Posts Tagged ‘Studer Vista Console’

Recording Ben Harper and Sheryl Crow

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

I joined the cause of “Feed America” and helped raise awareness and support for the hungry in the U.S.

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There were many great performances and appearances, including many of the cast of “Friends,” comedian Gary Shandling, and musicians Tom Morello from Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave, with Ben Harper, and a closing performance by Sheryl Crow.

Ben Harper was great as always, and at the end of one particularly quiet song exclaimed, “You people dont even shut the f**k up for hunger do ya?” Then he looks offstage and says to his son, “Thats another dollar for the swear jar. You know what, make it $20 that was worth it!” I felt his pain, but the audience still applauded!

A great show for a great cause. Look for it on DVD soon.

Equipment used: Euphonix console, 2x 24 channel fiber optic interconnects from stage to studio, an assortment of studio mics and monitors.

Live Sound Mixing at Nokia Live

Wednesday, September 16th, 2009

I’ve started working at the Nokia Theater at L.A. Live. A great new space in Downtown, next to the Staples Center where I help with audio for live concerts and broadcasts.

This is the audio control room, with a Studer Vista console. I especially like the touch-screens meters and controls!

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Studer Vista 5 at the Nokia Theater at L.A. Live

Recently we mixed Stevie Wonder for a live taping of “The Brian McKnight Show.” Stevie was such a great guy, so fun and funny, and legendary!

Stevie Wonder at the Nokia Theater for "The Brian McKnight Show."

Stevie Wonder at the Nokia Theater for "The Brian McKnight Show."

Got a chance to work with Design FX remote recording systems and engineers. They were great guys and have a good system for big concert multi-track recording’s on big-budget events. Certainly not the small laptop system I use!