Sound Company
Eighth Day Sound
Venue
Various (Tour)
Crew
- FOH Engineer: John Cornfield
- Monitor Engineer: Sander Van Laere
- Production Manager/System Engineer: Bobbie Caris
- Tour Manager: Martijn de Jong
- Eighth Day Sound Account Executive: Stuart Wright
- Musical Director: Mickey Smith
Gear
FOH
- Console: Allen & Heath S7000 w/DX32 Prime rack (for local IO), with a DM64 stage rack with a 32-way Prime preamp rack for additional IO
- Processing: Rupert Neve Designs 5045 Primary Source Enhancer (8 ch); UFX saturation plug-in for Ben Howard’s vocals
- Effects: Allen & Heath V2.0 Ultra FX DSP card
- Speakers: L-Acoustics K1/K2 (for larger venues); House Rigs (smaller venues)
MON
- Console: DiGiCo Quantum 5
- Speakers: L-Acoustics X12 (VIP fill), Porter & Davies TT6 (drummer)
- Amp: L-Acoustics LA4X to drive the VIP fill (L-Acoustics X12’s)
- Processing: Cedar Audio DNS 8
- IEMs: Shure PSM 1000 (9ch for the band, 4ch for guest & tech mixes)
- Vocal Mics: Se Electronics V7 dynamic mics (Ben Howard & band)
Tour Details
Marking 10 years since the release of his album, I Forget Where We Were, Ben Howard toured the UK and Europe last October and November. The tour’s production manager and system engineer, Bobbie Caris, noted that with a nine-piece band on stage, “I have a lot of information coming my way.” He credited the L-Acoustics K1/K2 combo as “fully capable of translating the finest details.” FOH engineer John Cornfield is also known for his studio work, including Ben Howard’s Noonday Dream album and Live from Goonhilly recording. “I’m running a MADI card at FOH for virtual soundcheck and record it all on ProTools on my PC laptop using an AVID HDX card from the BNC out with an Avid MADI HD interface,” Cornfield says. “I also have a Mac Mini with an RME MADI FX card from the optical out. We have 8 x channels of Rupert Neve Designs 5045 Primary Source Enhancers. I run these alongside the AHB Primary Source Expanders on all vocal channels.”
