DALLAS, Texas - March 2019 - Described by CMT as a true representation of current country for the next generation, newcomer Cash Campbell burst onto the music scene in 2017 with his debut song, Cannonball, and has already racked up 20 million streams and views worldwide with his fresh, dynamic tracks. He has built a fan base on the road with headlining shows and sharing the bill with A-list acts on multiple tours, including his current trek on which he's carrying a DiGiCo SD12 console to run both FOH and monitors.
Chosen by Dallas-based Jordan Bledsoe, who serves as Campbell's FOH engineer, production manager and tour manager, the SD12 and its accompanying DiGiCo SD-Rack were rented from Arlington's B&L Sound and Lighting, which is supplying the tour's complete control package.
This has been my first experience with DiGiCo and, to be honest, I had been intimidated to use one because of how detailed you can be with it, shares Bledsoe. But after a short amount of time prepping on the desk as well as the offline editing software, I realized that detail is what I enjoy the most. Now I find that the workflow and sound of this desk make it hard to imagine going back to anything else. The SD12 is our console of choice moving forward!
With Cash Campbell's previous tour jaunt being a co-headlining run with Austin Burke, the artist and his crew are now out on string of dates opening for Dylan Scott. As with the previous trek, Bledsoe is once again manning the SD12, which is connected to the SD-Rack over Optocore fiber and used in conjunction with a Waves SoundGrid Extreme Server and Shure PSM 1000 IEMs for all band members.
One of the many things that the studio-turned-live engineer has found that he appreciates about the SD12 is its comprehensive onboard processing. With the prior tour leg being my first time on this desk, I started with a Waves plug-in on most channels, but quickly realized I could lean heavier on the console because the EQ is so usable, and the compression and de-esser are incredible, he enthuses. With each channel of compression having the option of being a multi-band, that's super-helpful for drums and vocals as well.
Although the idea of dually running FOH mains and stereo in-ears off of a new and unfamiliar digital desk might sound a bit daunting to some, Bledsoe notes that the SD12 has made it a snap. The ability to essentially have as many auxes as I want enables me to easily mix monitors from the house mix position, and I have a macro setup for each member's mix, so if they need an adjustment, I can hit the macro and very quickly make that for them.
Bledsoe reports that his current patch list comprises approximately 40 inputs, with a few of those being for talkback mics on stage that come into the console and are routed to a SquawkBox at FOH. For IEMs, he delivers stereo mixes to each of the four band members all of whom also sing plus a mix to the band's lighting director, and two stereo mixes for Campbell, one of which is fed to an additional IEM unit for guest artists as needed.
This console is right for us for a lot of reasons, he sums. The channel count and flexibility are the biggest things for me, but as someone who started out in the studio, I'm also really impressed by the sound of the mic pre's and desk in general. And I'm not the only one who has noticed it. Every one of the band members has commented on how clear their monitors sound, and practically every promoter and house tech we've met on the road has commented on how clear and clean the mix sounds. I fully attribute that to the DiGiCo SD12.
DiGiCo Press Contacts
Maria Fiorellino at DiGiCo
Tel: 44 1372 845600
Email: maria@digiconsoles.com
Chris Shuler at Public Address
Tel: 1 574 514 7131
Email: christophershuler@comcast.net
Cash Campbell Press Contacts
Jensen Sussman, Sweet Talk Publicity
Tel: 1 615 320 9616
Email: Jensen@sweettalkpr.com
Jodi Dawes, Sweet Talk Publicity
Tel: 1 615 320 9616
Email: jdawes@sweettalkpr.com
Practically every promoter and house tech we've met on the road has commented on how clear and clean the mix sounds. I fully attribute that to the DiGiCo SD12.
FOH Engineer, Production Manager and Tour Manager, Jordan Bledsoe
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