Nashville, TN (November 25, 2013)—A Sennheiser Digital 9000 wireless system helped deliver the performances of The Zac Brown Band and Lady Antebellum during the 47th Annual Country Music Association (CMA) Awards.
by Clive Young Kickstarter, the crowdfunding website, always makes for an browse, offering plenty of entertainment—and occasionally a glimpse of the future—as people raise money to bring their dream projects to life. Some efforts grab lots of attention (and cash), and others struggle to get enough donations to buy a cup of coffee, but they're always interesting to check out. Here's a few recent audio-related ones we stumbled across, ranging from studios to 3D microphones to unusual IEMs to a documentary we've mentioned before...
"Dave's vocal style is really based in his throat; gain before feedback is the name of the game. My mix is really based around the vocal mic; I'm limited to how much gain I can get out of him, and the mix has to be built around that. It's very tricky to introduce the kind of energy the people expect at a metal show and still get a vocal on top of the mix. There's a lot of featuring or cues happening during the show where a part is going to get really loud and it's going to come down when he's singing a verse. It's a very busy mix." —Bradley Johnson, FOH Engineer, Megadeth. From the latest issue of Pro Sound News; want to read more? Click here to subscribe to our free online edition!