AUSTIN, TX — The British Music Embassy returned for its fifth year at South by Southwest (SXSW), once again occupying Latitude 30 club. The March 12-17 lineup included Django Django, Maverick Sabre, Benjamin Francis Leftwich, Jonquil, Ben Howard, Slow Club, Twin Atlantic, and Clock Opera. Cato Music supported the venue with gear from American Music and Sound (AM&S), including Turbosound, Allen & Heath and beyerdynamic products.
More details from Allen & Heath (www.allen-heath.com):
The system at Latitude 30 included an iDR-48 MixRack and iLive-T112 control surface at FOH, digitally split using a Dante networking card to a duplicate iDR-48/T112 for monitors. There were performances from nearly 60 bands over the course of the week-long festival.
“I ran the desk in a very analog way, all inputs on the left banks, and master section on the right and some visiting engineers wanted things moved around, but we always managed to get the bands ready in the 15 minute changeovers,” noted FOH house engineer, Fabrizio Piazzini.
“Some band engineers had never used the desk before, but were so stunned by the ease of use, sound quality and format of the system they promptly added iLive to their riders,” Piazzini added.
“The festival patch included 37 channels, but running iLive Editor meant I could drop all the channels for each performance on a single layer with just a few clicks,” Piazzini continued.
“On the monitor side, we were running five mixes, with the odd band turning up with full IEM rigs. To ring out the wedges, we used the iLive MixPad app so we could actually EQ the system in the spot the artist would stand.”
The iLive system was supplied by Allen & Heath’s USA distributor, American Music & Sound, which also supplied Turbosound loudspeakers and beyerdynamic mics.
“I think iLive was a critical piece of the set up and it delivered every night,” said Glen Rowe from Cato Music. “The British Music Embassy was a huge success this year and some sessions were so busy we set up more delays and opened the windows on the venue for people to hear outside!”
