2010 has seen no let-up for the Massachusetts-based five-piece; this past Autumn they supported Muse for a string of North American dates. Tour manager Andrew Dobbins and monitor engineer Francois Pare - both a part of London-based live music production house Cato Music - spec'd the equipment for the tour, including Shure PSM900 in-ear monitors.
"Before the tour we were looking to try something new - mainly because we weren't very happy with the system we were using at the time. We were getting a lot of interference and the sound quality wasn't great. I'd heard about this new Shure system so I thought I'd try them on a tour that started back in April. We didn't really know what to expect, but we were so blown away by them that we've now got seven systems."
Francois Pare, Passion Pit's monitor engineer, is also convinced. He notes, "For a start there's the new 'Cue' mode, which is brilliant. Now I can actually check all of the frequencies and cue up everyone's mix, and all from the same pack. So in minutes you've checked everyone's mixes with no fuss. And I rarely get interference now - even to the point where I've stopped walking it.
"I also like that you can just turn off the RF. You don't have to turn off the whole system, you just turn off the RF so you're not interfering with anyone else's wireless systems."
(Jim Evans)
