Top Picks
What Audio Engineers Need Bass Players to Understand
If you’ve read much of my content, you know I’m a big believer in getting the sound right at the source. I’ve written extensively on the subject—from singers to drummers, choirs, and even the pastor’s headset. Our job as audio engineers is to do the very best we can...
FOR-A America Introduces Top of the Line HANABI Series Switcher at NAB 2025
In keeping with the company’s theme “Connecting the present, building the future,” FOR-A America introduced its top of the line HANABI Series switcher - the two M/E HVS-Q12 – at the NAB Show in April. Designed for broadcast control rooms and live event production, the...
tvONE Showcases Video Processing at NAB
tvONE, a leader in broadcast and video scaling technologies, displayed its new CALICO PRO video processing. CALICO PRO represents a significant leap forward in video processing technology, ensuring impeccable, low-latency performance across all LED setups, thanks to...
Report Shows Church Donations on the Rise
Ministry Brands' 2025 State of Church Giving Report has been released. Key findings of the report show: Recurring giving accounts for 42% of digital donations and 57% of digital transactions, even though nearly half of churches don’t currently offer the option. Giving...
FOR-A Announces Dante Audio Support for Product Range
FOR-A America introduces extensive Dante audio integration with its product line up, including its range of broadcast and professional video production switchers. Developed by Audinate, Dante audio networking enables the transmission of high-quality, low latency...
CueScript Maximizes Teleprompter Experience with New Tools
CueScript, the leading developer of professional teleprompting solutions, is bringing efficiency and ease to Prompter system setup with the introduction of the CSMPPB Perfect Balance Plate at NAB. This industry ‘first’ joins a line-up aimed at supporting talent and...
How Loud Should You Be Mixing in Your Auditorium?
This question comes up often in church AVL forums, and it's one I hear frequently. Here's the part some find irritating about my usual response: the definitive answer is... It depends! But don't worry—I do have some concrete guidelines (yes, actual numbers!) I'll...
The SM58: Good Enough for Bono, Good Enough for You
Today’s vocal mic market can be overwhelming—especially with wireless systems letting you change heads like you’re swapping pieces on a Lego X-Wing Fighter. A $100 SM58 capsule? Done. A Neumann KK 105 at ten times the cost? Yours if you’ve got the cash. For young...
HOLOPLOT Implements Highly Intelligible,Yet Invisible Sound System for St. Hedwig’s Cathedral, Berlin
St. Hedwig’s is a beautiful cathedral in the heart of Berlin. Modeled after the Pantheon in Rome, construction work began in 1747, finally opening its doors to worshipers in 1773. The building is highly regarded by the people of Berlin, and to preserve its rich...
Biamp Extends Lineup of Voltera Amplified Loudspeaker Controllers
At ISE 2025, Oregon-based Biamp introduced three new 4800-watt models of its Voltera™ family of networked amplified loudspeaker controllers (ALCs). The new Voltera ALCs double the available wattage of the previously most powerful Voltera ALCs, in order to meet the...
FOR-A America Introduces Top of the Line HANABI Series Switcher at NAB 2025
In keeping with the company’s theme “Connecting the present, building the future,” FOR-A America introduced its top of the line HANABI Series switcher - the two M/E HVS-Q12 – at the NAB Show in April. Designed for broadcast control rooms and live event production, the...
tvONE Showcases Video Processing at NAB
tvONE, a leader in broadcast and video scaling technologies, displayed its new CALICO PRO video processing. CALICO PRO represents a significant leap forward in video processing technology, ensuring impeccable, low-latency performance across all LED setups, thanks to...
STAGETEC Expands Globally – and Heads to INFOCOMM in Orlando!
For over 30 years, STAGETEC has been a leader in professional audio technology, delivering innovative solutions to broadcasters, production companies, and live event organizers worldwide. Now, we’re excited to announce that STAGETEC is officially open for business in...
Electro-Voice Unveils High-Performance, Larger Format Additions to the EVOLVE Family
Electro-Voice has introduced the EVOLVE 70 and EVOLVE 90 Column Loudspeaker Systems. The two new members of the EVOLVE family come as a response to significant customer interest in a larger EVOLVE, and have been designed to bring impeccable audio quality and extreme...
Williams AV Unveils New Infinium™ System
Williams AV, the global leader of assistive communication technology for nearly 50 years, announces the launch of Infinium™, its latest innovation delivering real-time broadcast audio over Bluetooth® Auracast™ for public and commercial spaces. Building on a legacy of...
Planar Expands Award-Winning Planar CarbonLight LED Display Family
Planar, a global leader in visualization technology, announced the launch of the next-generation Planar® CarbonLight™ CLI Series indoor LED video wall displays. Delivering enhanced visual performance and an updated cabinet design, the upgraded line of lightweight LED...
AudioControl Introduces the Bijou Series Ultra-High-Performance Integrated eARC Amplifiers
AudioControl (audiocontrolpro.com) has introduced the Bijou Series of integrated eARC amplifiers, addressing the growing demand for audio enhancement to support large-screen TVs, micro-LED wall installations, and many other professionally installed entertainment...
Waves IONIC 24 Stagebox
Waves Audio, the world’s leading developer of professional audio signal processing technologies and plugins, introduces an expanded line of stage boxes designed to work seamlessly with the eMotion LV1 Software mixer. Following the success of the previously released...
DPA Unveils Groundbreaking CORE+ Technology
DPA Microphones announces its new CORE+ technology, a groundbreaking, patent-pending innovation that sets a new standard for distortion-free microphone sound. DPA’s CORE+ eliminates the non-linearities typically generated by the membrane and electronic components of a...
Elation’s Proteus Radius: Redefining High-Impact Beam Lights
Elation launches a new era of high-impact beam lights with the Proteus Radius, a compact, high intensity IP66 Beam FX fixture powered by a Solid-State Phosphor-Converted (SSPC) light engine. Elation garnered industry acclaim in 2017 as the first company to incorporate...