Equipment & Services

The LiveWire Mobile is a 32′ long air-ride trailer, with a machine room, control room, and maintenance room. The truck is equipped for full 5.1 surround sound monitoring. One side expands to give an additional four feet of width, resulting in a 16′ x 12′ control room, designed by Pilchner-Schoustal, one of North America’s top studio design firms. It’s rapidly gaining a reputation as one of the world’s best sounding control rooms on wheels.

In 2008 we installed a new SSL C200 digital console in the mobile. (It is the same model as the one used on the David Letterman Show) The SSL has 96 inputs on banks of 32 faders, 5.1 surround sound bussing, and snapshot recall of all parameters. 96 SSL mic pre’s feed the console via a 1000′ fibre optic snake, with 32 additional ATI Paragon mic pre’s available, fed by a 52 channel snake.

We can provide up to 128 tracks of Protools HD backed up by 96 tracks of Tascam X-48 on firewire drives.

A closed circuit intercom and camera system ensures good communication between the audio mobile, the performance area, and the video control room, and our time code analyzer helps guarantee perfect sync between sound and picture. The iclock master digital clock will keep sending sync to the recorders even if its input is disconnected, so we never lose clock reference.

The truck has recorded concerts in New York City, Nashville, Quebec, Dallas, Atlanta, Tampa, Cleveland, The Maritimes, Vancouver, Detroit, Buffalo, Boston, Montreal, and even Daytona Beach, Florida. We’ll go anywhere in North America to record your project!

Here’s a note we received from legendary mixer Bob Clearmountain regarding a remote we recorded in Toronto for Bryan Adams:
“I just wanted to let you know that your recording of this show was absolutely excellent. One of the best I’ve ever received. The audience sing-alongs come across great! Thank you and your crew so much for your meticulous hard work on this project!

Regards,
Clearmountain”

September 16, 2023

The LiveWire mobile provided the 5.1 broadcast music mix for the 2023 Canadian Country Music Association Awards at First Ontario Place in Hamilton. Ken Freisen did the mix. Performers included Dean Brody, Sam Hunt, Train, Jade Eagleson, The James Barker B  More...

The Toronto Mass Choir recorded a live concert at the Canada Event Centre in Whitby, and LiveWire was there to capture the audio. The 40 voice choir was backed by an excellent six-piece band. TMC Executive Oswald Burke was one of LiveWire’s first cl  More...

The Canada’s Got Talent Season II finale took place at the OLG Stage at the Fallsview Casino in Niagara Falls on May 16, and LiveWire was there to do the live music mix for the nationwide broadcast on CITY-TV.   A dance group from Quebec, won the   More...

LiveWire provided the 5.1 and stereo broadcast music mix for four of the performers at the 2023 Juno Awards at Rogers Place in Edmonton on March 13:   Nickelback, Tate McRae, Tenille Townes and Aysanabee.      It was our 20th year working on this s  More...

Chief engineer Doug McClement recorded legendary British guitarist Albert Lee at the El Mocambo on January 26.   Albert and his excellent backup band were in fine form with a night of killer guitar.

LiveWire Remote Recorders