Digico has a system called gain tracking (I think). When engaged the console that does not have head amp control automatically adjusts digital trim to compensate. It’s pretty slick and works well.

The only reason I’m using a waves network is to use their processing and plugins. That network is only between the console, a computer and a waves server. It must be in the waves soundgrid protocol to use waves plugins. For just moving audio around place to place, Dante is incredible. I use quite a bit of Dante networking in my newer Yamaha video.

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@isettech - while Dante and Waves SoundGrid both use networks, they do fundamentally different things. Dante is for moving sound between many endpoints on a network. SoundGrid is mainly for processing audio on a dedicated outboard DSP running Waves plugins, and sending it back to the source.

Thanks for the question! This show in particular had a pretty straightforward input list, check out my newer Yamaha Rivage video (kzbin.info/www/bejne/rGe0h2OEa6angsk) That has many more inputs and a more involved bussing and mixing strategy. I’d say that technology is taking live mixing closer and closer to mixing in a studio. There are still some factors that make it different like at this point it is very difficult to get many different manufacturers plugins in one system. And from a reliability standpoint, I can’t afford a “buffer error” or something while mixing a show. 🙃

Hey there! I’ll remember this for the future. However at this point (as was the case in this video) the PAs I work on are usually an install or are provided without a whole lot or any input from me. “PA du jour” if you will. I’ll do a video soon on how I handle system tuning and management!

@@ifitsoundsgood It's all good... seriously, all of it. I appreciate the content. Just bummed not seeing the rig. First World issue if there ever was one!

This very popular console brand is popular for good reason, no doubt. Extremely transparent, Uncolored and very flexible. They really are blank canvases. I like all the coloring options of Rivage and how easy it was to get so many flavors. With others I feel like I have to work so much harder to get there.

At the moment we are not traveling with a PA so it’s different everyday. Situations like that of “PA du jour” make having a Lake indispensable. For that day in particular it was a d&b V rig.

Hey Andrew. I am going to be completely honest with you. I am definitely not a systems engineer, and I’m not an expert with L’acoustics, despite there being one behind me in this video. (It was hired locally, not on tour with me) From what I know about them though, I would think A15s would struggle with 5000 people. K2 would be great. Maybe the new K3 box. But I am seriously no expert. Good luck!

L'Acoustic claims that 4x A15 per side and 4xS21 per side will cover up to 5,000 people. Check out their intro video on the A-series on YT.

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They still work great, they’re easily serviceable. If you’re a big provider like Clair and you have a ton of one kind of cable already, if it ain’t broke…😅

Yes, the Lake is used for system (PA) management. I use it in conjunction with Smaart to precisely input delay times to the different zones of the PA I might be feeding ie Front Fills or Subs. I also like the Lake because any EQ I want to put over the PA for my taste is completely phase coherent EQ handled by its DSP, unlike most/all EQ that you might find on a console or a graphic EQ. And also being able to walk around and EQ wirelessly from a tablet is huge. Like you said, it is 4 in and 4 out. AES or Analog. In this case I'm using the analog ins and outs, my current rig is all AES. There are tons you can do with them and I'm just scratching the surface. Find anyone who regularly deploys large scale PAs and they'll blow your mind what they can do.

Hi Tom, Love the videos, carrying on from this, you go from your console to the Lake then where does the 4 outputs go from the lake in terms of cabling, is there an analog snake running down to stage to feed the FOH amp racks etc or ran a different way? Many thanks

I swear I’ve used so many different types of weird mice. It seems like everyone it out to reinvent the mice out there.

Sadly I'm no longer on this setup. But I will say, the entire tour went off without a hitch. It was super reliable!

Hey Andrew. The way I understood it, because the “monitor console” has control of the outputs, there wasn’t a way to send my L/R to it. I did my main outputs locally. Haven’t had the chance to play with an LV1 yet. Jumped onto a different tour with an S6L. Maybe another waves craziness video to come haha.