John Harris,/XM Effanel Productions mixer, and Jay Vacari produced the live performance mixes for the VMAs telecast, and once again relied on their renovated L7 mobile production trailer's ICON system.
"At the VMAs, there is limited time for performing artists to rehearse on stage," explains John Harris, XM Productions/Effanel mixer. "ICON allowed us to maximise that time by recording them and creating snapshots to use as starting points for each artist's actual live performance. The performances ended up sounding great because each snapshot included our settings for EQ, dynamics, and effects processing, as well as channel levels - we didn't use any outboard gear."
"I could have chosen any desk for the L7 upgrade," claims Joel Singer, XM Radio/Effanel lead engineer. "I chose the Digidesign D-Control. It has the power and flexibility we need for live broadcast and recording. It can mould itself to many different engineer styles and keep up with it all."
(Jim Evans)
