Paper 46- Soundcheck- Nickelback

Live: Soundcheck - Tour Log: Nickelback

Mix 33. 5 (May 2009): 56.

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Monitor engineer Mike Mule is on-tour with Nickelback. Mule discusses his gear and how he uses it. It is based around a DiGiCo SD7 board from Clair Global. It included over 50 inputs that come from the stage. Mule has found that it helps to bring together the eight onstage positions.

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Monitor engineer Mike Mule (Dashboard Confessional, Rush, Van Halen, Whitesnake) is currently out with Nickelback, spec'ing a DiGiCo SD7 board from Clair Global. "The SD7 is a natural progression for me, having worked on a D5," he explains.

The engineer is handling more than 50 inputs coming off of the stage, including eight vocal channels, two drum kits, and various electric and acoustic channels. "With eight positions around the stage," he says, "it was important to grab the main vocal dynamics, EQ and sends, and spread them to the other positions and be able to follow [lead vocalist] Chad Kroeger and [lead guitarist] Ryan Peake with their own distinct settings to any mic they walk up to. Also, allowing me to configure my console when needed is a big help with opening acts and when the "oh, by the way" changes come. A case in point was with opening act Saving Abel, who started on wedges and then brought in an in-ear package. We were able to reconfigure the console and add all the new mixes and arrange them to the engineer's liking without losing any of his previous settings.

"I'm old-school in the fact that we try to get everything to sound good from the source and not have to overcompensate with EQ and dynamics," he continues. "I use them when needed and try not to load every channel up with unnecessary "signal diminishers." That makes the amazing dynamics, such as comps and gates on this console, that much more unnoticeable. The EQ section is amazing: There's no plus-or-minus 18 going on, if you know what I mean."

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Narrow subject

Rock Bands, Concert Tours, Monitor Mix Engineers, Audio equipment, Equipment Selection

Broad subject

Sound Recording/Processing/Systems, Rock Music

People

Mule, Mike

Company

Clair Global, Nickelback

Title

Live: Soundcheck - Tour Log: Nickelback

Publication title

Mix

Volume

33

Issue

5

Pages

56

Publication year

2009

Publication date

May 2009

Year

2009

Publisher

Penton Media, Inc

Place of publication

Berkeley, Calif.

Country of publication

United States

Journal subject

Business, Sound Recording And Reproduction, Sound

ISSN

0164-9957

Source type

Magazines

Language of publication

English

Document type

Feature

Document feature

Photographs

ProQuest document ID

1297045

Document URL

http://search.proquest.com/docview/1297045?accountid=144516

Last updated

2012-09-17

Database

International Index to Music Periodicals Full Text