At the age of 12, Mike Jurken started running his own DJ business, and 14 years later is president and CEO of Majic Productions, a major player in the event production world, running 1000 events a year with a client roster including Fortune 500 companies ranging from Harley-Davidson to Northwestern Mutual, as well as high profile non-profits such as The Boys & Girls Clubs of America and The American Red Cross.
The real proving ground for any audio gear is in the weekly, month in and month out park concerts, hotel conferences and other ongoing special events. A FOH audio engineer faces a diversity of challenges at outdoor events that are very different from the challenges found in a hotel conference room or poolside for a raucous fundraiser. In every situation an engineer needs options for mixing sound, sometimes a lot of options
"Allen & Heath has provided us with new tools to improve our production value to its fullest potential," states Mike Jurken.
"In addition to the excellent tools provided on the new Allen & Heath boards, the Touchscreen provides visual references that are not found on other boards such as EQ, compressor, gate, drag and drop channel routing, and RTA," continues Majic's lead sound technician, Logan Byrne.
(Jim Evans)
