With the exception of one subwoofer for drummer Roger Taylor, the band members use Sennheiser 2050 IEM systems and EM6000 wireless I also use parallel compression on all my vocals, with the Mustard and SD dynamic EQ just before. I use four RND 5045 to clean up background noise in the vocals, but that’s the only outboard I have. “It allows me to stay inside the console without Waves or UAD, which I’m a big fan of avoiding, if possible. “I really like the screens and the layout of the 338, and the Mustard processing is great,” he says. “It was a good choice, and he sounds great through it.”Īlthough Monitor Engineer Chris Miller had never used one of DiGiCo’s Quantum consoles prior to this run, he opted for a Quantum 338 to create the “dense, in your face, in-ear mixes” that the band favour. “We eventually opted for a Sennheiser EM6000 receiver with an SKM6000 transmitter and a 935 capsule,” says Pryde. They’ll have a listen in rehearsals at arrangements and comment – especially with the new material or any of the new arrangements – but mostly they’re pretty hands off.”įor many years, frontman Simon Le Bon’s vocal mic of choice has been a wireless Shure B58A, though recent discussions with the band’s studio engineer prompted him to reassess the available options. “They’re a great band and are fun to mix. “I’m still learning new things every day, but the band have a huge back catalogue to pull from, which makes virtual playback a godsend,” he adds. The crew had limited rehearsal time due to scheduling, which meant that they had just five days to work through the switch to DiGiCo. “I’m also integrating Live Professor via SuperRack to host some non-Waves plug ins like the Eventide 910 and H3000, as well as some Sonnox software and the Gullfoss EQ by Soundtheory,” Pryde furthers. Pryde specified a pair of Bricasti M7s to complement the AMS RMX16 500 series reverb that the band already own, as well as redundant Waves servers with SuperRack, Milab microphones for the drums, and Sennheiser mics and IEMs for vocalists. I’ve been really impressed with the Quantum 5 Brit Row have provided.” The change from the previous console was partly driven by production, as the DiGiCo desks are more widely available worldwide for one-off fly shows. “Snake is on a mammoth world tour with Harry Styles at the moment, so I took the reins last summer,” he explains. “We moved over to DiGiCo for this year, and they’ve been incredibly supportive, with the best back up I’ve ever experienced. “Part of this was because we booked well in advance, but the following US tour was a late addition and our Account Handler, Dave Compton, has managed to source the gear we need without having to ship anything, which is great as we try to reduce the carbon footprint of touring.”įOH Engineer Craig Pryde first joined Duran Duran’s audio crew in 2017, originally being brought in to cover for outgoing engineer Snake Newton. “Brit Row have been great in providing the gear we needed, at a time when so much equipment is unavailable,” says Production Manager Wob Roberts, who first worked with the band in 2008 and returned to the role last year. Live image credits: Courtesy of Lytham Festivalįor their latest UK and European festival run, the band picked up where they left off with long-time audio vendor Britannia Row Productions, which supplied the crew with a DiGiCo-centric control package, as well as an assortment of microphones and Sennheiser IEMs.
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