iLive tours Asia with We Are Scientists
Published: ASIA
ASIA: Allen & Heath’s iLive digital mixing system was recently used for front of house on a tour of Indonesia and Singapore by US indie rock band We Are Scientists.
The tour started in Bali at the newly opened Temple of Enthusiasm venue where Sumber Ria delivered an iDR-48 MixRack with iLive-T112 Control Surface for a busy concert. Standing at the mix position was We Are Scientists front of house engineer Tim Walter, who also mixed the support act on the desk.
‘The results were incredible,’ Mr Walter enthused, ‘especially as it was amid total chaos, including a domestic dispute that climaxed in a whole drink getting spilt all over the T112! The surface and I were both covered in liquid and glass but the local techs cleaned up the desk whilst I ran to the stage to mix from my laptop for a few songs.
‘The sound engineer was very happy with the PA,’ said Sumber Ria’s Andre Supryanata. This included 32 EAW KF760 line array systems, and custom Sumber Ria subs.
The band, which specifically requested the Allen & Heath console for the tour, also performed on the main stage at the recent Java Rockin’ Land festival (see Pro Audio Asia, September/October 2011), using an iLive modular system, also provided by Sumber Ria.
Finally, the tour arrived in Singapore at FR Canning Park. The concert also featured fellow US band the Neon Trees who are on tour with a compact iLive monitor rig, comprising an iDR-32 MixRack operated by a laptop, an iPad, and a PL-6 fader panel. ‘Their FOH engineer was ecstatic to find an iLive-T112 in position,’ explained Mr Walter.