"Eliminating the mixing console frees up a significant amount of floor space, and that can be the difference in getting the gig, whether it's a club, theatre or ballroom," says James Duvall of Creative Engineering & Solutions in Austin, Texas, who manages the house and monitor mixes for the band. "It saved us a lot of money, too."
The iDR-32 MixRack provides all the inputs, outputs, processing and routing for the band.
"I love the fact that the iDR-32 gives me all those features in a rack-mount box that I can hide under the stage. I don't carry any outboard gear at all, and there's no sacrifice in functionality. When I was designing the system, I figured, why not push the envelope? Memphis Train Revue may be a covers band but that doesn't mean this can't be cutting edge."
Duvall's core mixing set up consists of the iDR-32 and his MacBook laptop, Audio-Technica M2 in-ear transmitters and a Furman power station. Set-up time is greatly reduced as Duvall simply pulls up his in-ear mixes from saved snapshots, and connects to the house PA system with two XLR's out of the left and right outputs of the iDR-32. The MixRack is connected to the computer using a Linksys Wireless-N router via a Cat 5e cable.
(Jim Evans)
