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2014/04/22 in On Tour
2014/04/22 in On Tour
2014/04/01 in On Tour
2014/03/14 in General News
2014/03/04 in On Tour
Tom Howat has an iLive 112 console and iDR10 MixRack in monitor world on the Franz Ferdinand tour. A PL10 is doing additional custom soft key duties!
Rehearsals underway at Brixton Academy:
2014/02/25 in General News
David Millward’s website full of good stuff is now alive, including a blog with tales of iLive touring!
https://fohengineer.co.uk/blog/
2013/12/21 in Site Visit
2013/11/27 in Tips and Tricks
Impressed by its solid construction, no-nonsense set up and navigating menu, flexible mounting options, and choice of interface via the ME-U hub, the ME-1 personal monitoring solution is starting to turn a few heads (hopefully not at the engineer!).
Recently FOH engineer Gavin McComb tried out a set on the Gaz Coombes UK tour. Once the units were set up and programmed (which you do locally on the mixers themselves – saving the file to a USB key), The musicians had access to 40 ch of audio signals coming in from the mixer. These can be mixes, FX, groups, mic pre-splits or channel direct outs. Custom ‘DCA’ sub groups can be set up for each and every user. So each musician can access what they want using just a few keys. Presets of setups can be stored and recalled locally too! here’s some pics of the guys using ME-1s at rehearsals:
If its a GLD mixer or iLive (via the ME-U) then channel names will automatically be displayed on the ME-1s. For third-party and customisation duties, the ME-U has a browser interface allowing channels to be renamed as needed. Option cards for ME-U are the same as iLive / GLD: Dante, Madi, EtherSound. The ME-U ships with an ME-D card which takes signals from ACE (iLive), dSNAKE GLD & QU, & AVIOM TM.
ME-U has 10 ports all with ‘Ethercon’ connectors and P.O.E allowing the ME-1s to take power down the cat5 cable. Otherwise each unit can be powered locally by a wall-wart PSU. ME-U runs pretty silent in its rugged 2U case making it ideal for stage or installation.
Other useful tips about ME-1; They have a really good loud headphone output! There is a local mic built in with direct feed-in volume to allow users to listen to locals when wearing earpieces. The display is back-lit.
2013/11/22 in General News
2013/11/22 in On Tour
2013/11/19 in On Tour
Dave McDonald has been busy this year touring iLive at FOH for Frank Ocean. The main tour is on hold at the moment but Dave recently flew out to LA for a gig at LA Coliseum when Frank Ocean, Tyler The Creator and other members of Odd Future were joined by Kanye West for the Carnival extravaganza. Main PA was 3G Audio. iLive (FOH) and the stage Audio production were provided by Clair Bros. here are some pics of rehearsals at Mates LA, Black Box Berlin, and BMW HQ!!!