Hire company Wigwam Acoustics has chosen Allen & Heath’s Qu-Pac ultra-compact rackmount digital mixers as the hub of new shout systems.

Wigwam initially purchased two Qu-Pacs but quickly took a further four. Installed in several new rack shout systems, the Qu-Pacs manage communications between FOH and monitor position on the main stages of many of the season’s top festivals, including the Isle of Wight and the Big Church day.

Qu-Pac is a faderless mixer with built-in touchscreen, front panel softkeys, and iPad remote control. The fully customisable Qu-Control screen can be set up with ‘widgets’ for channel levels, mutes and assignment switches, and the 15 soft keys allow further customisation. Wigwam set up combinations of Qu-control touch widgets and soft keys on their Qu-Pac units to handle audio routing, muting and status.

‘Qu-Pac presents a clutter free interface perfect for the festival environment, while offering all the mixing and processing tools if needed via the touchscreen,’ says Allen & Heath Touring Manager, Leon Phillips.

Following the successful use of Qu-Pac at key festivals, the shout systems are being developed to incorporate Allen & Heath’s ME-1 personal monitor mixers for listening station duties.

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