The Australian born bass player, who is also a part of the rock band We Are The Riot, knew he needed to upgrade his mixing equipment for his solo tour in order to travel internationally to promote his new album Linchpin. It is something he wasn't able to do when he was a band member of Static-X.
"With Static-X we just didn't have the budget to send a big monitoring rig to other countries. The weight and size of the equipment made it a huge barrier for us to get overseas. However, now on my solo tour, I will be travelling with my Qu-Pac that allows me to go anywhere on the planet because of how compact it is. It makes a world of difference," said ATK.
When touring begins ATK doesn't plan on bringing a bass or guitar rig because he will be running the instruments directly into the Qu-Pac. "The Qu-Pac has made all of these touring opportunities a lot more realistic and affordable. I am really excited about it," he said.
ATK enjoys many features of the Qu-Pac. Not only did he mention that he likes the compact desk/rack mount format, the 16-mic/line inputs (expandable to 32 via dSNAKE), but he is also pleased with the onboard effects. "Allen & Heath has a really nice stored library of onboard effects. I don't have to mess with the compression on the bass," he said.
(Jim Evans)
