The recent Auckland Folk Festival saw Allen & Heath’s Qu-32 compact digital mixers used on all of its three stages for FOH and monitoring.

Selected by PA company SoundandLight.co.nz, Qu-32 mixers were installed on the Festival Stage, Mill Stage and – new for 2016 – the Village Stage, with AR2412 and AR84 racks for additional remote IO.

I have managed the folk festival for about 15 years,’ says SoundandLight.co.nz Director and engineer, Dave Hodge. ‘It requires 14 hours of mixing a day so reliability is key, which is why we have always used A&H mixers. Due to the fabulous recall ability, we just use the compact QU-32 at FOH and monitors. Set up is so easy with scene recall for each band, song, individual instrument, and even a just-in-case scenario, as acoustic groups often bring on an additional guest player. Two iPads are also an integral part of my set-up, one to control the matrixes, sub send and groups, and another to manage EFX sends/returns and stereo returns for MCs and background music.’