DiGiCo mixes it with Michael McIntyre
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With just one microphone and playback music, there is no need for a large format console, but the desk of choice needs to deliver sonic quality and extensive functionality. For Steve Carr, McIntyre’s Front of House engineer, the choice is the DiGiCo SD11, supplied by audio rental company Capital Sound for the UK and Ireland leg of the tour.
“The SD11 has all the wonderful features of the larger consoles in the DiGiCo SD range in a really compact, lightweight format, and that’s important on several levels” says Steve. “We use the SD11 because we don’t need a large surface to handle the show. It’s also great for the truck pack, it’s great for the service provider because it’s relatively inexpensive to hire out, and it offers a similar sound quality and power to the larger desks in the SD Range.”
Steve has been using DiGiCo since the SD Range was launched, first touring with the flagship SD7, then spec’ing the SD11 around seven years ago when he was project managing and babysitting FOH at festivals, using it for an auxiliary desk for music, DJs, etc.
“I became really familiar with the desk then,” he adds. “It’s a great workhorse and the sound quality is great. Ideally, I’d like to use SD Rack, but the DiGi-Rack I’m using for the tour works well for me.”
The tour travels throughout the UK and Europe until February 2019 and then continues in Asia.
(Jim Evans)
