So I’ve been out with Parachute Band for a week and a half (ps if you don’t know them… you should!) and have encountered a very wide range of PAs and desks… everything from a large D&B rig to tiny 6″ QSC boxes (no lie) and from Digidesign D-Show consoles all the way down to a unique Yamaha EMX5016CF (two actually)… The tools were definitely helpful on some dates in that they ‘were almost not even there’ enabling me to operate at my fastest and my best… and on other dates, like one with an LS9, they were very much in my face, slowing me down, or distortion was a default ‘feature’…. Here is what I brought away… Regardless of the tools or limitations of the PA is it always possible to think outside the box and achieve something great if you don’t give up or give into the situation. Whether its 2 faders, less than 5db headroom before clipping, and 2 hours of fader riding OR 192 faders of glorious digital console love, limitless plugin power, and headroom out the arse on a D&B rig ever fader under my control will ALWAYS get the same amount of love and attention until it sounds its absolute best… as far as I’m concerned… ‘good doesn’t cut it!’