Formed in 2002, OneRepublic have enjoyed huge international success, with over 18 billion streams on Spotify alone. Accompanying the band on their current Escape to Europe tour are Justin Ripley at the front of house position and Chris Marinaccio at the monitor position. Both engineers are using Quantum338, supplied by Spectrum Sound in Nashville.
The DiGiCo choice was a about reliably sourcing the desks everywhere, which was important to a tour with six rigs on the road and Ripley’s ever-evolving show file
“The flexibility of the Quantum338 allows it to adapt easily to either monitors or front of house positions,” Marinaccio explains. “On the monitor side, the customizable layout is crucial; quick access to auxes and inputs makes for a fast and intuitive workflow. The input and output count is also a big factor. We’re dealing with around 105 input channels and 34 auxes on this tour, and the Q338 handles it all comfortably. The aux function on the control groups is really useful for quick changes on an instrument group for one person. Relative groups are another extremely useful feature for overall changes across multiple snapshots, and aux nodes are amazing for that one musician who needs an instrument processed completely differently. Even simple stuff like fades in between snapshots can turn a jarring transition into something that just works.
