{"id":174,"date":"2011-07-06T12:52:52","date_gmt":"2011-07-06T11:52:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/synthax.testing.pm\/latest\/?p=174"},"modified":"2015-11-30T15:52:21","modified_gmt":"2015-11-30T15:52:21","slug":"paul-ramsay-on-the-rme-madiface","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.synthax.co.uk\/latest\/2011\/07\/06\/paul-ramsay-on-the-rme-madiface\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul Ramsay on the RME MADIface"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Paul-Ramsay\"<\/a>

Front of house engineer Paul Ramsay at the Academy in Bristol<\/p><\/div>\n

Front of house engineer, Paul Ramsay was featured on our site a while back with the RME MADIBridge and HDSP MADI PCI (an obsolete product, replaced by the RME HDSPe MADI<\/a>) cards with \u201cThe Who\u201d. You will also find Paul at the FOH helm for artistes such as Annie Lennox and on the new Skunk Anansie tour. But he is presently touring with Doves on their \u201cKingdom of Rust\u201d tour for which he is using and singing the praises of the new RME MADIface<\/a>.<\/p>\n

We caught up with Paul at the Academy\u00a0in\u00a0Bristol\u00a0to find out more.<\/p>\n

How do you use the MADIface?\u2028<\/strong>
\n\u201cI basically use the RME MADIface through a Digico SD7 desk and a Mac G4 Powerbook and multitrack every show. We archive the shows for the bands reference and possible future b-sides and live albums. Also, the band doesn\u2019t sound-check anymore, so I use the recordings coming back from my Powerbook and RME MADIface for virtual sound-checks. \u201c<\/p>\n

\u2028\u2028Do you think that virtual sound-checks are more common now?<\/strong>
\n\u201cYes, I think a lot more engineers are picking up on it now, it really can make life easier and more convenient for the band and the engineer. For me, I have been virtual sound-checking since I first got the RME PCI card<\/a> versions which were loaded into a desk top. But with the RME MADIface, it is even easier to take around and to move between bands.\u00a0 For example on this tour, I had no production rehearsals, so I had a flat SD7 and spent the first sound-check setting up and then recorded the show. The next day in sound-check and using what I had recorded the night before, I was able to sit down and take my time and set up snapshots etc.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cVirtual sound-checking was something you dreamed of for years in the analogue world. Of course, sound-checking bands never play as hard, have the momentum or adrenalin that they have during a live performance, and they get bored fairly quickly too. So, it is almost more beneficial to sound check using the actual show files as they are playing at full tilt, and I can sit and twiddle for as long is actually needed.\u201d<\/p>\n

Watch the interview with Paul Ramsay<\/h4>\n