"We had a full band, six musicians and three backing singers," said Pope. "I needed to record the gig and needed something standalone and FireWire because it was all done on batteries as obviously there was no mains in the plane. So I needed something that would power off FireWire from my computer and the Saffire PRO 26i/o was the first thing that came to mind.
"It was simple once it was up and running: stand alone, just hit record, go and that was it. It did everything I wanted it to do and was ideal for the gig because everything had to be scaled down. I had a really tiny desk that you could rest on your lap, a laptop and this little 1U bit of kit which was compact, small and sonically sounded great."
Pope reveals there are no plans for further mile high gigs and that at least three world records is enough for now. "Someone said it was five world records, but all I know is that it was the highest gig in the world, the longest distance traveled during a gig and the fastest gig in the world. We had a bit of turbulence and everyone had to sit down, but I think people enjoyed it. Yeah, I think it went pretty well for a gig on a plane."
(Jim Evans)
