On Tyler Childers’ current Snipe Hunt Tour, monitor engineer Cory Benson is working on a DiGiCo Quantum338 console. The tour features Childers with his seven-piece band The Food Stamps, and the console package is supplied by Sound Image, a Clair Global brand.
Benson’s setup has the Quantum338 controlling two SD-Racks loaded with 32-bit mic pres and analog output cards. He also uses two DiGiGrid MGBs to bring MADI into his recording computer. From stage left, he supplies eight stereo IEM mixes for the band, five for backline techs, one VIP stereo IEM mix, and as many as three stereo IEM mixes for guest sit-ins, with an additional hardwired backup stereo mix for the drummer and a feedback wedge for the guitarist.
The workflow relies heavily on the console’s internal tools. Benson points to Nodal Processing as a way to keep fader layouts clear by handling individual sends from one channel, and he keeps most processing onboard: Naga 6 and DYN Blue Classic on Tyler Childers’ vocal, DYN Blue Classics on band buses, Mustard gates on toms, and the V22 software update’s Mustard Levelling Amp The Silver One on upright bass.