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DiGiCo consoles selected for Charli XCX worldwide touring

Charli XCX’s “Brat Tour” started in July 2024 and continues throughout 2025 with dates all over the world. Charli commands the stage, with only occasional guests and minimal set pieces, so all eyes are on her for the entire performance.

Front-of-house engineer Mat Collis, who has worked with Charli XCX for thirteen years, and monitor engineer Barry “Baz” Tymms chose the DiGiCo SD12-96 for the monitor position and the DiGiCo Quantum 338 for FOH, both supplied by Eighth Day Sound. At the FOH position there are 32 channels of playback arriving via MADI to an Orange Box, DiGiCo’s bi-direction audio format conversion unit.

“In addition to the audio needed for the show, we also have timecode and an internal BLDS (Buffer Loop Detection Signal) for redundant switching”, explains. “We also have analogue back-up signals, talkback for the sound team and for Charli if she needs it. The increased channel count on the Quantum 338 is useful; even with a vocal and track gig, you can quickly rack up the channel count, especially when you take the effects returns and duplicated inputs into account.”

Charli XCX garners a lot of media interest, so additional feeds for broadcast, recordings, or social media are often required. Additional channels are also needed for guest artists. Collis says he appreciates the three banks of faders available on the surface of the Quantum 338. “I tend to send broadcast stems from the stage rack, but occasionally it’s just a left and right instrumental, with Charli’s vocal separated, or a direct MADI split”, he adds.

At monitors, Barry Tymms’ SD12-96 has 96 channels at 48 kHz/96 kHz and benefits from 155 Dynamic EQ processors that can be assigned to any input or output channel. The master section offers sixteen graphic EQs, twelve digital effects, and up to twelve control groups. The main show is entirely to track, with guest artists such as Lorde, Yung Lean and Addison Rae making surprise appearances to perform remixes. Special guests also perform solo throughout the tour, something that kept things exciting for the audience and Tymms, as he continues.

“I started with Charli XCX for the latest run of UK Arena shows, so I’ve been with the tour just a few months”, he says. “I use loads of Snapshots during the shows and when we have guest singers, I have additional Snapshots that I can incorporate for the extra checks we need.”

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