Production for the 14 date UK tour was handled by Cato Music. Cato's FOH engineer, Jim King, needed a console to meet the tours specific requirements, which included a large number of outputs. He discussed the options with HD Pro's Andy Huffer and decided the SSL Live more than met all the tour's needs. Although new, its ease of operation also required only half a day's training for King to operate with confidence. "When new consoles go on tour we expect a few phone calls regarding operation," commented Huffer, "But we didn't get any on this tour thanks to a good engineer and the logic of the interface that SSL has designed for the Live
"It's a truly suburb console," said King. "It's very intuitive and quick to learn, but the outstanding feature is its audio quality. The sound is incredible and it's really easy to get a great mix with very little effort."
"We follow every new product on tour closely" remarked Huffer. "This is both to support engineers and to fully assess the product when used and abused in the conditions it must endure on tour. The SSL came through with flying colours. It was stable and totally reliable under all conditions. And as Jim has said, it sets a new benchmark for live performance sound quality."
(Jim Evans)
