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Speaking of the L-Acoustic speaker rig, Tristan-Hauer says, “The Chainsmokers have a very dynamic sound that covers the full spec-
trum of the frequency range and being able to replicate it was very crucial.”

venue,” Nelson-Hauer explains. “The new auto FIR feature perature and humidity on the fly has been amazing, espe-
in Soundvision [L-Acoustics’ 3D design software] has cially when we get into some venues where we will do
saved my system tech a ton of time as far as system tun- soundcheck at one temperature, then do the show at a dif-
ing, and on this particular show we don’t have much time ferent temperature.”
allocated for actual tuning. We get the PA some days as For control, Nelson-Hauer has “a DiGiCo SD5 console,
late as 3pm and must be ready by 4pm for a VIP sound- fully loaded and running at 96K/96K. I have two SD racks
check, and with the entire system being 100% accurate as with 32-bit cards for taking care of all inputs from both the
we expect from Soundvision, I have complete confidence A and B stages. The input count is 112. I have been using
that this is not going to be an issue.” DiGiCo consoles for many, many years. I find them to be
reliable and constant. I run the console relatively hard, and
“ World War Joy is a concept The there is a real sweet spot where you get the warmth to
come through. On top of this I have two DiGiCo Nano
Chainsmokers came up with, and it
racks at the front of house, taking care of all the I/O duties
follows a dual narrative of a world for my outboard.”
divided into opposing sides. It has As for plug-ins, he says, “I don’t run any Waves what-
soever for the show. I do have a DiGiGrid MGR [quad
joy and war, it has happiness and
MADI interface], allowing me to record 128 channels over
sadness, it has a bright side and a four MADI streams at 96K, as I multi-track every show for
dark side, it has the obscure and the band and also provide them with a left/right bounce for
the colorful. ” —Risueño reference. The show file is around 200GB per show. I use
a 2012 Mac Mini with 2TB solid-state drive and 32GB ram.
For recording software, I use [Waves] Tracks Live and
Nelson-Hauer adds, “This is our first time using the [L- [Apple] Logic ProX.”
Acoustics] P1 processor; its autoclimate feature has really His effects gear, he says, includes “an Avalon [VT] 737
taken this PA to the next level; being able to adjust to tem- [channel strip], running into an Empirical Labs EL8

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