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DiGiCo Quantum 338s join Sleep Token on world tour

Front-of-house engineer Thom Pike has been with the British heavy metal band Sleep Token ever since their third gig in 2018. For their 2024 world tour he ditched his usual mixing desk for a DiGiCo Quantum 338. Monitor engineer Samuel Schmitt also used a Quantum 338.

“It was the start of a new cycle and a new era in terms of venue sizes”, says Pike. “I had been having some issues with my desk towards the end of the last tour, so I rang the new production manager and explained. Solotech was able to help us out in terms of budget, so for our first gig at Wembley Arena I swapped straight to DiGiCo. By the end of that tour I was in love with the console.”

Being with the band since the very beginning, Pike used to mix FOH, monitors, manage the production and the tour. As the band’s success has grown he has been able to delegate responsibility and now solely concentrates on mixing FOH. Their rise in popularity has seen the band go from 130 people capacity clubs to selling out 23,500 capacity venues like Manchester’s Co-op Arena in just a few years. The increase in venue size and production elements was just a part of the reason behind swapping to DiGiCo, as self-confessed enthusiast Schmitt recalls.

“I am a true DiGiCo evangelist”, he says. “When a band is rapidly growing in terms of venue sizes, there are going to be things you want to do that some consoles are just not able to do. And that means you will be running in circles. That is never an issue with DiGiCo, the workflow is just much cleaner.” It was Schmitt’s enthusiasm and support that made Pike feel more comfortable taking the leap to DiGiCo and, if issues did come up, Schmittt was only too happy to show Pike a quick fix. “We joked that I was Thom’s personal DiGiCo tech support”, says Schmitt.

“Compared to other consoles, the DiGiCo just seemed like a big scary computer”, recalls Pike. “But you can make them sound how you want them to. Other desks just sound like they sound, but DiGiCo is really clean and there is plenty you can do to change the sound if needed. I love Mustard processing and basically use it on everything. For this tour, I didn’t use a single standard EQ or compressor on anything. When I first started there was a limit on Mustard channels and I ran out. On this tour, we upgraded to Pulse, so now I have enough Mustard for everything.”

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