Skramstad's specialty is front of house mixing and he has worked on tours for a wide variety of Swedish artists including the Cardigans, Miss Li, A Camp, Laleh and Dundertåget, among others. His routine is split to approximately 50 percent live music tours and 50 percent corporate events. The majority of the time, he can be found freelancing for various production and rental companies. In addition, Skramstad regularly conducts a live audio seminar and workshop for SAE (School of Audio Engineering) Stockholm.
As Skramstad's sound contracting projects became more diverse, he came to a point where a mixing console upgrade was necessary. "I've used various digital consoles from almost every manufacturer for the last 10 years, so I really knew what I was looking for," he said.
After evaluating a number of competitors, Skramstad chose the Soundcraft Vi1 console, along with a stage box with 48 inputs and 24 outputs via optical cable. "Although I've only had the console for a short time, I am already impressed with its flexibility and superb audio quality," continued Skramstad. "I'm touring with it, using almost 40 channels from the stage and running six stereo in-ear mixes back to all musicians on stage as well as two sidefill mixes. I've also hooked up a MacBook using Apple MainStage 2 to run four mixes of effects to the console and I'm looking to upgrade to a PCM Native as soon as possible."
(Jim Evans)
