Digitalism tours Asia with Allen amp Heath
Published: ASIA
ASIA: German electro house duo, Digitalism utilised two Allen & Heath iLive digital mixing systems to manage FOH and monitors for their 2012 tour, which recently came to Asia.
‘Early on in the tour, the band only carried one iLive system to keep monitors consistent,’ said FOH engineer, Daniel MacBean. ‘However, we were so impressed with how easy the system is to tour with and set up that we decided to get a second system in for FOH. It literally takes 30 seconds to set up at FOH: plug in Cat-5, turn on power, and I'm good to go!’ he enthused.
Digitalism played dates in Asia, America and Europe using two iDR-48 MixRacks and iLive-T80 control surfaces connected using Dante. This provides a digital split between the FOH and monitor systems and provides additional recording facilities.
‘After ease of use, the most striking feature about iLive is the sound quality,’ Mr MacBean continued. ‘It really is the most analogue-sounding digital board I've ever used. If you shut your eyes it genuinely sounds analogue, it has warmth that you can’t find in any other digital desk. Plus, the effects (the reverbs especially), sound amazing with very little fiddling, and the EQ’s, (dynamics in particular) are a definite cut above the competition.’
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