Stepping out from behind the Radiohead drum kit, Philip Selway put in a solo performance at the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival in California. Performing an hour-long set, sang and played keyboards in the Gobi tent, with the help of Allen & Heath’s iLive-T112 digital mixing system

The audio engineer for Selway’s solo tour, Gavin McComb, manages the FOH mix, while the band control their own monitor mixes using the ME system: ‘On this leg of the tour, we are using an iLive-T112 surface, an iDR-48 and a ME-U with five ME-1personal mixers,’ he explains. ‘The band are all using in-ear monitoring, which is fed from their individual ME-1s. The only control I have with their mixes are mutes on channels that are not in use on certain songs. This is important as we have many open mics on stage, which can make monitoring a little swampy unless the various mics are muted when not in use.’

All processing and FX used are from the libraries within the iLive system, which means there is no need for peripheral outboard gear. ‘Like I have said all along, from when I started using the iLive system, the internal FX and processors are very, very good,’ McComb says.

‘So far I have not found what it cannot do,’ he continues. ‘It has all the features a touring audio engineer needs and it’s a great-sounding system. I would say that engineers who have found themselves stuck in the rut of Yamaha, Digidesign and Midas should give Allen & Heath products a real try.’

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