HOZIER
FOH Engineer, Steve Pattison.
as reinforcing the low end. These were not always needed in some rooms simply because the low-end response of the AiRAY is so good. Patto is clearly loving mixing the band and with 54 channels of “real” input – 8 people onstage who all sing and play instruments and not even a whiff of a backing track coming into his Allen & Heath dLive S7000 console. In the set, the song To Be Alone starts with a guitar riff where Hozier engaged in a call-and-response routine with the audience. When the drums finally kick in, Patto sneaks in the console’s onboard sub harmonic synth, which has a shock reaction as the audience reel back by the sheer physical impact of it through the CODA Audio hitting them in the chest. Patto quipped it “was handy for keeping within the noise restrictions of some venues where the measurements are averaged out over time. It gave me a chance to really see what I could get out of such a small box, stretching its legs while being nowhere near to pushing its limits.” Patto has been using the dLive S7000 for the last couple of years, since it was launched, and also mixed The Script with one. He utilised plenty of vocal FX at strategic points and reverb treatments, plus more radical effects such as Leslie cabinets and distortion - all of which are onboard the S7000 - so the nuances and subtleties are at Patto’s fingertips on the console. “It sounds great and I’m completely self-
contained, you wouldn’t believe the number of engineers who come up to me after the show asking what outboard and plugins I’m using and then there’s the look on their face when I tell them none, it’s all onboard.” Working alongside him on this leg of the tour were a “fantastic” Adlib crew of Alan Harrison, a veteran of many arena tours who fine-tuned the system each day, and Max Taylor, who took care of all things onstage. Hozier’s Monitor Engineer is Darren Dunphy used a PM7D console free of external plugins. The band were all on IEMs. Adlib supplied a Shure PSM system, with a thumper seat for the drummer with a clean stage. Hozier switched from a wired to wireless mic half way through the American leg so he could move around more freely, migrating from a standard Beta 58 to a Shure Axient Digital, which proved to be rock solid. “It’s one of the best radio systems I’ve heard at relaying detail, it’s all there even the small print” stated Patto, adding that he’s loving working with everyone. “A fantastic team of people – there’s a great vibe on the tour and a massive buzz surrounding it – what more can you ask for?” TPi Photos: Steven Douglas & Steve Sroka www.hozier.com www.adlib.co.uk
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