"The show is chaotic and unpredictable," he states. "I don't have the luxury of knowing what will happen next, so I needed a console that would allow me to stay on top of any situation that might arise. The PRO6 turned out to be the ideal solution."
Lonky changed to a PRO6 between tour legs, and not without some trepidation. "The decision to make a change mid-tour was not taken lightly," he recalls. "Our first show after the break was at Gibson Amphitheatre in LA with Alice Cooper - no place to have a 'learning curve day'. Fortunately, the PRO6 is very intuitive. I only had one session of factory training at rehearsal, and felt very comfortable in no time. The show went off great, and I really haven't looked back."
One PRO6 feature that Lonky really appreciates is Area B, which allows him to keep one fader group 'always on top' at the right-hand side of the surface. "I use it for Mr. Zombie's mics and effects returns," notes Lonky. "I can be all over the console, yet still have Rob's priority channels at my fingertips in any scene. It's incredibly convenient."
For the current tour, Lonky utilizes 28 scene presets. Within those scenes, he uses the POP Group buttons for direct access to all the elements. "Several songs have multiple scene presets, which handle various duties," he explains. "It allows me to automate things like effects changes, fader moves, dynamics changes, aux level changes and EQ settings, which are song-specific. I love the POP Groups, too, and use them in every scene, for video rolls, intros, solos, etc. It really makes life easy, if you could ever say that about a Rob Zombie show."
(Jim Evans)
