After more than 70 concerts to date, Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats continue their 2018 tour for fans in Europe and North America with monitor engineer Davy Gleeson using an Allen & Heath dLive S Class to mix the band’s in-ear monitors.
‘They started with wedges, but the in-ears help Nathaniel balance his voice with the band,’ explains Gleeson, who also acts as production manager and stage manager on the tour. ‘We were very impressed with the [A&H] GLD’s sonic quality and user-friendliness,’ he said. ‘So, when the dLive came out, I put it on the rider for Rateliff’s tour. It’s got the same workflow as the GLD but pumped up on steroids. And, I’ve AB’d it with other digital consoles and it sounds a lot better. I have a scene for each song, and, with the dLive’s cue-list editor, I can drag-and-drop songs to create a new set in about 20 seconds. It’s super easy.’
He uses the dLive’s Virtual Sound Check to review monitor mixes with the band: ‘The VSC is simple,’ he says. ‘One click of a button and you’re going; another click and you’re out again.’
He also uses the dLive’s onboard effects exclusively: ‘I’ve got the multi-band compressor and the dynamic EQ on every channel along with a few reverbs. And, since we’re doing a lot of flying around, I don’t have to carry an external effects platform.’
Denver, Colorado-based Brown Note Productions of supplied the dLive S5000 Surface and DM64 MixRack for the tour’s North American leg. ‘It has been great working with Davy and Nathaniel Rateliff on their North America tour,’ says Brown Note President, Ryan Knutson. ‘We’re seeing more and more riders for the dLive. So when Davy requested one, we felt it was a good time to invest in this platform for our clients. The dLive’s reliability, sound quality and footprint proved to be a great fit.’
‘Brown Note has given us great support and, Allen & Heath has done its homework on the dLive. It’s solid and user-friendly,’ Gleeson adds. ‘I can configure the layout exactly as I want to see it and I love the sound.’
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