Funkiphino Streamlines Setup with Pro64
Monitor Mixing | Digital Snakes
Overview
Funkiphino, a 12-piece funk band based in Colorado, uses a Pro64 Aviom digital snake in conjunction with its Yamaha console to streamline its setup from stage to front of house, integrate its Pro16 monitor mixing system, and increase its marketability for catered events. Details
Key Features
- Streamlining of the band’s setup
- Ease of interfacing with the Yamaha console
- Audio fidelity of the system
- Consistency of sound for monitor mixes and at FOH
Products Used
- Pro64 Series
- 1 6416m Mic Input Modules
- 1 6416Y2 A-Net Interface Cards
- 1 ASI A-Net Systems Interface
- Pro16 Series
- 8 A-16R Rack-mount Mixers
- 1 AN-16/i Input Module
- 1 A-16D Pro A-Net Distributor
Consistently Good Shows Simplified
Funkiphino, a 12-piece funk band based in Colorado, has been successfully using a Pro16 personal mixing system for controlling their monitors for several years. So when Mark Halberstadt, the band’s baritone saxophonist, began researching options for streamlining the band’s sound setup, he looked to Aviom for a solution. Halberstadt and the band’s keyboardist and business manager, Chris Fischer, wanted a system that would allow them to remotely control their Yamaha FOH console for smaller events and that would provide better routing, effects, and control over their mic preamp channels. They found their solution in a Pro64 digital snake.
Sound Engineer and Saxophonist
Funkiphino
One reason that Halberstadt chose the Pro64 system was for the quality of the 6416m Mic Input Module. He calls the mic pre “responsive and transparent” and says that for “the cost per channel it is stellar sounding.” The band uses the 6416m to feed 16 channels of digital audio directly into its Yamaha DM1000 through a 6416Y2 A-Net Interface Card. They also use the 6416Y2 to send 16 channels from the console into an ASI A-Net Systems Interface on stage to convert the Pro64 A-Net into a Pro16 A-Net signal for their eight A-16R Personal Mixers.
The Pro64 digital snake streamlined the band’s setup while maintaining easy integration for its monitor mixing system, which Fischer says “gives the band the incredible power to produce consistently good shows.”
Remote Mixing From a Laptop
With the new design, the band no longer requires a traditional FOH console to be front and center at an event. Instead, the band’s sound engineer remotely controls its Yamaha console from a small laptop. From his laptop, the engineer has added control over the signals sent to the monitor system on stage.
According to Fischer, this setup makes the band very marketable for catered events like fancy weddings where it is undesirable to have the console visible in the room. The system also makes it simple for the band to set up for an event.
In addition, the band still uses its AN-16/i-M Mic Input Module to integrate its setup with sound companies who already use Aviom Pro16 digital snakes. This allows the band to keep complete control of their monitors while also eliminating the hassle of an analog snake to FOH. Halberstadt says, “We’re a much better band to work with because we’re using Aviom.”
