Dave Rat is a very awesome human. I went to the Peppers show bummed that I was going to have to listen to the Kudo side-fills instead of the dual V-DOSC clusters. I was shocked when Dave pulled guest passes out of his pocket and a few minutes later I was standing behind his H3k. I admire the way he still takes the time to notice the little guys when he has bigger fish to fry.
Nonetheless, the Sienna was for Christopher Cross. We had an XL200 out front. After
line check, I didn't touch it. It would have been a very easy act to mix. The only
stage volume was the drum kit. All of the instruments were direct with cabinet simulators and all band members were on IEMs. I've never actually mixed a show on a Sienna. It seems like when you get to the
point where you need a Sienna, the band brings a ME and you sit and make sure nothing spontaneously combusts.
The theater owns a Venie 240. It's a big step up from the nasty old Soundcraft K2 in the control room, but it just doesn't have enough inputs to replace it. My only gripe about it, is its 60mm faders. The LAB humans can complain about the screwy aux
layout all day, but it doesn't bother me.
