The Funeral Portrait, an American rock band hailing from Atlanta, Georgia, hit the road for their ‘A Hex On The Nation’ tour following the release of their latest album ‘Greetings From Suffocate City’. For the tour, the band’s longtime audio engineer Jesse Stojanovski stuck with his go-to mixing system, Allen & Heath’s dLive.
In his second consecutive year of touring with his own dLive system, Stojanovski was more than satisfied with the performance and versatility the system provides. The mix for The Funeral Portrait’s rock concerts is handled on a DM32 MixRack equipped with a RackUltra FX card, a DX168 Expander, and a CTi1500 control surface complete with a Waves V3 SoundGrid network card for virtual soundcheck and multi-track recording.
“I’ve been working with The Funeral Portrait for seven years, and dLive reliably allows me to craft a mix that accurately represents the raw emotion and sonic signature of the band.” said Stojanovski. “The onboard DEEP processing has every emulation of hardware compressors, EQ, preamps, and source expanders I could ever desire.”
With the RackUltra FX card, introduced with the incredible dLive V2.0 firmware release from Allen & Heath last year, the audio engineer has also gained access to a collection of 10 new algorithms. The cutting-edge hardware enables a suite of advanced vocal tools, reverberation designers, harmonisers, a saturator, and distortion.
“RackUltra FX introduced new saturation and reverbs, and a lot more, that took adding flavour to a mix to a whole new level,” commented Stojanovski.
One of Stojanovski’s favourite aspects of using dLive is the simplified workflow. The setup is a fully self-contained FOH and monitor system, handling 53 inputs between the MixRack, expander, and control surface. Each input is double-patched, ensuring that both the FOH and monitors receive the same high-quality signal.
“Being able to insert the Dyn8 multiband compressor and dynamic EQ on any input, group, aux, bus, output – literally anywhere – has been a game changer in my workflow,” Stojanovski added. “All of this without requiring any outboard servers or computers to bulk up and complicate my rig. It does not get better than dLive.”
