Bond waited a long time before investing in a digital console for his rental company. "You can have all the recall, built in effects and features you like, but if it doesn't sound good it's pointless," he says. "I was waiting for someone to build a console that sounded like a real console. Midas has done this with the PRO6."
For the Porcupine Tree tour, where the musicians largely create the sound they want at source, Bond is using the console mainly to mix on the fly. However he is making good use of the PRO6's POPulation Group and VCA (variable control association) features.
"Once I've got the POP groups and VCAs set up I can find things even quicker than I can on a Heritage," he says. "Setting it up doesn't take long, and if you need to change things mid gig it's there the instant you want it. The ability to navigate around without having to go and find things, and the speed of access, are features I really like on the PRO6. But in the end the sound is the most important thing."
(Jim Evans)
