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• Final Rush Rehearsals—Geddy Helps Fine-Tune His Own Sound

  Geddy Lee courtesy of Tina Davey. One of the greatest advantages of being able to listen back to tracks in preproduction is that you can do the listening with the client. When I started live engineering lo those many years ago, I would hand the artist—or... Posted Jul 11 2011, 12:00 AM by Brad Madix with Filed under: Live Sound, Guitar Solutions, Brad Madix

• 10 Seconds in the Time Machine

  Hey this is Brad again, wrapping up final rehearsals before heading out on Rush’s Time Machine tour. Today, I’d like to share a tip that helped me fine-tune parts of the band’s mix. Probably the most obvious use of Pro Tools in preproduction... Posted May 20 2011, 12:00 AM by Brad Madix with Filed under: Pro Tools, Live Sound, VENUE, Brad Madix

• Exploring Your Options with Virtual Soundcheck

  In this post, I’m going to discuss using Pro Tools playback with VENUE to audition plug-ins, presets, and mics you might want to use in your live mix. Preproduction before the tour is the perfect time for this. You’ve got multitracks of the... Posted May 05 2011, 01:00 AM by Brad Madix with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: Live Sound, VENUE, Brad Madix

• First run-through for the RUSH Time Machine Tour

  Last post, I talked about setting up preproduction for Rush’s Time Machine tour and made VENUE Link operational. VENUE 2.9 software’s main new features are its interoperability with Pro Tools through VENUE Link, giving you the ability to set... Posted Apr 22 2011, 02:00 AM by Brad Madix with Filed under: Live Sound, VENUE, Brad Madix

• Welcome to preproduction for the RUSH Time Machine Tour

  We’re journeying back to before the tour to explore what goes into building the mix. We loaded in some days ago, and I tinkered a bit with the new VENUE software (VENUE 2.9) and settled into my little control room. Here I want to second Greg Price’s... Posted Apr 09 2011, 01:00 AM by Brad Madix with Filed under: Live Sound, VENUE, Brad Madix

• Hello and welcome to the Time Machine

  This month Rush gears up to head out on the road to finish their Time Machine tour. We’ve loaded into a space for a couple of weeks of expensive hotel-dining, evening hockey-viewing, NCAA bracket-busting, and band rehearsals—otherwise known... Posted Mar 27 2011, 12:00 AM by Brad Madix with Filed under: Live Sound, VENUE, Brad Madix