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NOTICE: Performing Musician magazine closes

07 January 2010 - Demise of Live Sound consumer publication

Managing Director of SOS Publications Group explains that "It is with deep regret that we have taken the decision to cease publication of PERFORMING MUSICIAN magazine with immediate effect."

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Apple iPad launched

After months of speculation, Apple have finally announced the iPad. It has a 9.7-inch backlit screen, a 1GHz A4 processor, and comes with 16, 32 or 64GB flash storage.

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Heaps of awards

Shock win for British artist/producer at 2010 Grammys

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SOS Podcast 20

Advice on Recording vocals, news and more...

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Ribbon mics from Audio-Technica

AT4080 & 4081 offer high output and durability

Advances in materials and manufacturing let the ribbon mic escape into the wider world of live sound.

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Peavey EuroSys PA range re-released

With subs and full-range models added!

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Clavia Nord Piano and Chamberlin soundbanks

Stage piano and retro soundbank announced

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NAMM 2010: Kurzweil PC3 LE6 keyboard (Video)

64 voices, 10 insert effects, streamlined user interface

 
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Compact active speakers
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This Italian-designed compact active speaker, intended for use as main PA or monitors, includes the latest generation of Celestion drivers with neodymium magnets combined with powerful, class D amplifier modules.
Powered mixer & speaker system
This Laney PA system offers good performance and excellent value, and would make a great option for smaller venues and acoustic acts.
Active loudspeakers
Mackie’s patented new HD series offers a further increase in audio performance combined with lighter weight.
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HK build PA systems to suit all budgets, but if you need the best possible performance without losing portability, their ConTour range merits closer inspection.

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Tech Notes

Live Sound Techniques

Can you really control a PA with a trackpad?
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Studio engineers often call it ‘mixing in the box’, and they mean using a computer screen and mouse rather than a conventional console. But surely you couldn’t mix live music that way? Not only does it turn out that you can, but it just might change the world of PA as we know it.
From the street to the stage
Taking rap and hip-hop to the stage is not as straightforward as it might seem, those who mix the genre tell Performing Musician.
Roland's M-400 V-Mixer in action
It was supposed to be just another live sound job in the local theatre, but turned out to be an introduction to the world of digital mixing.
Techniques & Tips
Perhaps it's not for absolute beginners, but if you're into live sound, maybe as a future career, then doing the sound for small theatre productions is a great opportunity to gain experience and develop your skills. Here, we discover what it's like to be part of a sound tech team for the small stage.
From '70s tours to FOH sound for the 2007 reunion concert
The now-famous reunion show for hard rock's patron saints, Led Zeppelin, at the O2 Arena showed that while the song remains the same, the sound gets a lot better.
Techniques & Tips
How do you prepare yourself for mixing stadium gigs? By mixing a stadium gig, of course. PM's tame FOH engineer recounts the challenge of deploying his skills in a slightly unfamiliar context.
Mixing Techniques
More complex than a typical concert and with no opportunities for studio fix-ups, mixing and designing sound for Broadway's one-of-a-kind productions is its own animal, with singular techniques, a unique business culture and its own rewards.
Techniques from the pros
There is a primitive elegance to the eternal struggle embedded in hard rock music that pits sublime intelligibility against violent, visceral volume.

Playing Techniques