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)