Finland - The Roland M-480 Digital Live Mixing Console, M-48 Personal Monitors and S-1608 Digital Snake Stage units have recently been out on a three- week, multi venue tour with Finnish singer Eija Kantola. The Anniversary tour which celebrated 20 years in the business for Eija and her band Omega played in a variety of venues across Finland including dancehalls, restaurants and cruise ferries.
The Roland V-Mixing System was chosen for the tour by long term Eija Kantola tour technician, Mikko Kiviniemi, a freelance technician based in Helsinki, who works around 100 days a year with Eija Kantola and has been using Roland products since September 2011.
"I have used the RSG products for more than 120 shows - it is a reliable and great sounding system with reasonable FOH footprint," commented Mikko. "The overall workflow efficiency and surface layout is superb as I can run most shows without using a laptop and I was truly impressed by the high sound quality the RSG products provide."
The M-480 Digital Live Mixing Console was appropriate for FOH on the tour - a lightweight system with a small footprint that could be moved around easily from venue to venue and connected simply to the in-house systems where necessary.
"The M-48s are really good to have around as they allow me to focus more on the FOH sound and the artists IEM sound, they are truly a lifesaver for my situation."
For the Eija Kantola tour, M-48 Live Personal Mixers were used for the drummer and for the guitar and bass players on the stage, enabling each musician to control exactly what they want to listen to during their performance. With control of up to 40 audio channels via 16 stereo groups and based on REAC, the all-digital connection resulted in a low noise floor and crystal clear sound.
