Dual Allen & Heath iLive Systems Tour with Clare Maguire

The UK singing sensation Clare Maguire recently completed a tour of the UK carrying a dual Allen & Heath iLive digital mixing system to manage front-of-house and monitors.

Partly rented from PA company, SRD Group, the system comprised an iLive-80 control surface and an iDR0 mini Rack at the front-of-house, digitally split from an iDR-48 MixRack and an iLive-R72 Control Surface at monitor position.

"I think it's a great sounding desk with so much headroom. I mix pretty loud and I tried really hard to run the outputs into distortion but I failed," explains the front-of-house engineer Chris Fillery. "The parametric EQ is great and musical. I also enjoy the choice of compressor types; it's nice to have elements which help you add a bit of character to the mix. The FX are excellent -- the reverbs sound really good and the ADT and sub bass synthesis are well thought out."

Fillery used the iLive-80 control surface with additional control provided through the MixPad iPad app.

"Having the compact surface and iPad was really useful for the size of the tour venues, which were 300-600 capacity. Plus, being able to check and adjust your mix anywhere in the venue is amazing. I also love the RTA on the graphic for whatever channel you have soloed -- it's genius," Fillery concludes.