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Monitor engineer Carlos "Carlitos” Dickson at work on the current Feid tour where he's employing a Lectrosonics M2 Duet digital wireless IEM system and more.

Monitor Engineer Carlos “Carlitos” Dickson Deploys Lectrosonics For Colombian Reggaetón Artist Feid

M2 Duet digital wireless IEM system, M2T dual-stereo wireless transmitters, an M2C Active Antenna Combiner and M2Ra beltpack receivers are the key to the Latin Grammy-winning engineer's approach.

Carlos “Carlitos” Dickson, a Latin Grammy-winning and multi-nominated engineer who’s currently handling monitors for popular Columbian reggaetón artist Feid, on the ongoing Ferxxo Nitro Jam Underground tour of stadiums, is utilizing a Lectrosonics M2 Duet digital wireless IEM system with four M2T dual-stereo half-rack wireless transmitters, an M2C Active Antenna Combiner, and M2Ra beltpack receivers to deliver his mixes.

Dickson, who’s also aproducer is providing sound for the tour through his Miami-based company, Carlitos Pro LLC. Dickson relies on the streamlined rig to deliver fidelity to the artists on stage, his first priority. “The Lectrosonics gear sounds completely amazing,” he says. “I feel like I’m in the studio when I work with the in-ears; it doesn’t cut off frequencies, it doesn’t have a filter, it doesn’t compress the audio in any way.”
Feid and Wain, his onstage vocal producer, offered a similar reaction when evaluating the system. Dickson: “I told the guys, ‘Let’s try it. I like how this sounds; I’m sure you guys are going to like it.’ When they tried the Lectrosonics, right away they noticed the difference… and they loved it.”

Coordinating RF frequencies can sometimes be a long, complex process, but he says the Duet system also works out well in terms of scanning and assigning. “One feature I like a lot is SmartTune,” he notes. “You can look for the frequency, and it’s very fast and precise. When I’m doing sound check and I’m setting up all of the RF, I get the frequency from the belt pack and scan it, and it’s very accurate. It’s super-fast.

“Also, Lectro the range is so good. When I go backstage, to the green room, around a lot of walls, it just follows me.”

As both the tour sound provider and the monitor engineer, Dickson flies with all of his gear and strives to employ technology that’s self-contained and easy to transport. For example, his Duet rig transmits eight stereo feeds yet fits into three rack spaces.

“We have to keep it light and compact,” he explains. “And, of course, we’re not compromising sound quality. When I go to festivals, when the engineers at the local company arrive, they see all this stuff and they say, ‘What is that Lectrosonics gear?’ They think I’m going mono, or four stereo, or something like that. I surprise them when I say, ‘no, I have eight.’” Often, during sound check he’ll hand visiting engineers belt packs so they can take a listen. “They’ll say, ‘wow, that sounds good, I love that,” he says. “They get excited because it sounds so good.”

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