Rig Rundown (Dylan Mitrovich) - Allen & Heath SQ5 + Dante + LiveProfessor + UAD + Neural DSP Plugins

Using plug-ins in the live domain.

In this video, I give you a quick rundown of the live sound rig I have been putting together during 2020, and its first ventures into venues in Jan 2021.

Shot over 4 shows at the Corner Hotel in Melbourne, working with artist Ben Stewart as he performs songs from his band Slowly Slowly in solo-mode.

These shows were an ideal way of taking the setup I had tested at home, and implemented it in a low channel show. It also allowed me to be very creative with the mix, building many additional layers of audio to create dynamic arrangements of Ben's songs.

I'm very much looking forward to taking this setup out to larger shows with a full band, and I'll keep you posted on how it goes!

I'm keen to do more videos documenting the more specific parts of this setup. Routing, latency, DSP usage, buffer sizes, networking, MIDI control, snapshots (both in the SQ and in LiveProfessor), SQ specifics, LiveProfessor specifics, Dante specifics, plug-ins and settings.

Please get in touch through the comments if there is anything specific you would like to know more about, and I can target initial videos based on demand.

Follow me on instagram for more audio adventures: @dylanmaudio

Hardware Elements:
Allen & Heath SQ5 mixing console
Allen & Heath DX168 stage i/o rack
Allen & Heath SQ Dante option card
MacBook Pro 15" 2019 (main processing computer)
MacBook Pro 15" 2012 (record computer)
Focusrite REDNET PCIe Dante card
Universal Audio UAD QUAD PCIe accelerator card
OWC Thunderbolt 2 PCIe Chassis
Dell P2418HTE Touchscreen
D-Link DGS1008 8-port POE network switch

Software Elements:
Audiostrom LiveProfessor
Universal Audio UAD Plugins
Neural DSP Plugins
Soundtoys Plugins
Waves Plugins
Allen & Heath SQ MixPad
Dante Virtual Soundcard (for record computer)

Thanks to Ben (@slowlyslowlymusic) and all of those hardware and software manufacturers who have contributed to making this setup a reality.