UK - Alan 'Doof' McCann has been piloting Lostprophets' FOH mix since soon after Welshmen, Ian Watkins and Mike Lewis, formed the band back in 1997. Eight years on, and Doof's biggest change has been his conversion from analogue mixing to the digital world of the Soundcraft Vi6, using the Studer-developed Vistonics II technology (and the SCore Live DSP core). "After so long, it was a highly significant decision to switch from analogue to digital," he says.

With the SSE Group supplying the Vi6 for the current Lostprophets tour, including the headline spot at the Download Festival this month, he acknowledges that "it now seems pointless bringing racks - it makes for a happy local crew when there are just two cases to take to FOH."

He adds: "What I didn't like about digital consoles initially was that sometimes it would take six or seven clicks to scroll through pages to get to what you wanted - in an emergency that's the last thing you want. But on the Vi6 you can get straight to what you want very quickly."(Jim Evans)


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