The Conservatory recently played host to a bevy of live sound consoles from Yamaha and Digidesign. The two latest additions to the live sound classroom were the Yamaha M7CL Digital Mixing Console and the Digidesign VENUE, which has been in and out of the school on various hands-on tours. The other two consoles on hand were the Yamaha PM1D and PM3500 that students see and hear year round.
Live Sound engineer and CRAS grad Eddie Mapp was on hand to mix on all the desks and give students the benefits of his expertise. Mapp is FOH engineer for Evanescence, Zakk Wylde and the Black Label Society, Drowning Pool and POD among others. He is profiled in a past CRASH newsletter and is interviewed in the Conservatory’s March 2006 Podcast . “It’s great how the VENUE interfaces with Pro Tools and allows me to use plug-ins when I mix,” says Mapp. “I came back to the Conservatory to check it out and see about using it on the next Evanescence tour.”
Students were able to hear and feel the desks in operation in a recent class that split a live stage feed to all four consoles, then on to separate recorders for later evaluation. “This is unique. There’s nowhere else you can operate and hear four mixers like this in one location,” says Live Sound Instructor Keith Morris. “This is a great way for the students and I to chat with Eddie and also get to mix live with him.”
Photo caption: Eddie Mapp mixing at the Digidesign VENUE
Live Sound engineer and CRAS grad Eddie Mapp was on hand to mix on all the desks and give students the benefits of his expertise. Mapp is FOH engineer for Evanescence, Zakk Wylde and the Black Label Society, Drowning Pool and POD among others. He is profiled in a past CRASH newsletter and is interviewed in the Conservatory’s March 2006 Podcast . “It’s great how the VENUE interfaces with Pro Tools and allows me to use plug-ins when I mix,” says Mapp. “I came back to the Conservatory to check it out and see about using it on the next Evanescence tour.”
Students were able to hear and feel the desks in operation in a recent class that split a live stage feed to all four consoles, then on to separate recorders for later evaluation. “This is unique. There’s nowhere else you can operate and hear four mixers like this in one location,” says Live Sound Instructor Keith Morris. “This is a great way for the students and I to chat with Eddie and also get to mix live with him.”
Photo caption: Eddie Mapp mixing at the Digidesign VENUE