Europe - 2024 was a notable year for Nina Chuba and 2025 is set to be even busier, with a summer of festival appearances already scheduled. Her first large-scale arena tour, starting in October 2025, has sold-out for most dates. Christopher ‘Toffie’ Plaschke has been Nina’s front-of-house engineer since the beginning of her live career. In 2023, he also took on the role of production manager, switching to DiGiCo consoles and sticking with them for every show he has done since.
“Nina is an incredible artist, and I’m truly grateful to be part of her journey,” Plaschke explains. “I used the Quantum 338 throughout the year, for both the tour and festival dates. The experience was fantastic, especially with the additional routing options. Whatever musical ideas I have, with a DiGiCo console, I never face limitations – it always supports my ideas.”
In 2018, Nina Chuba moved to Berlin and her music career began to really take off. The 2024 Glas Tour was a big hit, taking her to festivals and arenas and 2025 will see her embarking on a large-scale arena tour of Central Europe. As the size and complexity of her shows continues to expand, reliability and flexibility has become even more important. Knowing that his Quantum 338, supplied by Audiorent Clair GmbH Berlin, can offer this and more, has become absolutely key for Plaschke, as he continues.
“For me, DiGiCo has proven to be the most reliable option available. The show is very input-heavy and I make extensive use of group-to-group routing in my mixing workflow,” he says. “I just missed the Pulse upgrades last year, but I'm definitely excited to implement them in 2025. As the show continues to grow, the extra channels and buses are going to help me to elevate everything. I’m keen on Fourier, too, I’ve come up through my career using plug-ins and the option to integrate VSTs beyond Waves integration is definitely something I am eager to try.”
When working with Nina Chuba, Plaschke is convinced that the most suitable console for him is the Quantum 338, but the new Quantum 326 has caught his eye for other projects. Announced in 2024, the Quantum 326 is a slimmed-down, compact console that has all the benefits of Quantum, but in a smaller package. It boasts two 17” high-brightness multitouch screens, 128 input channels and two banks of 12 physical faders on the surface. Mustard Processing, Spice Rack, Nodal Processing, plus True Solo options are all also on board as standard.
“DiGiCo is the only brand designed specifically for live engineers,” he says. “The sound quality is exceptional, and the response is both incredible and fast. Using the Quantum 338, I was always thinking that a smaller version would be perfect for my other clients, such as German pop artist, 1986zig. But I’ve grown accustomed to the luxury of the Q338 for Nina Chuba, so there is no swapping now.”
