Over on monitors, Julien Decarne is using an XL8 live performance system supplied by rental company Dispatch together with a Klark Teknik DN9696 high resolution audio recorder and DN9331 Rapide graphic EQ controller.
"My decision to work with a Midas PRO6 at FOH for this tour was mainly motivated by a need to move on and evolve towards this technology," says Lude. "I have worked a lot with analogue consoles throughout the years, mainly the Midas XL4 and the Heritage 3000, and wanted to take the digital step without compromising the audio quality, the dynamics and the integrated effects processing, which had to match Matthieu's typical instrumentation colour. Having tested several consoles, the PRO6 was a natural choice given its ergonomics and the legendary Midas EQ and preamp sound.
"The PRO6 fulfils all the requirements for this tour, in such a small footprint. Thanks to the POP(ulation) group function, the 16 faders are optimum for managing the 64 inputs and to control my mute recalls, for example.
"The PRO6's work surface is very similar to those of its analogue predecessors, while the automation in particular is yet another feature that has helped me to handle the console and configure my own settings very quickly. The effects processing section is truly complete and easy to operate, allowing me to reduce the size of external racks to some EQs and compressors that I always have with me."
(Jim Evans)
