Ashley Audio mixer jazzes up The Django
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“The Roxy is our client, and they were in the market for a new live mixer for The Django,” explained David Schwartz, president of Essential Communications. “They wanted all of the functionality and processing power of a large console, but they didn’t have a lot of physical room to put it.
“The Ashly digiMIX24 is compact and packs a ton of features into a small footprint. However, Ashly was very clever in the design so that all of the functionality appears seamlessly. It’s uniquely powerful, but also uniquely easy to use. They will use its full power for jazz shows, but they’ll also use its ‘EZ Mode’ for meetings and other events.”
Ashly Audio, long known for building rock-solid amplifiers, signal processors (both analog and digital), and user interfaces, started out in the early 1970s building live mixing consoles. The Ashly digiMIX24 will give The Django tactile control, a touchscreen with intuitive menu architecture, 24 inputs, 14 mix buses, 32-bit conversion & processing, dynamics, equalization, digital effects, and easy scene recall.
In addition, the Ashly digiMIX24 comes with a free iPad remote control app. “The Django’s FOH engineer wanted to have the ability to walk around the club and mix remotely,” Schwartz says. “He wants to hear the mix from different perspectives; like looking at a work of art from different angles and under different lighting. You get a different vibe. He wants to make sure the mix is working from every vantage point.” Schwartz reports that the app connected with the digiMIX24 easily and reconnects reliably. Importantly, there is no detectable latency between changes made on the iPad and the mixer.
“I have lots of experience working with Ashly, and they’re always there whenever I need them,” Schwartz continues. “That counts a whole lot with me. We almost never have problems with Ashly gear, but in the event that we do, they’ll have our backs. For example, we had an Ashly processor in place for a few years at another New York hotel and it recently started acting up. Ashly simply shipped us a replacement. That kind of service is worth a million dollars to me! I know I’ll get the same kind of support with The Django’s new digiMIX24.”
(Jim Evans)
