A gig in pictures….

I’m sure you underestimate the amount of work that goes on before you arrive at a show. Rather than write any more about it, I will attempt to show you this 20 hour day at the office using only pictures. I have taken the exact time stamp from the images to guide you through the [...]

Primary school show beats Broadway counterparts!

I had the amazing pleasure of doing the sound for St. Brigid’s School’s production of Mary Poppins and Aladdin! It ran for 2 nights in the Greystones Theatre. Usually these kids’ show are very samey, but this one blew me away!

Now thats my kinda gig!

You may have noticed from the blog posts so far that I generally get more excited about the “different” gigs! This one was certainly different! It was only a school’s graduation mass. But it was in an Olympic sizes basketball court, and there was a choir and a small band to work around! The place came also [...]

My next console – the DiGiCo SD8

Half way through every year, we sit down and work out what to spend our hard earned cash on next year in a bid to constantly improve our already impressive inventory of high-end live audio equipment. Decisions like this usually take about 6 months, so we can explore options and try out some gear. Last [...]

Home sweet home… behind a mixing desk!

No rants, no tech specs, just loads of pictures that will speak a thousand words! Click on the thumbnails for a larger view. Ok I will shut up now…. Enjoy

My Introduction to Digital Mixing – The Yamaha 01V

12 Mono Inputs, Parametric EQ’s, racks of compressors, a few effects units…… and you can carry it all with one hand!

One of the best decisions in my whole career was to put a bid on a second hand 01v on adverts.ie. I paid under €300 for it, and on my way home got a call from someone desperately looking for a hand on a gig. It seemed simple – just a simple lack of expertise on their part and they got out of their depth.