Contents
June 2019, Vol.XXX No.3
FOH engineer Tom Wood (right)
reports from the first leg of
Shawn Mendes: The Tour, Pg. 30
DEPARTMENTS
The Value Proposition
10 SIGNALS
The latest from across the
Canadian pro audio industry
18 PROFILE
Kyle Gallagher, Jim Mack &
Meaghan McEachren
22 PRODUCT TESTS
Lauten Audio’s LS-208 & LS-
308 microphones, the Townsend
Labs Sphere mic modeling
system & Traverse Analogue’s
652 tube preamp
44 PRODUCTS
The latest tools & technologies
for pro audio professionals
53 ADVERTISERS’ INDEX
56 SOUND ADVICE
Why Jay Lefebvre Has Embraced
Plug-Ins
58 ITINERARY
Your industry events calendar
60 CLASSIFIEDS
62 PROJECT FILE
An Evening with Michael Bublé,
Nicki Minaj in Europe & more
FEATURES
26
The Empire Theatre
Bringing World-Class Entertainment to
Belleville
By Andrew King
The Empire Theatre is a unique performance
space that, thanks largely to a top-tier
production package and technical crew,
brings international stars to the City of
Belleville.
30
Shawn Mendes: The Tour
Reports from the Road – Part 1
By Tom Wood
FOH engineer Tom Wood checks in with
candid (and often cheeky) updates from
Shawn Mendes’ 2019 world tour – including
plenty of tech talk for the gear heads!
34
9 INPUT
How consumer technologies & related expectations
shape AV designs for public spaces, Pg. 38
38
Commercial
Consumer
How Technology Trickles Between
Personal & Public Domains
By Kevin Young
Are our expectations of how the power of
handheld tech translates to the AV systems
in spaces from food courts to concert halls
realistic?
Iguana Studios
Celebrates 25 Years of Excellence
By Michael Raine
Toronto’s studio landscape has
experienced its share of ebb and flow
over the past 25 years; Iguana Studios has
maintained its status as a top tracking
destination despite it all.
Cover Photo:
(L-R) Brandon Kull, TD & LD;
Mark Rashotte, Owner; &
Wayne McFaul, FOH Audio
Engineer at The Empire
Theatre in Belleville, ON by
Bob House Photography.