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| | Today's Review | dbx goRack
By Strother Bullins
Having previously reviewed dbx's DriveRack PA2 ($399 street), a comprehensive loudspeaker management system that is both intuitive and affordable for the sum of its well-performing parts, I was elated to try its little brother, the $99 street-priced goRack, built for streamlined portable PA and self-engineered performance applications. In use, I found goRack additionally purposeful for small to mid-sized houses-of-worship and similar institutions where extremely simplified speaker leveling/tuning plus quick and effective feedback suppression is needed. The introduction of goRack illustrates that dbx Professional grasps well the needs of modern audio wranglers of all types, effectively cramming what used to require stacks of comparably pricey outboard processors into a stomp box-sized enclosure while adding other attractive portable PA features to the mix.
Featuring dbx's DriveRack technology, dual dbx microphone preamps and five distinct points of I/O on its back panel, the goRack must be as simple as such a useful live sound processor can get. Its top panel-mounted controls consist of input signal rotary knobs, a partially backlit press/hold button per parameter (five in total) and a data wheel shared between these parameters: Mute, Anti-Feedback, Compressor, Sub Synth and EQ. More » |
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| | Today's Blog | Live Sound Showcase: Touring ‘Delirium’ With Lacuna Coil
By Strother Bullins
Harrah's Cherokee Hotel/Casino Resort recently hosted Lacuna Coil on its 2016 US headlining tour. The band briefly crossed paths with American hard rock band Halestorm at this posh 3,850-capacity theater at the end of a long, winding and beautiful road up, down and into the tribal village a pleasant hour's drive southwest of Asheville, NC. For the show, the Event Center at Harrah's Cherokee provided their installed d&b audiotechnik J Series line array and a Yamaha PM5D at front-of-house, delivering the performance to a largely full standing room floor/pit area and two levels of theater seating.
Lacuna Coil’s 40-minute set literally moved the floor of this modern facility with its full frequency rhythmic metal, invigorating the physically active standing audience on the floor. Its new album, Delirium, was not yet released, though the band previewed two contrasting new songs: the title track/first single and brutal-yet-soaring “The House of Shame.” Less than two weeks later, the album hit the US Billboard Top 200 at #33, Current Album chart at #16, Hard Rock Album chart at #2, and iTunes’ Metal Album chart at #1. The legendary Italian gothic metal act’s eighth but first self-produced effort is very melodic, dramatic, dark and heavier than ever, once again centered on the dual female/male lead vocals of Cristina Scabbia and Andrea (Andi) Ferro. More »
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| | Today's Video | JBL EON ONE Personal PA: Now Shipping
JBL Professional's EON ONE is an all-in-one personal PA featuring Bluetooth audio connectivity, a six-channel mixer and one-hand portability, thanks to its unique design and an approximately 40 lb. total weight. Priced at approximately $1k street, it provides a reported maximum SPL of 118 dB via its linear-array high-frequency section with six 2-inch drivers and a 10-inch bass-reflex subwoofer in its base, driven by a 380W internal amplifier.
Stay tuned to ProSoundNetwork and the pages of Pro Sound News (featuring Pro Audio Review) for our upcoming full review of EON ONE. More » |
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