The LRX2 was used at the concerts by Richmond Studios Productions MD, Toby Alington, and head of audio, Richard Lancaster. Alington has been a SADiE user for over 10 years, with SADiE PCM16 and BB2 systems also in use at the studios, and despite only having had the LRX2 for three months he had no hesitation taking it out on the road.
"I'm always on the lookout for bullet-proof equipment for live multitrack recording systems, but also systems that offer some kind of versatility for fast editing onsite," Alington explains.
"Most of what we do involves live recordings, often multi-artist shows, around the world for TV or DVD shoots," he continues. "There's always some request for last-minute edits of tracks, but the most important thing is reliability. I've used a certain Mac-based system - not by choice - on five recordings in the last six years: four times it failed on the main or backup system. That's not a solution for a one-chance live situation. Happily, SADiE is one of just two workstation systems that have never let us down."
For the Children in Need and F1 Rocks in Singapore, Alington recalls, "We simply plugged in MADI, Wordclock and timecode, and the system ran perfectly. The ability to record to two discrete drives is a reassurance, not least that when you've finished the gig you've got a first-generation backup already done."
(Jim Evans)
