In the two years since Pacific's Paul Duffy took the decision to adopt this digital workhorse, the company has run more than 160 gigs with the Roland M-400 - "In all sorts of environments, this desk has not let us down. It's easy to use, gives us everything we want, works every time, sounds great and has the smallest footprint practically on the market."
The Drifters' UK tour, produced by the Prism Music Group, has already been extended well into 2011 from an initial three-week run around the clubs and theatres. Pacific Sound's engineer Matt Trigg is running FOH for the band throughout.
"We are using every bit of the console, with 14 monitor mixes, stereo IEMs, backline and sidefills as well as the FOH mix," says Trigg. "All our engineers love the small frame size of the M-400 - really, one of the big advantages of digitalisation was that it could make things smaller."
Also, Pacific is regularly sub-hiring its M-400 out to clubs and shows in the Birmingham area. "The engineers love it, and the techs especially love rolling out 100m of Cat 5 multicore!"
(Jim Evans)
