Waves has a proprietary “H Compressor” and the “H Delay”, both of which sound amazing. I like being able to hear what the plug-in is actually doing! I went immediately to the SSL Channel EQ and the SSL Stereo Bus Compressor and have used the compressor across my drums quite a bit and love how it just fattens up the drum sound. The console sounds so good on its own, so I’m not using Waves to make the console better, but rather to achieve a different color, dynamic and depth to my mix.
As Waves has been an industry standard in studios for years, it’s was nice to have access to the plug-ins on the road. “And I love the extra boost I get in power and sonics now that we’ve upgraded from the DiGiRacks to the new SD192 rack! So with a great sound right off the bat, I was curious to know why anyone would want to taint it by adding plug-ins, or any other outboard gear? Nevertheless, being a sucker for trying different stuff, I decided to get my hands on the Waves SoundGrid for this tour and was pleasantly surprised. “In my opinion, DiGiCo consoles-whether it’s the SD7 or any of the new ones like the SD8, SD9, SD10-are the best-sounding digital consoles currently available,” Ebdon stated. For the summer Maroon 5 outing, he decided to add the DiGiCo/Waves SoundGrid bundle for some added color. Ebdon traded up to an SD7 for Aerosmith’s massive 2007 North American tour and as a self-confessed fan of “less is more” at FOH, he was able to find everything he needed onboard the console and has been a happy camper ever since. No stranger to DiGiCo, he cut his teeth behind the faders of a D5 for many years on global tours with Maroon 5, as well as with Aerosmith, Matchbox Twenty, Annie Lennox and Sting. Veteran mixer Jim Ebdon is once again handling the band’s FOH sound on a DiGiCo SD7, powered by the new DiGiCo SD Rack with the system clocking at a smooth 96kHz. The largely sold-out tour will hit 40+ venues across the states from July through the end of September. tours of the summer with fellow indie rockers, Train.
Armed with a new CD and the buzz of leader Adam Levine’s stint on the hit NBC show, “The Voice”, Maroon 5 are traversing the country on what is perhaps one of the hottest U.S.
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