Manning the SD7 was FOH engineer Sherif El Barbari, reacquainting himself with the console he first used 18 months ago when manning the faders for South African singer Howard Carpendale.
"For me, using either a DiGiCo D5 or SD7 feels like meeting up with an old friend," says El Barbari. "Given the flexibility and the sonic quality of both consoles, it is a 'comfort factor' that definitely makes life much easier.
"I specified the SD7 for this tour because of that and for the complete confidence it instils that I can deliver a great show time after time."
As well as the three members of the band itself, A-Ha was touring with three extra musicians, so Al Barbari had the SD7 set up with 84 mix channels, 12 stereo groups, 12 mono groups, 12 stereo aux sends, 12 mono aux sends, 16 matrix inputs, 12 matrix outputs and 24 control groups.
"It wasn't strictly necessary to use all of that, but with the SD7 you can really go large without having to worry about compromising on the DSP," he says.
(Jim Evans)
