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crowd between songs. An MA Lighting
grandMA2 was in control with all lighting
supplied by PRG.
“Some of the Asian venues are challenged
enough just doing four straight trusses but I
pack them with lights - as many as I can get
away with considering weight restrictions!”
added Kevin.
Matt Herr, Sir Elton’s FOH mixer, hails
from a Clair Bros background having worked for
them for twenty years, but rarely gets one of their
PA systems on a run like this. In Australia, JPJ Audio
provided an L’Acoustics V-Dosc system which he
describes as fine; he just has to think a little differently.
“I discovered in the Sydney Entertainment
Centre that if I drove it a little harder than usual, it sat a lot
nicer; if I held back a bit it got a bit wobbly,” he remarked. “I
have twelve cabinets deep on the mains with four dV-Dosc
cabinets underneath, with eight and four on the sides and
twelve subs aside.”
Sir Elton is the only one on wedges with a stereo vocal mix
on the Clair 12AM wedges and the dual 12-inch for stereo
band mixes.
“They are extremely loud in fact he’s the king of loud!”
exclaimed Matt. “The band is using in-ears with Sennheiser
packs.”
Matt prefers to mix on an analogue yamaha PM5000 console,
a product he has always liked and the fact that Sir Elton
always has yamaha pianos plays a factor in the decision too.
“I like the analogue sound, it
sounds like it looks …BIG …… and besides, my
digital recall is right here…..,” he added as he tapped his forehead.
“yamaha consoles are very reliable and the customer
support all over the planet is second to none.”
Effects include a Bricasti M7 for the drums, a TC 2290 for
vocal delay a couple of times, two Eventide Eclipse Harmonizers
and a Lexicon 480 for piano vocals.
“There’s a standard of excellence that has to be met for Sir
Elton,” concluded Matt. “The hardest thing is getting the low
end right, if you can get the low end tight and punchy, you
can build everything on top of that and then it’s fairly easy.”
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