API Announces Winners of Visionary Scholarship Award

API in Jessup, Md., announces six winners of its third annual Visionary Scholarship, which is designed to foster creativity and excellence for the pro audio industry’s next generation of sound engineers. The scholarship is available to students who are enrolled at universities and schools that prominently feature the API Vision stereo/surround analog console, the Legacy Plus console or the 1608 console as a cornerstone of their students’ [...]

NSCA Presents Lifetime Achievement Award to Shure Chairman Rose L. Shure

Shure Incorporated in Niles, Ill., announces that the NSCA (National Systems Contractors Association) presented its 2010 Per Haugen Lifetime Achievement Award to Shure Chairman Rose L. [...]

Tour Profile: Keith Urban and Carrie Underwood

Interview with FOH front of house and monitor engineers on mixing audio for the Keith Urban and Carrie Underwood tour. Tips, techniques and equipment applications from these live sound [...]

Cinema Audio Society Announces CAS Awards Nominations

The Cinema Audio Society in Los Angeles announces its nominees for the 46th CAS Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for 2009 in five categories. The CAS also announces the nominees for the Sixth Annual Technical Awards for production and [...]

Vintage Microphones, Part 1

Ah, the great vocal mics. What music they [...]

NAMM 2010: Rane Sixty Eight walkthrough

The DJ world held its collective breath waiting for the Jesus Scratch Live mixer to arrive. And we weren’t disappointed either. Rane unleashed the Sixty Eight in all its 4 channel dual USB glory. [...]

NAMM 2010: Numark MIXDECK

All in ones are de rigueur this season. Everyone has one, and Numark are about to bring you [...]

SM Pro Audio, Violet Audio Open U.S. Office

Australia-based Sound and Music—parent company of the SM Pro Audio and Violet Audio brands of music and audio equipment for the recording, live and installed sound markets—has opened a new U.S. office. The move is intended to provide North American retailers with prompt and convenient order fulfillment, direct communication with sales and support personnel, and easy access to a broad range of training [...]