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Kramer Events: Building a Scalable Events Business with QSC Audio

FOH OnlineLive & DJKramer Events: Building a Scalable Events Business with QSC Audio Kramer Events has transitioned from college DJ'ing to producing approximately 600 to 800 events a typical year -- 15,000 since its founding and QSC Audio gear has been a key part of that success.

Biamp Awards 2026 Grants to Five Youth-Focused Nonprofits

FOH OnlineLive & DJBiamp Awards 2026 Grants to Five Youth-Focused Nonprofits BEAVERTON, OR – Biamp announced the recipients of its 2026 Charitable Giving Grant Program. The nonprofit organizations align with the Biamp’s mission of using AV technologies to enrich lives and strengthen communities.

ART Pro Audio RPC Series Rackmount Power Conditioners

FOH OnlineLive & DJART Pro Audio RPC Series Rackmount Power Conditioners Yorkville Sound announces the RPC series of rackmount power conditioners from ART Pro Audio.

JBL VTX B35 Series

FOH OnlineLive & DJJBL VTX B35 Series JBL Professional introduces the JBL VTX B35 Series, a compact cardioid subwoofer solution designed for low-frequency control where conventional cardioid arrays are difficult to deploy.

Streaming Sundays

FOH OnlineLive & DJStreaming Sundays In FOH’s Sept. 2026 issue, John McJunkin’s “Sound Sanctuary” column focuses on ways to create simultaneous FOH, web and live broadcast feeds.

Beatport Live LA Using L-Acoustics and L-Acoustics DJ

FOH OnlineLive & DJBeatport Live LA Using L-Acoustics and L-Acoustics DJ LOS ANGELES - Beatport Live LA features an L-Acoustics system installed by RAT Sound Systems, with Lumina Production Services handling audio production. An L-Acoustics DJ 6.1 system lets artists mix their stereo sets in

EM Acoustics Chosen for SSL Demo Facility

FOH OnlineLive & DJEM Acoustics Chosen for SSL Demo Facility OXFORD, UK - Solid State Logic (SSL) has enhanced the experience for live engineers in its demo facility with EM Acoustics Reference Series loudspeakers. The British console manufacturer chose EM Acoustics to create a na

Counting Crows Tour with JH Audio IEMs

FOH OnlineLive & DJCounting Crows Tour with JH Audio IEMs BERKELEY, CA - Counting Crows have been performing around the world in support of their eighth studio album, "Butter Miracle, The Complete Sweets!" The band and sound engineer Shawn London have been using Jerry Harvey Au

Voice-Acoustic Names Enjoy Division Distributor for Portugal

FOH OnlineLive & DJVoice-Acoustic Names Enjoy Division Distributor for Portugal LISBON - Voice-Acoustic announced a new distribution partnership for Portugal. Enjoy Division, headquartered in Lisbon with operations in Porto, will represent the German loudspeaker manufacturer on the Portuguese market

Houses of Worship Increase Audio Accessibility with Auri

FOH OnlineLive & DJHouses of Worship Increase Audio Accessibility with Auri BLUFFDALE, UT - Listen Technologies and Ampetronic are helping houses of worship around the world increase audio accessibility in their facilities with the Auracast based assistive listening system, Auri.

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XLR is a magazine, a radar and a diary about music gear and the making of music — for the people who make records and put on shows, wherever they do it.

The name is the three-pin connector that every signal in the business passes through: the microphone on stage and in the booth, the line to the desk, the DMX cable that runs the lights. Studio, stage and lighting rig share it, and so does this magazine. Every few hours XLR collects what the makers shipped, what the reviewers heard, what the studios and the touring crews are doing, which producers and collectives are surfacing and what they are saying — synths and modular, plugins and DAWs, guitars and drums, microphones, monitors, PA and lights, the rooms and the people — from a few hundred sources in English, German, French, Spanish, Japanese and more, then plots what is moving. The editor writes a letter every few days. Nothing is sold here; when a link leads to a shop, that is the maker's shop, not ours.