"iLive stands apart from other consoles because of its ease of use. Like painting, you want to be creating when you mix, not reading a manual. You can do that with this desk - you stand in front of it and it's logical. It's also reliable, you know that you can get up in the morning, turn it on, and it does exactly what it's meant to do every day," comments FOH engineer, Dave McDonald who has previously used iLive on tour with Florence and The Machine and AIR.
"I'm using iLive differently on this tour as there are a lot more channel inputs and additional instruments like banjos. However, the biggest challenge is keeping Adele's voice under control because it is so big and so powerful. iLive's compressors are of a quality that holds things down and keeps the sound together," he adds.
Monitor engineer, Joe Campbell, had no previous experience of iLive. He comments, "I was a little apprehensive having to learn about a new console straight away with a new artist but it took me 10 minutes to learn how to use it. The way it's set out is so simple, with a compressor and limiter/gate on every channel, it's so obvious, no mystery at all."
(Jim Evans)
