American metalcore band The Ghost Inside have wound up a tour of Europe – their first bus tour of the region since a tragic accident in 2015. Spanning more than a month, the tour revolved around the Impericon Festivals, with an exhilarating week of shows in the United Kingdom followed by a series of sold-out performances in Germany alongside acts including Bury Tomorrow, Thy Art Is Murder, Sondaschule and Future Palace.
FOH engineer Bryan Greenberg chose an Allen & Heath dLive system for the tour to ensure the band’s electrifying performances would be accompanied by high-quality immersive sound. His set-up featured a dLive CTi1500 control surface and CDM32 MixRack provided by rental company Solotech.
Designed specifically with easy, cost-efficient travel while touring in mind, the CTi1500 surface is engineered with titanium side panels and comes in at 11.5kg, or just under 23kg in a flightcase. Offering 128 input channels and 64 mix outputs with full processing, the MixRack is the heart of the system, which was also equipped with a Waves V3 Audio Networking Card to enable multitrack recordings to be made of every show.
The Ghost Inside’s long-awaited return to Europe successfully delivered their signature hard-hitting sound with the help of dLive’s XCVI processing core providing ultra-low latency and phase coherent mix outputs. The tour-friendly dLive system also made handling the mix for the crowds of happy fans a great experience for the FOH engineer.
Reflecting on the tour, Greenberg praised Allen & Heath’s flagship digital mixing system, emphasising its versatility and user-friendly interface: ‘I always opt for the dLive on any tour I do,’ he says. ‘The ability to quickly set the surface/soft keys any way you need makes building a new show or expanding an existing one so easy.’
He further highlighs dLive’s comprehensive processing options, including Dyn8 (boasting four bands of dynamic EQ and four bands of multiband compression), compressor models, tube emulation and graphic EQ modelling, which removed the need for other plug-ins. ‘I never really find myself wanting to add external plug0ins or hardware; the addition of the Source Expander completely changed my vocal mix for the better.’
With the short tour now completed, The Ghost Inside are preparing for shows that they now have lined up across Europe and North America for the coming summer festival season, continuing their return to international touring.
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