• Yamaha TF Series Digital Consoles: Now In Rentals

    Now in Rentals: Yamaha TF Digital Consoles. Now in rental stock—Yamaha’s newest offering, the TF series digital consoles. These desks are entry-level, inexpensive, and easy to use. With smooth setup and operation, practical presets and scenes, refined design, and software applications comprising the TouchFlow Operation, Yamaha has introduced console that…

  • New in Rentals: Rohde & Schwarz FSH3.13 Spectrum Analyzer

    New in Rentals: Rohde & Schwarz FSH3.13 Spectrum Analyzer New in rental—a Rohde & Schwarz FSh3 Spectrum Analyzer. It is the ideal spectrum analyzer for cost-effective signal investigations on the bench or in the field. It provides a large number of measurement functions and so can handle anything from the…

  • d:screet™ Necklace Mic Helps Deliver the Good Word at Christian Church of Clarendon Hills

    Originally posted on the DPA Microphones site Looking for a solution that would allow them to more easily mic pastors and performers of all statures, the audio team at Christian Church of Clarendon Hills (CCCH) recently turned to DPA Microphones’ d:screet™ Necklace Microphone. This marks the first known HOW application…

  • Clear-Com LQ Series Provides Reliable Intercom over IP

    With multi-site church campuses (often with streaming A/V feeds) growing in popularity, reliable real-time communication between productions teams at different locations has become a priority. Clear-Com has released a solution for this need with the LQ series. The LQ Series is Clear-Com’s newest line of Intercom Connectivity (ICON) solutions. With…

  • Yamaha Announces TF Series of Digital Consoles

    The new TF Series (TF1, TF3, and TF5) combines Yamaha know-how with new input from the field and the latest touch-screen technology to deliver a console experience that focuses on efficient, intuitive operation—at an entry-level price. Smooth setup and operation, practical presets and scenes, refined design, and software applications comprise…

  • Wired In: Developing a System for a Unique Chicagoland Venue

    Originally published on ProSoundWeb The poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow famously said, “Music is the universal language of mankind.” It’s certainly a dialect shared by four lifelong Chicago-area musicians who have come together to create Wire, a venue for live music performance, education and production carved out of an old Teamsters…

  • Best Practices for the Neve 5045 Primary Source Enhancer

    by Scott Helmke Rupert Neve’s “Primary Source Enhancer” is a curious piece of gear. I’ll admit that when I first heard about it I laughed. What could it possibly do to justify that pretentious title? It turned out that it does something very useful in the live sound world—making a…

  • Engineer/Producer Freddie Breitberg Utilizes Shure To Capture The Great Postmodern Nightmare

    A Pro Sound Web writeup on one of our recent sales: We were happy to help Freddie Breitberg add 13 Shure KSM313 ribbon microphones to his personal mic locker. Originally posted on Pro Sound Web on January 14, 2015. Chicago engineer/producer and sound designer Freddie Breitberg recently utilizedShure KSM ribbon microphones…