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changer for me; it opened up a whole range of possibilities for us. The console itself is surprisingly easy to use for such a devilishly complex piece of equipment. It’s flexibility meant I could change the input and output configuration at very short notice to accommodate extra musicians and their requirements easily. “I use a lot of onboard effects, perhaps 14 reverbs and 2 mono delays and the only outboard effect is a TC Electronic M6000 for vocal reverb. It’s a lovely sounding product… I actually don’t leave home without it!” he smiled. Campbell also uses an Optocore Optical Fibre Network, which meant the positioning of the monitor department gained further flexibility. He continued: “A far from being in my ‘usual’ monitor position - on or under the stage - I mixed the monitors for the stadium shows from a room inside the stadium. In New Zealand the monitor mix position was actually outside the stadium in a portacabin! This did raise a few eyebrows; sometimes I had trouble convincing the local crew that the monitor desk really was being set up that far from the stage and that, yes, I really was going to mix the gig from out there! “The main advantage in being so far away was that I couldn’t hear the PA, so I had no delay to deal with, but I did have a nice, quiet environment in which to work. Comms, in this situation, were king. We have quite a complex shout system, which meant I could speak to any of the crew or musicians individually through in-ears or shout speakers - and I could see them all too!” The vocal microphone remained as the Sennheiser Digital 9000 Series and the RF team utilised the Sennheiser 2050 IEM units. BEAUTIFULLY LIT Lighting Designer Patrick Woodroffe & Associate Lighting Designer & Director, Roland Greil of Woodroffe Bassett Design had the task of ensuring the show came to life visually, primarily during the opening daylight hours. With world class Show Designer Es Devlin having exquisitely executed a classic sense of glamour to the arena tour, the creative maestro brought
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