Wicked takes Point Source Audio on international tour

LightSoundJournal.com: Point Source Audio’s SERIES9 headsets and lavaliers are providing the sound quality and flexibility to ensure the current international tour of Wicked is captivating audiences every night for its runs in Saudi Arabia (December 3 – January 3), Bahrain (January 13-17), UAE (January 28 – February 15), India (March 12 – 29) and Kuwait (April 21-25). The large-scale Broadway production presents a number of miking challenges, but for Sound Designer Shannon Slaton, Point Source Audio could provide all the answers.

Free Spectral Synthesizer For Mac, Phosphor, Turns Images Into Audio

Synthtopia: Spectral synthesis is very different from other types of synthesis. It builds on the idea that audio can be represented as a spectrogram, an image where time runs left to right, frequency runs bottom to top, and brightness represents loudness. A bass note is a bright horizontal line near the bottom. A siren is a diagonal streak. A snare is a vertical column.

Sennheiser Launches DeviceHub Cloud-Based AV Platform

ProSoundWeb: Sennheiser has announced the launch of DeviceHub, cloud-based platform designed to provide centralized visibility and control of Sennheiser devices from anywhere in the world, and following internal testing and a private beta phase, the platform is now publicly available in beta, starting with support for TeamConnect Bar Solutions.

dBTechnologies preview VIO L1610 and S218

TPi: Marco Cantalù, Senior Application Support – Education at dBTechnologies, and Marketing Coordinator Stefano Bini, discuss the engineering benefits of VIO L1610 and S218 in real-world applications.

Vintage microcassette recorders great for authentic tape effects

Boing Boing: One of my preciouses is a Philips Pocket Memo 596 microcassette recorder my father gave me in 1986 or so. As you can see from the photo above, I've kept it in good nick.

Hollyland shakes up wireless intercom market with latest launch at IBC featuring AntennaWare’s BodyWave™ technology

LightSoundJournal.com: AntennaWare, specialists in antennas for difficult platforms, including on body and on metal applications, has announced that its innovative BodyWave™ DECT antenna is a core component in leading professional AV specialist Hollyland’s latest wireless intercom system. The Geo Central Station & Solidcom H1 was officially launched at IBC 2025 in Amsterdam and generated much interest within the industry.

Yamaha Delivers The Art Of Sound In Los Angeles

ProSoundWeb: In a fusion of art, architecture, and sound, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) recently staged a musical experience inside the unfinished David Geffen Galleries before any artwork was installed, with Yamaha mixing consoles playing a key role in the project.

Navigating Noise Sensitivity in Audio

SoundGirls.org: As an autistic person, I experience various sensory differences. I can’t cope with bright, flashing lights. I’m highly sensitive to temperature changes. Certain fabrics and clothing seams/tags make my skin itch. But the biggest one is my sound sensitivity, and yet… I work with sound.

Consistent Listening

SoundGirls.org: Mixing at FOH is a subjective position. There are general expectations when it comes to mixing, such as creating a balanced mix, ensuring the audience is not uncomfortable, and making sure the vocals are intelligible. Different genres may have different expectations – for example, do you need a flatter target curve or more tilted curves with varying sub haystacks.

Laura Moeller • Live Sound • Theatre • Education

SoundGirls.org: Laura Moeller is an Audio Educator and Partnership Coordinator at Tech 25, where she combines her passions for live sound, theatre, and teaching. With over a decade of experience in audio, Laura has built a career that bridges both technical expertise and community-driven education, working full-time while also taking on freelance projects.

MultiDyne builds toward next crescendo in audio monitoring

LightSoundJournal.com: MultiDyne Video & Fiber Optic Systems will begin rolling out a new generation of audio and video monitoring tools at IBC2025 that are engineered to support embedded 12G-SDI and IP audio monitoring.

d&b audiotechnik The Right Fit For "Fiddler On The Roof" In London

ProSoundWeb: A production of “Fiddler on the Roof” that began at Regents Park Open Air Theatre in London has moved to a new indoor home at the Barbican Theatre, which is outfitted with d&b audiotechnik CCL line arrays under the direction of sound designer Nick Lidster, who won the 2025 Olivier Award for Best Sound Design for the production.

A Handy Tool: Experimenting With Tube Emulation In The Mix

ProSoundWeb: There’s a mystique that comes with tube gear, like it magically transforms a bland, boring signal into a glorious treasure-tone. With tube emulations being offered on digital consoles from companies such as Allen & Heath, DiGiCo and SSL, it’s tempting to turn them on everything and believe your mix is suddenly fatter, warmer and just plain better sounding.

Thunder Audio Takes Mr. Worldwide Across North America with JBL VTX Systems on Pitbull’s Can’t Stop Us Now Tour

LightSoundJournal.com: Following the success of his I Feel Good Tour in 2021, Pitbull’s Can’t Stop Us Now 2022 Tour is presented by Live Nation and features performances by Iggy Azalea and Sirius XM’s Globalization DJs in addition to the Cuban-American superstar himself. The 50+ date North American tour began in Raleigh, North Carolina on July 28 and will conclude in Hollywood, Florida on October 19.

Increasing Consistency at Hamilton College with RCF HDL

LightSoundJournal.com: The town of Clinton, NY is the home of Hamilton College. Precision Audio Services has provided audio engineering services to the college’s Music and Theater Department for several years, and this spring the company heads up a sound system upgrade in Wellin Hall. The 700-seat hall has served as the central hub of music education and concerts for the college since its construction in the 1980s.

Loudness Metering: Exploring A Key Aspect In Enhancing Drive-in Concert & Streaming Audio Mixes

ProSoundWeb: Many mixers who are used to mixing on large PA systems have now had to adapt to a different way of thinking and figure out how to provide streaming audio. What are LUFS? What is loudness? How do you control all this without sounding thin and “squashed”? These are skills that broadcast music mixers have worked with for years prior to the pandemic.

4 Types of Compressors Explained (+ Mix Tips)

Pro Audio Files: Like any other hardware or software we use to capture and process audio, compressors are tools. At the surface, their function is pretty easy to understand: they lower the level of incoming signal when it crosses a given threshold.

Sennheiser Digital 6000 delivers no-compromise RF reliability, ease of use, and ultimate sound clarity for Lazarus

LightSoundJournal.com: With Ivo van Hove as director and Henry Hey as musical director and arranger/composer,the highly acclaimed Lazarus musical wowed Dutch audiences at Amsterdam’s DeLaMar Theatre before the pandemic hit. With opening scenarios now being discussed throughout Europe, hopes are high that the production can return in 2021.

Reverse Engineering to Learn Music Production

SoundGirls.org: I am often asked how to get started with music production. Many of these people already have the recording equipment and a basic idea of how to record and mix. But they don’t at all know how to create a song from scratch.

How Well Do You Know Your Audio Console?

Church Production Magazine: Taking the time to engage more fully with our technology and understand its capabilities makes us better in our craft. Time spent here is an investment in ourselves and it allows us to use our talents to engage others more effectively. It allows us to minister better. Here are three capabilities that I generally see underutilized--or that are even unknown to many operators serving in our churches.