SPL - Gateshead

As part of some work experience, one of my lecturers let me go to Gateshead to work with his company SPL Sound and Lighting http://www.1spl.co.uk/ these are a bunch of amazing guys that really know their stuff. I learned so much just by listening to them talking about equipment and asking questions on how this beastly rig was wired.
It was good experience working with a much larger sound and lighting company and in a larger venue. I spent all day learning, talking about equipment and just having a good time with friends fellow techies. There was obviously work involved... but it was exciting and challenging! I absolutely loved it! It's given me a taste for something, I want to go into the live sound industry now!!

The mighty Yamaha LS9 32

This is the Yamaha LS9 mixing console, the larger (32 channel) version of the desk that made me fall in love with digital consoles! It feels so fluent and professional to use, I'm a man of efficiency and practicality, I don't want to carry around racks of reverb and compressor units to a gig, only to use them on a couple of channels. It's also the reason I choose to run a DAW system rather than an analogue desk in the recording studio environment. I don't like too much clutter! Even if it's hardware.

I wired up this LS9 myself whist trying not to drool over it's godlike abilities! 

I love these Sennheiser e604's!!!! Brilliant little tom mics

The lighting rig was classy, not too crazy! but impressive.

We wired up their DAS line array! It sounded ACE! 

This DAS line array was my first time wiring a line array! I enjoyed the experience and learned how to mount them properly on their brackets. Maybe one day, I might have a rig as crazy and amazing as this, it's definitely given me something to work towards!!! 

The venue was http://www.thelancastriansuite.com/ it was a nice place and held a ace show