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Girl in Red uses complete family of DiGiCo solutions for latest world-wide tour

Sound engineers Kris Derry and Matt Wickens have chosen two DiGiCo Quantum 338s, Klang:DMI, and Fourier Audio Transform.Engine, all provided by Entec Sound and Light, as part of Girl in Red’s touring gear. Girl in Red is Norwegian singer-songwriter/record producer Marie Ulven Ringheim’s indie pop project (and also her stage name).

 

Derry mixes at the front of house position. He has been with the band since 2019, and says he has witnessed a huge change in the way they tour: “When I started, we were in a splitter van and I just brought a Peli-case of mics and no desk”, he recalls. “Returning in 2021 for Reading and Leads festival, Matt and I made a push to take an audio package. The gig had grown and we needed that consistency. So, at the start of that year’s album campaign, we spec’d DiGiCo.”

 

The team, headed by Production Manager Eric Wade, started with the SD Range, but requirements continued to expand and so did the consoles. Having tried most of what DiGiCo has to offer, both engineers are now using a Quantum 338 at the front of house and monitor positions. Derry and monitor engineer Wickens are making use of the Spice Rack, with Wickens appreciating the Nodal processing: “We’ve got an extremely dynamic drummer, so being able to send all the drum channels to him pre-compression, pre-dynamics, but post-gated compression to everyone else without having to duplicate channels is great”, he states.

 

Joining in 2021, Wickens introduced the band to Klang for their in-ear-monitoring needs. Accessed via the Quantum 338 console at the mix position, Klang:DMI integrates seamlessly, allowing everything to be within easy reach, requiring less screens, creating fewer distractions, and allowing Wickens to focus on what is important. “As soon as I introduced Klang:DMI I was instantly able to lower the listening volume for my artist mix”, he says. “Then I could place instruments, vocals and track in a 3D landscape. I can push mix objects up and down, as well as left and right to create more space in the mix. It means that I can have every element of the band audible whilst keeping a lot of space for that all-important vocal.”

 

Derry is using a Fourier Transform.Engine at the front of house position to manage the band’s plugins. “Fourier is really stable”, he says. “A few nights ago, my laptop had a moment, but I looked over at the rack unit of Fourier and saw four green ticks, so all was OK.” Derry had tried Fourier twice through different demos before using it on a gig. “I recently installed the cuelist update”, he adds.

 

Mark Saunders and Dave Bigg have supported the engineers with set-ups and programming, which, according to Derry and Wickens, has been “invaluable” throughout the band’s many tour dates.

 

(Photos: DiGiCo/Isak Jenssen @isakuzumaki)

 

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