Two large-scale concerts under the title Havana Calling – the first on Cathedral Square in Havana and the second at the Kremlin Concert Hall in Moscow – saw sound engineer Robert Boim using an Allen & Heath iLive system for FOH, monitors and live recording of a full complement of 62 channels via a Madi plug-in card.

Two iDR-32 MixRacks were positioned on stage, one for drums, percussion, bass and guitar inputs, and a second managing keys and vocals, and were digitally split for separate FOH and monitor mixing. Boim used a tablet PC running iLive Editor control software to manage the Havana concert, and a combination of an iLive-T112 surface and Editor at the Moscow concert. ‘iLive provides mobility and robust construction, an ‘analogue-like’ user friendly interface and sound of the highest quality,’ he says. ‘The sound was perfect due to iLive’s high quality preamps and EQ.’

Boim also recently selected an iLive system, comprising an iDR-32 MixRack and iLive-T80 Control Surface, for the bands Guru Groove Foundation and KOOQLA, who appeared on TV Show, Parny Progon. The weekly music show features key artists and bands, and is broadcast on Russia’s A-One TV channel. iLive managed live mixing and multitrack recording for both artists.

iLive has also been adopted by several other key Russian sound engineers who have selected the system for many of their recent touring projects – Yury Astafiev, sound engineer for Russian pop singer Dima Bilan, chose iLive for the artist’s recent national tour. The iLive system, comprising an iDR-32 MixRack and iLive-T80 Control Surface, managed both FOH and monitor mixing.

Also, sound engineer Vladimir Gubatov used an iLive system for a major concert from Inna Zhelannaya, which was held in the hall of The Central House of Artist museum in Moscow. Comprising an iDR-48 MixRack and iLive-T80 Surface, Gubatov managed both FOH and monitor mixes from the system.

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