"As an ardent Soundcraft fan, I was eagerly looking forward to the release of the Compact and Performer series of digital consoles," he said. "These were the first digital consoles I knew how to operate without even turning them on, from just their layout. I like to think of them as the digital console for the analogue guy."
Keith's first gig out with the Soundcraft Si Compact was for Jennifer Hawkins' engagement party held at Palm Beach with live performances from Martini Club and guest performer Guy Sebastian.
"With such an intuitive layout it was easy to set up for FOH and monitor mixes," he added. "Straight away you feel comfortable with where everything is with only a few hours working experience on the console."
The Soundcraft Si Performer 2 console was the next step up for the EventSound crew; with additional channel EQ and VCA's on the console as well as channel LCD displays, it was a much better equipped console to use with higher profile artists.
"This console has been used for intimate shows with Pink, Taylor Swift, Rudimental, Ed Sheeran, FUN, Dizzee Rascal, and Pompeii," revealed Keith. "I've found that most international touring engineers have commented on what a great little board it is. We have set up the Si Performer 2 console with an Optical MADI Card for 64 multitrack outputs direct to a MADI recorder that we frequently use for our live recording work. We have even used the onboard DMX section for control of lighting scenes at some of our corporate conference events."
(Jim Evans)
