JPJ Audio provided the audio set-up for the tour including the Soundcraft Vi6 console specified by the band's sound engineer Dave Samwell.
"When I started my career as a sound engineer I used Soundcraft products all the time and so I really feel at home with them," remarked Samwell. "My first impression of the Vi6 was that it was the first digital console that laid out everything you need right in front of you. You didn't need to look around pages or anything as the whole mix was in front of you. But most importantly, I thought it was the best sounding digital console on the market without spending insane amounts of money. Compared to any other console in its price bracket, it is hands-down the best sounding console as well as being dead-easy to use."
Samwell continues, "Both of the engineers on this tour had no or very little experience of the Vi6 before the tour but it only took me one day to show them how to use it and they were completely at ease with it by the end of that day."
(Jim Evans)
