Not even Santa could deliver something this cool!

Even with so many shows cancelled due to the unprecedented weather conditions lately, we still managed to get our brand new DiGiCo SD9 out on a few gigs before we wrapped up for Christmas. Words can’t describe it – so here is a few thousand words (aka pictures) of it doing it’s biz! We just [...]

Brand new DiGiCo SD9 in stock!

AMP Sound Systems are delighted to announce that we now have one of the world’s leading digital mixing consoles in stock! When DiGiCo introduced the SD9 – a complete, integrated system, which includes the mixing surface, a D-Rack digital stage interface and CAT 5E digital multicore, with the additional ability to simultaneously record 56 channels – [...]

SC48 Test Drive!

The budget has been set aside for the new console – but the search continues to try to find the best performing mixing platform that will add to our already impressive inventory of pro audio equipment. We need something with the highest audio quality, 100% reliability, and a small footprint to keep staff costs down [...]

The life saver that is "Studio Manager"

Yamaha’s studio manager has saved my bacon a few times at gigs. Most of our work can only be done once we reach the venue. Yes, it is possible to be organised and have all leads wrapped correctly and have a clear channel list made out, but thats about all you can do before you [...]

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.