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Level 42’s FOH engineer relies on DiGiCo consoles

Mark Clements has been touring with Level 42 for over 23 years. For the last sixteen, he has been using DiGiCo consoles provided by Neal Allen, CEO of Merlin PA Hire. For the band’s 2024 touring dates, Allen joined the tour mixing monitors, with Clements at the front-of-house position.

The year began with the pair using a Quantum 225 at front-of-house and an SD10-24 for monitors. Towards the end of the year, they swapped to a Quantum 338 at front-of-house, and a Quantum 326 at monitors for the London O2 Indigo shows. 2025 will see the Quantum 338 changing to a Quantum 225 for the overseas shows to fit the slimmed down logistics package. “I love the Quantum 225 and 338”, says Clements. “We have 48 inputs from stage and for most of these I find the onboard vintage compressors and dynamic EQ are particularly useful.”

Last year was a hugely successful year for Level 42, with dates played across Europe and the UK. When the time came to upgrade the front-of-house console, Allen was grateful to the team at Core Pro Audio for ensuring that a console could be prepped and delivered in record-quick time. “I’ve worked with Mark on and off for over a decade, so when Level 42 needed some help, I offered”, says Allen.

“For the last three or four tours, we’ve supplied everything on the audio side”, he continues. “I purchase my DiGiCos from Core Audio and the team there have been fantastic. They made sure we had the serial number for our new console a good few weeks before it was scheduled to be delivered, so we could complete the touring Carnet.” Allen has continued to invest in DiGiCo consoles, adding the Fourier Transform.Engine to the kit list for the 2024 shows.

“The guys in Level 42 are some of the most precise and knowledgeable musicians I have ever worked with”, adds Allen. “They know what they like, and they can hear the difference immediately if anything changes, so the sound must be spot on. When we go out to Europe, we just take what we need for the stage-end of things. It all needs to fit in a long wheelbase transit, so every piece of equipment has to earn its place on the van, and the compact size of the SD10-24 has been perfect.”

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