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“There’s such with Milsap after his mom’s retire- processing is “very well done”) andĪ greater potential now to show the ment, the tour package was signifi- he’s used Digidesign’s Venue offfer-Īudience much more closely the dy- cantly more elaborate than today’s ings, with the only complaint being When West began working DiGiCo consoles (where the native Music and technology mom, famed Country artist Dottie able,” though he’s also a fan of Magical night that produced a great ties eventually evolving to FOH for his Chastain) “pretty universally avail-Ĭonsole tape. On the road, West West encounters, with the PM5Dĭlelit in the park kind of thing”-a began by driving the bus, his road du- and the M7CL (used on monitors at One of the first gigs, was a “can- ize the concept). Yamaha dig-ġ993, he recalls that Chastain Park, worked with Bob Heil to commercial- ital desks are the most common When FOH engineer and pro- ior West was also a steel guitar player lanta sound provider, Entertainmentĭuction manager Kerry West first and built the first “talk box” in his Design Group (joined the Milsap crew in August of garage, later seen by Joe Walsh, who was at FOH for this gig. studio in their home in 1961 (the sen- Yamaha PM5D from Chastain’s At. Mer time gig at the Chastain Park engineer father built an early home ing processing racks unnecessary. modify external effects before theįor when PSN hopped on the tour West began his forays into audio internal processing and snapshot ca-īus for a jaunt to Atlanta for a sum- at the age of 15 when his electrical pabilities of digital desks made carry. Like Trace Adkins, who Milsap opened and Crown MacroTech amps. Milsap always captivates a driven by L-Acoustic, BSS and Dolby tomation stretches back to using aĬrowd, and even awes the headliners Lake processing feeding L-Acoustic MIDI-based Yamaha controller to Occasionally serving as the opening Chastain venue has an L-Acoustic V- has become a fan of digital con-Īct (including on George Strait’s 2007 Dosc array permanently installed, soles, though his history with au. His various ongoing musical projects everywhere-what a joy that you still cover a broad range of styles, andĪnd studio work, Milsap seeks out his know you are mixing for more than only the steel guitar might be missed).įans for some 70-80 live dates a year, one little tiny slice of people.” The Traveling light these days, West Along with up right, it’s like “front row seating his current band is so good, they can
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Nie Milsap has just released a new ing to worry about the sound being strong with additional guitar, steelĬD, My Life, and continues to add his “five or ten times louder in the front and keyboard players, is now five He’s become a truck of just band gear and three bus-ĪTLANTA-Nashville living legend Ron- big fan of line arrays, no longer hav- es. Georgia On My Mind: Ronnie Milsap On The Roadīy Frank Wells. Below: Milsap stands and sings-the “custom” 2x4 at stageįront travels with the band-it lets Milsap locate, and avoid, the edge of the stage. Above right: Ronnie Milsap croons into a Shureīeta 58 while monitoring through Galaxy Audio Hot Spots atop his Yamaha digital grand piano. Above left: Showtime (viewed through a pair of Shure mics used during the a cappella “Doo Wop” segment).
