James Berry’s also no stranger to DiGiCo desks, having used an SD7 on recent outings with Beyonce on monitors before signing on with Mars.
The band recently transitioned to all in-ears, utilizing J&H in-ears, Sennheiser 2050 IEMs and Sennheiser 3732 wireless systems.
“The new features in this latest software version are very helpful,” he says. “I love the way the new control group feature helps control auxes. It’s great to be able to splay out all my auxes at one time on one channel.
“I’ve been using the Copy Audio feature extensively to route audio anywhere, which gives us a lot of multitasking opportunities and lets me connect a lot of gear with better quality.
“We also have a total of four SD Racks between FOH and monitor world, as well as two Mini SD Racks loaded with all AES cards taking in all the wireless. This allows us to keep everything digital.”
Berry is also making use of everything onboard the SD7 for his effects, with the exception of a few Waves plug-ins for Bruno’s output and vocals.
“I’m using a TC Electronics 2290 for Bruno’s delay, and running three TC M6000 taking that AES to my vocal rack on the SD7 and its all clocked in at 96k off the console.
“I’m also using MIDI to control those from the snapshots. In addition, I’m using the Waves C6 plug-in on both his vocal and outputs.”
Additionally, he’s used the SD Conversion software extensively on this tour.
“Early on, we were carrying an SD5 as a backup, so I was able to easily transfer between the platforms using the software seamlessly.”
Overall, Berry says the most important reasons that keep him satisfied with the DiGiCo platform are “the sound, first and foremost. From there, usability, service and reliability. The support from DiGiCo when needed has always been top-notch. Needless to say, I’m a huge DiGiCo supporter.