Moderator: Welcome!

John Tripeny: Welcome everyone!

Chris Kathman: I will embarrass Trip by saying he is an "A" systems tech and mixer, employed by ATK, really knows V-DOSC www.l-acoustics.com/ and has been mixing Ricky Martin's stadium shows.

John: Now we all know how old I am!

Chris: You are a child prodigy with a tan!

John: Me and George Hamilton.

Chris: He can't put up a V-DOSC rig!

Scott F.: What was Rob like to work with on Ricky Martin when you were system tech?

John: A VERY good question Scott. Demanding would be my best answer.

Chris: Who is Rob, for the rest of us?

John: That would be Rob "Cubby" Colby (FOH mixer for the tour). We used the same tuning every night and Cub did everything on the console. Once we had dialed up a crossover he was comfortable with, we rarely changed the system or even touched the graphs.

Ken: Was he tuning the system to the room with the console EQ?

Chris: Ken is mad!

Ken: And tired.

John: No Ken, we just found a crossover that worked nearly everywhere and he simply EQ'd the inputs. The most we would change from day to day was the phase of the subs.

Chris: What computer did you drive the XTA with?

John: I had a Dell Winbook... ANCIENT.

Jim G: I have mixed on V-DOSC some and like the sound of it. My question: is it really that inefficient to use a Crown MA-5000 on every band, and has it ever been done with a bit more conventional power amp set up?

John: ATK uses the QSC PowerLight amps. Some prefer Crown and claim they sound better.