Father and son recording engineers Guy and Ian Charbonneau recently recorded audio for Eric Clapton’s 2023 “Crossroads Festival” in downtown Los Angeles at the Crypto Center utilizing the Le Mobile recording truck.
Guy recorded Side A of the main revolving stage aboard Le Mobile while Ian recorded Side B using the M&B Audio truck. In addition to Clapton, performers this year included Sheryl Crow, Marcus King, H.E.R., Taj Mahal, John Mayer Trio, John McLaughlin, Keb’ Mo’, Santana, Stephen Stills, Molly Tuttle, ZZ Top and many others.
In addition to Le Mobile and M&B activity, Ian’s new company, The Recording Project, captured the performances at the two foreground C and D satellite stages with his custom remote recording system. While the revolving stage full bands were setting up, short solo performances took place with Sheryl Crow, Eric Gales and Gary Clark Jr. In addition to recording the entire event, mixing was also done for live pay-per-view broadcast streaming in support of the Crossroads Centre Antigua Addiction Recovery Center.
Having worked for 30-plus years with his father Guy and the Le Mobile remote recording truck, Ian recently founded The Recording Project and created a fly-pack portable recording system thatcan be loaded into a few cases and checked as baggage airlines. With the new mobile system, he’s already recorded concerts with Imagine Dragons, Melissa Etheridge, Macklemore, Dua Lipa, Khalid, Jack Harlow, and others.
Ian explains, “My new system consists of a DirectOut Technologies, MC Prodigy modular audio converter loaded with 64 channels of high-quality MicHD preamps packaged in a custom rack with all inputs on the back side. It allows for 48 or 96K recording. The converter /preamp connects via fiber cable to two Avid MADI Pro Tools systems for redundancy.”
