The monitoring system has been a part of the setup since 2005. According to Dustin Ragland, drummer for Charlie Hall, the system's efficient and portable design has made traveling and having to deal with the PA gear less challenging. "Its compactness has been a major plus," he says. "We previously traveled with a digital mixer and a large splitter, and I was in charge of each mix. This burdened us with having to fly with extra equipment and risking it breaking in transit. The AN-16/i-M relieves us of this because it has everything in one place and is flexible enough to travel everywhere, fitting into the myriad of sound systems we use."
The band's gear includes Aviom A-16II Personal Mixers that are accompanied by an Aviom A-16D Pro A-Net Distributor, and an Aviom AN-16/i-M Mic Input Module.
(Jim Evans)
