In a bold move, Yamaha Corporation of America is consolidating its Live Sound Department, Steinberg North America and Commercial Audio Units into a newly formed Professional Audio division. Founded with the aim of creating a unified presence within the live sound, recording and sound installation markets, the new division will be led by 27-year Yamaha veteran, Alan Macpherson.
by Steve Harvey The April, 2015 issue of Pro Sound News features a special report, Immersive Sound: New Tools Of The Trade. Expanding on the report, we present further insight in this online continuation.
"We only do about 15 shows a year in the States; the majority of it is in Central and South America, and the Caribbean. The only thing we don't travel with is the lighting rig and the PA, but we try to keep it consistent. Most times, we'll pick up a Meyer Sound LEO system down there, or L-Acoustics or a d&band we keep it to those. We have our own system engineer, Jimmy Ibañez, and he makes sure the rigs sound good no matter where we go." Jose Rivera, FOH engineer for Marc Anthony.