Live Sound

Supported By

OneRepublic Brings Pop Rock To The People With DiGiCo

A DiGiCo SD5, two SD-Racks and an SD-Mini Rack at FOH run at 96kHz via Optocore, in tandem with a d&b PA rig helps FOH engineer Zito maintain pristine audio

With the release of OneRepublic’s third studio album, Native, this past spring, the Colorado-based pop-rock band have taken to the road to bring its music to the people.

The international tour began in February and is slated to run through September of 2014, with audio production resources being handled by VER Tour Sound.

Production manager and FOH engineer Zito chose a DiGiCo SD5, with an additional pair of DiGiCo SD-Racks and an SD-Mini Rack for FOH. Everything is run digitally at 96kHz from the inputs to the power amps and they’re employing Optocore from the two stage racks to the MiniRack.

“I’d been hearing great things about DiGiCo’s SD line and wanted to try it out,” says Zito, who has also handled FOH duties for Backstreet Boys, Babyface, Billy Currington and Sum 41.

“I was especially attracted to the console being 96kHz and able to handle the Waves plug-ins internally,” he adds. “The SD5 gave me a great platform to mix on, that I was able to learn quickly. I want to give a special shout-out to Matt Larson and Ryan Shelton with Group One Ltd. for the great support, too.”

DiGiCo

Live Sound Top Stories