In a separate sale, ML Executives have purchased two Yamaha DM2000 digital mixing desks from Marquee Audio, which are currently in China with The Planets. The DM2000s were first specified for front-of-house and monitor mixing of The Planets' European shows supporting Deep Purple. "As the opening act, we needed consoles that were compact," explained Gary Marks of ML Executives. "The whole band uses in-ear monitoring and all their instruments are on radio systems so the mix is quite intricate. We were looking for a digital desk that would offer a consistent performance, and the DM2000s were so successful that the band kept them going for their own international shows.
"The engineers Ian Nelson and Dan Bartley have got the mixes set up on their laptops, so, even when there isn't a lot of time for a soundcheck, they can get consistent results wherever they are. And with the pre-set mixes, they don't have the feedback problems that occur when there isn't enough time to set up an analogue desk properly."
(Ruth Rossington)
