"After the last tour I had been looking for a console that was quicker to use," states the sound engineer. "When you are talking about a live mix you have to consider a lot of paging, which is very queue intensive. Although digital consoles can make things much better, and you can recall most of your settings, there is often a 'slow down' trying to get to where you want to go. The Vistonics platform solves all these problems."
Bill Fertig's introduction to Vistonics had come via the Soundcraft Vi6 - on a show in Mexico City where he was mixing Colombian artist, Juanes. He found the desk both quick and intuitive.
"A week or so later I ended up in LA, so I took a ride up to Harman and picked their brains about the Vi6." At the same time he took the opportunity to inquire about the Studer Vista 5 SR. "While I was familiar with Studer I generally hadn't had much experience of broadcast trucks; I knew [the architecture] had been the inspiration for the Vi6 and I also knew it was going to be in a different class."
(Jim Evans)
