LAS VEGAS — With a sound that has been described as “equal parts indie rock and hip-hop,” Chester French has a first album, Love the Future, a hit single, “She Loves Everybody,” and will open for Blink-182’s 2009 North American summer tour starting in July. The duo and their freelance tour manager/FOH Engineer, Sean Peel, pictured here, rely on Electro-Voice’s new generation of PL80 mics.
“I love the PL80,” said Peel. “To me, a lot of vocal mics start to have problems when they get to high-frequencies and the sound gets really weak and brittle, but the PL80 has a very warm-sounding high end — you get all the top end you want without any shrillness. It’s especially good in louder live rooms.”
Peel adds that the mic has been designed to be held correctly for optimal effect. “Singers tend to cup the mic with their hands around the element with other mics. With the PL80 they grab the handle of the microphone and hold it right. When you hold it better you’re going to sound better, too.”
In addition to PL80 vocal mics, Peel uses EV N/D468s mics on drums, RE200 condensers on cymbals and the N/D868 on kick drum.
“The band loves the mics, too,” said Peel. “They’re holding up on the road, they sound great, and our lead singer can hear his in-ears really well — people can actually hear their vocal mic and it doesn’t sound distorted in your ear.”
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