Nashville’s Rack-n-Roll Audio has relied on JoeCo BlackBox recorders to provide redundancy for its substantial mobile recording and production interests since 2011.
‘The simple fact is that if you are not able to deliver full redundancy then you are not really offering a proper mobile recording service,’ says Rack-n-Roll Audio owner, Rob Dennis. ‘With the JoeCo products we quickly realised that we could have redundancy coupled with a 24 or 64-channel recording capability that was easy to take out and apply to any number of different live events.’
The recent Rack-n-Roll itinerary confirms this versatility. With commitments including a headline show by country crossover legend Garth Brooks and medium-size venue concerts associated with the Country Music Awards (CMAs), the BlackBox recorders have had a very busy summer in Nashville and beyond. But there is no doubt that one recent engagement – with Beach Boys founder Brian Wilson – stands out in the memory: ‘We recorded a complete performance of [Beach Boys classic album] Pet Sounds that may be released as a live album/DVD at some point. It was a fantastic project with which to be involved, particularly as this is rumoured to be Brian Wilson’s last major tour.’
In 2017, Rack-n-Roll’s JoeCo inventory includes 24-channel BBR1B multitrack recorders plus 64-channel BBR64-Dante and BBR64-Madi recorders – all of which have performed seamlessly. ‘It’s a testament to the JoeCo products that I cannot recall any specific instances of having to call up about technical problems. They really are built for the rigours of the road – the load-in, the quick set-up, the load-out, repeat – and that is exactly what we needed when we invested in our first system all those years ago.’
Dennis has recently tested JoeCo BlueBox audio interface recorders, and expects to add a number of the units, including their back-up facility, to the Rack-n-Roll inventory over the coming months.
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