SYDNEY — Australian punk pop band, 5 Seconds of Summer (5SOS), recently completed a tour of the U.K., U.S. and Australia, and is heading to Europe in support of One Direction in Europe. Ben Booker, pictured here, is using a compact Allen & Heath iLive system to manage monitors.
More details from Allen & Heath (www.allen-heath.com):
Comprising an iDR-48 MixRack and rackmount iLive-R72 control surface, the system was specified by monitor engineer, Ben Booker, a long time iLive user. Booker is providing mixes for 8 sets of in-ears – 4 for the band, 2 for the crew, one for himself and a matrix spare – as well as a drum sub mix.
“Crowd noise is a big problem in this gig,” comments Booker. “Imagine 3000 14-17 year old girls screaming at full volume. To combat this I have 4 Dyn EQ’s in use on the 4 vocals to add a wide 2.5k boost to the vocals when they sing on the mics. It works really well.”
Booker is using the iLive MixPad iPad app during sound check to walk around the stage and adjust mixes in place. He is also multi-tracking the show every night using a Dante networking card in the MixRack’s B slot.
“This is great for virtual sound check and for future use if the band require live show recordings – it is a very neat and quick recording solution,” comments Booker.
“It’s a very active show and the R72 gives me all the channels at my finger tips really quickly,” he concludes.
Ben Booker with the iLive-R72 surface during sound check.
Established for more than 40 years, Allen & Heath designs and manufactures professional audio mixing consoles for an international clientele in the live sound, installed systems and nightclub markets.
