"I've been using the PRO6 for two years now," says Chirnside. "In fact, we did the first few shows on this tour without it, and I can tell you, it makes a huge difference. With the digital snake system and on-board processing, the PRO6 really makes everything easier, and helps us get the most out the house rigs we encounter."
All shows on the tour are being recorded. For that task, Chirnside opted for the Klark Teknik DN9696 high resolution audio recorder. Designed to integrate seamlessly with Midas digital consoles, the DN9696 is a 5 RU rack-mount device offering 96 tracks of recording at 96 kHz/24-bit resolution.
"The 9696 has been flawless for us," says Chirnside. "We're taking the channel outputs right after the preamps via fibre, pre-fader, with no processing. The recorder sits in monitor world, so Will Burston is watching it during the show. But really, once you've got your trim set, all you have to do is hit Record and let it go. We're using a total of 36 channels, including five channels of ambient miking. Channel gain has basically stayed the same since the first day we started recording, so capturing and storing each performance is practically automatic."
(Jim Evans)
