The sound engineers for top festival acts Childish Gambino, Twenty One Pilots, Janelle Monáe, etc. share how Waves tools helped them deliver sensational sound at Chicago’s Lollapalooza 2019.
By Neal Gustafson
Conceived in 1991 by Perry Farrell as a farewell tour for his band Jane’s Addiction, the first iteration of Lollapalooza ran through 1997; but it wasn’t until a partnership with C3 in 2005 that Grant Park in Chicago became the festival’s permanent home. Now one of the longest-running in the United States, the iconic festival brings in close to half a million people each year, taking place over four days in the heart of Chicago’s lakefront, right at the height of the Second City’s sweltering summer heat.
2019 was no different, with a lineup featuring the world’s biggest artists across hip hop, electronic, and every flavor of rock. As these top-billing acts all descended upon Chicago’s historic front yard, so did their world-class audio teams.
The sound engineers for festival headliners Childish Gambino, Twenty One Pilots and J Balvin, plus top-drawing acts like Janelle Monáe, Kacey Musgraves and Bring Me the Horizon, have come to rely on Waves plugins for their live mixing needs. With some acts and their teams flying in and out the same day, engineers depend on the reliability and stability of their rigs to make any show seem effortless and sound exceptional.
We caught up with top live sound engineers at this year's Lollapalooza, to see how Waves tools help them stay one step ahead of tight festival requirements and deliver sensational sound.
FOH Engineer Amanda Davis (Janelle Monáe)
Keeping It Concise: Amanda Davis Chooses Her Weapons Wisely for Janelle Monáe
Mixing the sundown set on Friday night at Lollapalooza, Janelle Monáe’s right-hand woman, front-of-house engineer Amanda Davis, was our first stop. Touring for over six years and a Waves user for “as long as I can remember,” she delivers a polished, brilliant sound.
We found out that Amanda likes to keep it concise when it comes to effects processing: Running the Waves MultiRack plugin host with a SoundGrid Impact server through DMI cards on her trusty DiGiCo SD10, she works hard to find the right amount of sheen she can get from a plugin, and when she does, she runs with it.
Which plugins have you been using for this show?
“For a lot of inputs I’ve been sticking to my regulars like the H-Comp. On the bass, I’ve also incorporated the dbx 160 compressor. And on my L/R I have the API 2500—there’s something about it that just pushes my mix out past the PA. I barely touch any parameters on the API 2500, but as soon as I engage it everything just comes to life!”
Amanda Davis: “There’s something about the API 2500 that pushes my mixes beyond the PA!”
What are you using in your vocal chain for Janelle Monáe?
“The Renaissance plugins: R-EQ, R-Compressor and R-Vox. On my background vocals, I also use the PuigChild Compressor along with the R-Vox. For one song only, I add the GTR onto the vocal chain to give me a distortion effect. Lately, I’ve been trying this with the OneKnob Driver as an alternative.”
“But the main thing is the R-Vox—it just puts the vocal right where I need it in the mix. I go pretty aggressive on it, almost to the point where it’s too much; but I’d rather have to dial back than have a mix without the main attraction being heard!”
FOH engineer Amanda Davis (Janelle Monáe) running the R-Compressor on her DiGiCo SD10
Studio Sound on Stage: Phil Gornell Raises the Bar for Bring Me the Horizon
FOH engineer Phil Gornell is on a mission to recreate the precision sound of a studio recording in the live setting. If you’ve heard Bring Me the Horizon on tour, you might be convinced that this is more than an ambition—it’s a reality.
Concerned for many years about the ability to replicate that amount of DSP processing in a delicate live environment, Phil now says how improvements in technology along with Waves tools have helped him reach that goal of not compromising quality for resources.
FOH engineer Phil Gornell (Bring Me The Horizon) uses the drum pitch shifter Torque on vocals
Which plugins and techniques have you been using for this show to achieve this amazing sound?
“F6 Dynamic EQ is first in my chain for a lot of channels and groups. It’s essential for cleaning them up before I can process them further. Finding what resonates in an ugly way in each room, and then cleaning it up so I can amplify it, without becoming too harsh or out of control in each room—that’s key to me.”
“Besides the F6, I’m using the C6, H Delay, Torque, SSL E-Channel, H-Reverb, TrueVerb, the OneKnob Series, the MV2 comp, some of the CLA signature plugins—CLA Vocals, CLA Effects, and CLA Bass—as well as the Primary Source Expander (PSE).”
Phil Gornell (Bring Me the Horizon) uses PSE for multiple stages of gating on drums
Any unusual ways you’re using these plugins?
“Torque is a drum pitch shifter, but I’m using it on vocal effects to give each effect a little pitch shift, and really thicken up the returns. Also – MV2 on snare to retain those ‘triggered’ drum velocities that people are so used to hearing.”
“I’ve started using the SSL E-Channel after my reverbs to sculpt the sound of the returns coming into the console. The ‘CLA Deep Snare’ preset gives a thick consistent return on snare drums and makes the snare pop.”
Are there any plugins that you might not have used in the past, but have become go-to's for you?
“MV2 is a new addition for me. It’s very light and low latency, but it does a LOT of heavy lifting. Using it on kick/snare and bass gives my mix a solid and consistent foundation to build my mix on.”
Monitor engineer Jared Daly (Bring Me the Horizon) glues it together with the SSL G-Master Buss Compressor
Charles Izzo Leverages Studio Classics to Bring a Modern Sound for Childish Gambino
A 17-year veteran in the live sound business, Charles Izzo has been using Waves tools professionally for over a decade. “I like the consistency, the comfort of knowing that no matter where I am in the world, no matter the type of show, no matter if I’m on FOH or monitors—when I put my settings into these plugins, they will perform exactly as I expect them to.”
Mixing monitors for Donald Glover a.k.a. Childish Gambino, Charles is constantly optimizing his effects chains, going for that solid dynamic sound that he feels only studio classics can deliver.
Monitor engineer Charles Izzo (Childish Gambino) remakes classic signal chains with his SSL L550 and Waves plugins via MultiRack
Which plugins are most essential for you?
“The Studio Classics Collection bundle, with the Waves SSL and API plugins, is used on pretty much any show that I mix. Having the coloring and responsiveness of those plugins makes a huge difference for me, whether it’s at FOH or monitors.”
What are you using for your vocal chain?
“I have a standard vocal chain that I use for most artists. If I have the SSL Live console, I begin with the console preamp and EQ. On other consoles, I normally use the Waves SSL G-Channel plugin. From there it goes into an original Empirical Labs Distressor—or if I don’t have a Distressor it’s always a Waves CLA-2A plugin. After that I have the C6 multiband comp to fine-tune the dynamics, and finally I go into an NLS Non-Linear Summer for some popping color.”
Charles Izzo finishes his vocal chains with the NLS summing plugin for an analogue feel
What are you using for your various instruments?
Guitar – “Renaissance Axx, straight forward and made for guitars. Also, the NLS to add some analog character to Fractals or other guitar modeling rigs.”
Bass – “Usually a CLA-76 or CLA-3A depending on the player. Doing FOH I also use a C6 with the kick drum side-chained to it.”
Keys – “Vitamin is great for molding key sounds. LoAir is really nice on bass synths, especially when you really want to make a room shake.”
Additional Instruments – “I use InPhase anywhere I have open mics with close proximity to one another.”
Click here for a deeper look at Charles’ setup and plugin chains for Childish Gambino.
Kenny Sellars Is Prepared for Anything with Twenty One Pilots
Playing over 100 shows together at this point, FOH engineer Kenny and the dynamic duo of Twenty One Pilots—frontman Tyler Joseph and drummer Josh Dun—have covered many musical genres and sound design explorations.
“This tour is full of surprises! TOP always keeps me on my toes,” Kenny says. “From the drummer deciding to sit on the singer’s shoulders and sing, to the singer disappearing and reappearing in the 300 level of an arena, I just hang on for the ride! But I also have the privilege of collaborating with the artists who wrote the albums and working with them on every nuance of the music and how it should translate live.”
FOH engineer Kenny Sellars: “Every time I come up with an idea, there’s a set of Waves tools for it.”
Which plugins have you been using for this show?
“The F6 dynamic EQ, JJP Drums, LoAir, MaxxVolume, Manny Marroquin Distortion, C6, GEQ, H-Delay, and H-Reverb are my go-to’s this time. And I can’t say enough about CLA Bass: complete control of the bass in my shows!”
Any particular chains of plugins that you’ve found do the right trick for the job?
“I find that combining my DiGiCo SD5 console’s dymamic EQ and comps with the F6 and MaxxVolume allows me to keep the vocal in-my-face but not overpowering. Whether [Tyler] is whispering, rapping, singing or screaming—trust me, he does it all!—this combo keeps his vocal right where I need it. I typically use the console’s dynamic EQ to control the screams, and then MaxxVolume to level out the vocal, and the F6 to shape the overall tone.”
Twenty One Pilots’ dynamic vocals are processed with F6 Dynamic EQ and MaxxVolume
Any aspects of the plugins that help you save time and be ready for the show?
“I love using the GEQ plugin with RTA—especially helpful when I’m checking during an opener or another stage playing at a festival. It allows me to not only listen but also visualize my inputs.”
“For me, the flexibility of Waves is what makes it a staple in live sound. Every time I come up with an idea or am asked to create something, there’s a set of tools for it.”
Waves MultiRack feeds Kenny Sellars’ DiGiCo SD5 during Twenty One Pilots’ show
The Icing on the Cake: Travis Bing Mixing Kacey Musgraves
Our last stop during the festival’s final day was 6x Grammy-winning country singer/songwriter Kacey Musgraves’s show, where FOH engineer Travis Bing was helming the boards.
What are you using for your vocal chain on Kacey’s voice?
“My chain is Puigchild 660 into F6 into C6 into the NS1 Noise Suppressor, into parallel group compression, and finally into the Puigchild 660 compressor again. Puigchild is a constant for me on vocals, and F6 has become a strong go-to as well: it’s like the C6 on steroids—so versatile and can achieve so much so quickly.”
FOH engineer Travis Bing (Kacey Musgraves): “Plugins for me are the icing on the cake.”
Do you use specialty live sound plugins like PSE and X-FDBK?
“I use the PSE on my background vocal groups. I have five background singers, so I’ve got to do something to suppress those open mics whenever I can.”
“The plugins that I constantly go back to are CLA-76 on the kick, Puigchild 660 on vocals, and API 2500 for everything else I can. And I always use the C6 Multiband Compressor on the master bus as kind of a last-step safeguard: During soundcheck I’ll pinpoint a couple of bad spots in the room and set compression points at those frequencies—so as I dig into the mix, these bad spots don’t get worse.”
FOH engineer Travis Bing: “C6 is the last-step safeguard on my master bus.”
“Plugins for me are the icing on the cake. I do believe that amazing sounds should come from the source whenever possible, so if something feels off tonally, I’d first walk up to the stage, listen to the source and change what I need up there. Then come the plugins: I’ll get the kick sounding good at the source—then I’ll throw a CLA-76 to get it sounding even better!”
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