Hayley Kiyoko on the road with Allen & Heath
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Having worked together for over a year as a FOH/monitor engineer team, Dusty and Nic each selected a compact C1500 dLive Control Surface along with a shared 96kHz 160x64 FPGA Core DM48 MixRack as their console of choice. Utilising the multi-surface feature within the dLive, the same MixRack engine works across two surfaces.
Speaking to the sound of the dLive, Dusty says, "The desk is very transparent and easily transfers from PA to PA. You can push tube pre-amp emulations and on-board compressors to get colour and personality, but also being able to be clean and pristine is great."
Nic commented, "And pristine not in an overly sterile way. Pristine and really precise. I’d make very small adjustments in tenths of milliseconds between guitar mic delays and the guitarist was hearing those subtle changes on stage."
Due to the cost savings resulting from the use of a single MixRack engine, the group was able to purchase the system outright instead of renting along the tour. According to Dusty, "We both wanted something that we can fly with. We also always wanted to use dLive and it is so much more cost-effective in the long run for us to buy. We convinced management to make it happen."
(Jim Evans)
