Beartooth set out on The Below Tour USA in the Summer of 2024 with Allen & Heath’s dLive at the heart of the Front of House and monitors mixes.
The tour utilised Allen & Heath dLive DM48 MixRacks at both FOH and monitor positions with an analogue split deployed between the systems. The DM48 offers 48 mic/line inputs, 24 line outputs and 3 I/O ports and is built on Allen & Heath’s XCVI mix engine to provide 128 input channels and 64 mix outputs with a configurable 64-bus architecture, class-leading 0.7ms latency and phase-aligned signal paths.
The band’s lead singer Caleb Shomo, who also mixes and engineers Beartooth’s studio recordings, runs monitors for the band on tour. The frontman operated a compact C1500 Surface, which packs a 12” touchscreen and 12 faders into a 19” rack mountable frame, from the stage to craft five stereo in-ear monitor mixes, side fills, and two pairs of centre monitors. At FOH, engineer Danny Harvey leveraged the power of an S5000 Surface, featuring dual 12” touchscreens and 28 faders, and the MixRack equipped with a Waves card.
“All the dLive systems sound great,” commented Harvey. “Before this tour, I was on the C1500 at FOH, but having the extra faders and control of the S5000 has been a game changer. The built-in processing lets me achieve the power and punch Beartooth demands, loud and heavy, without compromise.”
The dLive system, supplied by audio visual company V2 Productions, met Shomo’s high expectations, giving him the transparency and control needed to deliver exceptional mixes, and the clarity required to bring The Below Tour USA to life, night after night.
“After mixing the Beartooth albums on some of the world’s best consoles, my requirements and expectations for mixing in-ears have become almost impossibly high,” Shomo shared. “The dLive system has been a game changer. The preamps are completely transparent, and the built-in components give me the analogue feel I need without the hassle of outboard. I’ve never felt so confident creating mixes that make everyone on stage want to melt face night after night.”
