Allen & Heath’s dLive mixing systems are proving popular with top German artists, such as Nena, Xavier Naidoo, Joris, Brings and Van Canto.

‘The dLive S Class has been a complete success, and we are supporting a lot of satisfied customers and users,’ says A&H German Brand Manager, Markus Sinsel. ‘The design of the user interface, the FX processing, and the easy integration with Waves and Dante are especially appealing to users.’

Among them, singer-songwriter Joris, has toured with a dLive S5000 Surface and DM48 MixRack with Waves V2, and plans to use dLive on his 2017 tour: ‘I use the integrated audio matrix switcher – this feature, and the possibility to integrate Dante, Waves and Madi, is perfect for Joris,’ says FOH engineer, Daniel Lauer. ‘Also, recording, the broadcast connections and the communication with the OB vans all run through dLive.’

Cologne band Brings has toured with dLive, including a final stadium gig for 50,000 fans. For this gig, two S7000 Surfaces with DM64 MixRacks and DX32 Expander were used. There was a monitor split via Dante to a GLD-80 mixer, and a feed to the OB van was supplied via Madi. ‘dLive sounds stunning, and the design of the surface is perfect and easy to use. I always have the impression that everyone at Allen & Heath knows what they are doing and how live mixing works,’ says Georg Ganser, Brings’ FOH technician.

For Nena, Oliver Steinberger employed two S5000/DM48 systems fitted with two Waves network cards: ‘After a short briefing, we were able to work independently and quickly assign our own layout,’ says FOH engineer, Daniel Lauer. ‘The first thing we noticed was the natural sound of the system. The high resolution processing has a staggering depth to it, which is clearly evident in the FOH as well as in the monitor mix. What we continue to appreciate is the complexity of the system’s capabilities. Inputs can be split between the two MixRacks but also combined to meet special requirements, such as additional orchestral instruments, resulting in an impressive 128 possible input channels.’

Acapella heavy-metal band Van Canto toured with a S5000 and DM48, as well as a GLD-80, and engineer, Sascha Kohl, used a S7000/DM64 system with Waves and Madi integration for Xavier Naidoo and Rea Garvey. dLive has also been used on tours for Matthias Reim, Gregorians, Excalibur, Rolf Dressler, Blumentopf and Donots with Toni Loitsch.

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