Larry: We have one extra small for you sir!

Moderator: I DO have a THRUST button ;-)

Larry: Man, too much information!

Moderator: What was the state of IEM's (in-ear monitors) during the time of the original Paragon design?

Larry: Nearly none existed. Only a few people I'd ever heard of were experimenting with the concept. When I took over the monitor mixer position for Stevie Wonder in '87, I was experimenting because there were very few sources of information. The original Paragon had a difficult time generating a number of stereo mixes and that's when IEM’s demand in an ideal world.

Larry (continued): A lot of my early touring with Stevie was strictly striving to extract something out of the current technology. I used a commercial broadcast exciter and an Orban Optimod to transmit a mix to Stevie’s ears over a regular receiver. We bought receivers in Japan that could tune below 88MHz and broadcast down there.

Andy: Along those IEM lines, the Paragon II Monitor desk has parametrics or "mastering" EQs on the mix busses?

Larry: It has a stereo version of our channel EQ, which is, in our humble opinion, usually excellent for an output mix.

Andy: Does the monitor desk have two cue outs, one for wedge, one for IEM’s - perhaps with different level controls?

Larry: Yes, it does have two cue outs, labeled as you've said, and they each have a fader.