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Digital Diamond -
Neil Diamond has been touring over three-plus decades, backed the entire time by Sound Designer/Senior FOH Engineer Stanley R. Miller, including the current "Mission of Love" tour (scheduled to resume in July). Miller has consistently pushed the touring technology envelop through the years, being the first (or in some cases, certainly among the first) to use a separate onstage monitor mixer, to fly loudspeakers for arena concerts, to employ computer control for touring and numerous other "notables." The current tour sees another first - an all-digital signal chain, including Yamaha PM1D digital mixing systems at FOH and monitor and Crown IQ/CobraNet signal routing and processing feeding JBL VERTEC line arrays. We've assembled a thorough look at the technology assembled to achieve this, along with plenty of commentary from Mr. Miller. The centerpiece of our coverage is PSW Live Editor Chris Kathman's profile, where he talks with Stan about the "what's and why's" of Diamond tours past and present, and expresses his views on the sonic quality of the current tour. Diamond "Mission of Love" Tour Key Personnel: |
