced its latest edition to the IRX-Series powered portable PA system, the IRX115S Compact Powered 15" Portable Subwoofer, which has been created to complement the IRX108BT and IRX112BT full-range powered tops. The
Mobile DJs, singers, performing musicians, and bands running their own PA systems need high-quality sound reinforcement that can reach their audiences without sacrificing portability or simplicity. So, if you want that and you're hoping to avoid lugging around a vanload of speakers, stands, and cables, you should strongly consider the Bose® GrandPrix family, which offers three L1 Pro™ line array systems and two modular subwoofers to satisfy the demands of various live performance
For those of you with more sophisticated wireless needs, check out these items from Professional Wireless Systems, now available at B&H. You may be looking to orchestrate wireless sound for large concert venues, or for multi-room facilities that require different settings for each individual space. Making these complicated connections can be difficult in the wireless world, but
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At NAMM 2020, AB takes a look at the best new Live Sound and DJ equipment at the show: new mixers, turntables, speakers, and more topped our list this year.
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You're in luck if you're a guitarist, synthesizer player, hobbyist keyboardist, professional keyboard player, live-sound engineer, or headphone-using DJ, because Korg has a bevy of new products available for you—and you can see them directly by clicking this link. There are so many products to cover, so let’s get started without any delay.
First in the spotlight are Korg’s SV-2 lines of stage pianos, complete with built-in speakers if you want to practice at home. Coming in
Based on its successful EVOLVE 50, Electro-Voice has announced the new smaller and lighter EVOLVE 30M portable column loudspeaker, just in time for the NAMM 2020 show. Whether running sound at solo shows, clubs, and coffee shops, or serving up a fresh mix for small ensembles, performing groups, or presentations, the EVOLVE 30M makes it easy to get good tone, reach your audience, and move to the next gig.
If you run sound for medium-sized live shows, houses of worship, and similar venues, getting a good sound just got a whole lot easier: Mackie just released new active loudspeakers that are durable, tunable, insanely powerful, sonically accurate, and quite easy-to-use. These speakers even stream audio over Bluetooth!
Dubbed the V-Class SRM Powered Loudspeakers, each speaker pushes 2000W of power—which is a resounding amount of sound. Their class-D amplifier circuits offer transparent limiting at the loudest levels, so you never have to suffer
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Great news for audio engineers, musicians, and home recordists! Mackie has released a bevy of new products for live sound, including ProFXv3 mixers and the SRM-Flex wireless column loudspeaker. Designed to cover everything from small presentations to DJ setups to large bands, these Mackie goodies offer a winning combination of versatility, sonic performance, and affordability.
First up are the ProFXv3 Series mixers, available in configurations with
Front of House or “FOH” is where the magic of the mix happens for live stage applications. In venues around the world, from the most intimate club to the largest arena, mixing engineers at FOH are relied upon to deliver a powerful, impactful, and exciting audio experience for the audience. Of course, a mixing engineer needs a suitable mixing console to do that. Whether it’s for a lighting tech who gets nominated for sound duty or a veteran A1 embarking on a world tour, B&H has bountiful options from companies such as Allen & Heath,
When Pioneer DJ announced the DDJ-1000, at NAMM 2018, users of rekordbox DJ everywhere rejoiced. Now, it’s time for Serato fanatics to have their turn because Pioneer DJ has released the DDJ-1000SRT, a version of the DDJ-1000 built expressly for the purpose of controlling Serato.
If you need a space-saving, rack-ready mixer that’ll handle anything from multi-guest podcasts to full-band live shows, look no further than the Zoom LiveTrak L-20R, a digital mixer designed for multi-track recording, wireless mixing, and flexible monitoring without taking up a bunch of precious table space. Occupying just 3 RU—large enough to house 16 preamps and comprehensive I/O, but small enough for compact road cases and one-
Attention all engineers and subjects in the world of high-profile live sound! Now at B&H, you can check out Audio-Technica’s versatile 5000 Series wireless audio components. With premium dual receivers, transmitters, and a variety of available microphones, the 5000 Series is well equipped to handle an array of scenarios, from celebrity speakers in a conference room to A-list performers on the big stage.
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Sennheiser has updated its popular G3 series with the evolution wireless G4. AB takes a quick look at the wireless G4 Combo Sets, which are geared toward recording dialogue, ENG audio, and sound for film. We hope you enjoy the video, and invite you to view the wide selection of other instructional and informative videos at BandH.com.
Over the years, certain manufacturers have started to use the terms polarity and phase interchangeably. Although there are some similarities, there is a difference between them, and understanding that difference can help you make the most of any session, whether in a live sound situation, or in the studio recording, mixing, or mastering.
Polarity
Any electrical signal has polarity, and it is a reference to the signal’s position or voltage above or below the median line. A device that inverts the polarity of a signal will simply swap