The rig
I'd rather have it and not need it than need it and not have it.
All of it is mine, and all of it comes to the show — including inputs for whatever you're bringing yourself.
| 40 | inputs — 24 on the Behringer Wing plus 16 on the Midas DL16, mixed from an iPad |
| 6 | independent monitor mixes — 9 buses if you bring your own wedges or IEMs |
| 20 | microphones |
| 6 | channels of DI |
A full band with a drum kit, three background vocals, and a four-piece horn section fits without a special conversation. Past six monitor mixes, we talk about what the band is bringing.
Always the Wing. Speakers picked for the room.
Every show
- Behringer Wing, 24 channels, mixed from an iPad all night. It sounds great and keeps a complicated stage easy to manage, so it comes to every show.
- A wireless handheld I keep to talk to the band
- Stands, cabling, playback, power
Picked for the room and the show
- Small or narrow rooms: Yamaha DBR10s, a pair as mains and a pair as monitors
- Wide rooms and outdoor spaces: QSC KC12 column arrays. They spread sound 145° side to side, so people at the edges hear what the middle hears.
- Subs and more wedges when the band and the space call for them
- Mics and DI to fit the band, from twenty microphones and six channels of DI
Consoles
| Wing | Behringer, 24×8 — the main console |
| DL16 | Midas stage box, 16 more inputs |
| X32 | Rack — secondary |
| XR18 | Secondary / small rooms |
Speakers
| 2 × | QSC KC12 column arrays — mains |
| 2 × | EV ELX115P — mains |
| 2 × | EV ZXA1 — subs |
| 6 × | Yamaha DBR10 — monitors |
| 4 × | EV ZLX12P — monitors |
Microphones
| 4 × | EV ND767a |
| 1 × | EV ND76 |
| 4 × | Sennheiser e602 |
| 2 × | Sennheiser e835 |
| 1 × | Sennheiser e935 — wireless |
| 2 × | Shure SM87A |
| 2 × | Shure SM57 |
| 1 × | Shure Beta 52 |
| 2 × | AKG Perception 110 |
| 1 × | Audix OM7 |
DIs
| Radial | Pro D2 — 2 channels |
| LR Baggs | Acoustic — 1 channel |
| 3 × | Behringer Ultra-DI PRO DI400P — 1 channel each |
Six channels of DI in total.