Mixing Mariah Live in Europe; Roland Takes it to City Hall

Top Story - 05.04.16 Mixing Mariah Live in Europe Mariah Carey recently toured Europe for the first time in 13 years, packing arenas along the 22-city route. Ensuring that audiences could hear every long-awaited note, FOH engineer Lorin White, Jr. mixed the shows on a DiGiCo SD7 digital console with Waves plug-ins, feeding a sizable Meyer Sound LEO linear PA provided by UK-based Major Tom, Ltd. Read More » Other News Roland Takes It to City Hall » The Audio of Gadget Show Live » Dante to Add New Format at InfoComm » VUE Audiotechnik Heads Down Under » Blog Author J.W. Rinzler on "The Sounds of Star Wars" by Clive Young Since joining Lucasfilm in 2001 as its in-house non-fiction editor, J.W. Rinzler has made a name for himself penning ornate, coffee table books on films in the studio's canon, including Star Wars and the Indiana Jones pictures. 2010, however, saw the author release a book of particular note for audio enthusiasts: The Sounds of Star Wars. A fascinating tome, complete with a built-in audio player that offers up more than 250 audio clips from across the six films, the book covers the development of sounds known the world over, from the bleeps of R2-D2 to the ominous breathing of Darth Vader, all the while focusing on the technology and ingenuity behind them. Mainstream books like this don't turn up every day, even for cultural landmarks like Star Wars, so we sat down with Rinzler to go behind the scenes of his behind-the-scenes book. Read More » Quote of the Week "I got to mix Prince twice, once at an American Idol finale and the second time at the Billboard Awards. Both times it was an absolutely exhilarating experience—one of those rare "wow" moments that remind you why you got into the business. At the Billboard Awards show [as] he played with Third Eye Girl, I remember thinking at the time that it would be the closest I could get to mixing Jimi Hendrix. " —FOH Engineer Andrew "Fletch" Fletcher

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