With Sound Image as production partner, engineer Matt LaVoice is handling all of the tour's monitor requirements with a DiGiCo D1. LaVoice converted to digital with DiGiCo several years ago, and has used them exclusively on previous tours with Idol, Lenny Kravitz (SD7) in 2009, and countless others. "I was a full-on analogue guy," LaVoice states. "Prying that 4km out of my hands was a tough one. But frankly, the D1 was the closest thing to an analogue console I'd found. It does absolutely everything I need, and has exactly just the right amount of processing on it. The surface is very intuitive and is a joy to mix on. It's a tiny desk, which is good for a lot of the places we play. And, it's eliminated all of the outboard gear I used to need for mixing in-ears and wedges-which made my production manager happy... He's glad that I don't have a big old analogue desk and racks to fit on stage anymore."
(Jim Evans)
