“…it literally felt like every channel had a warm blanket around it, making for a very comfortable and smooth listening experience out front. I can't stress this enough, the difference wasn't subtle, it was genuinely a big leap forward in sonic quality. I don't want to do a show without them ever again.”

“My best advice: just go. Show up at a venue, wrap cables, push cases, ask questions, and start turning knobs. The church is also an amazing training ground - it’s where I started 13+ years ago. You’ll get hands-on time with the same gear used in top productions, there’s a huge need for volunteers, and there’s plenty of grace as you learn. That path not only got me here but also connected me to the kind of tools I use today, like Rupert Neve.”

FOH Engineer Toby Francis talks us through the RND gear in his rig for Kendrick Lamar's Grand National tour.

Halsey's FOH Engineer James Butera talks us through the RND gear in his live rack – including the new OptoFET, which was secretly on the road with him for several months prior to release.

Photos courtesy of Nomad Sound.

FOH Engineer Will Nicholson walks us through the RND gear in his setup for Dua Lipa’s Radical Optimism tour, from vocals to conversion to monitoring and more.

a.k.a. "The Best Live Mastering Setup I Could Possibly Get."

“The RND 5059 is the centerpiece of my FOH rig, summing all my groups with outboard inserts and delivering incredible depth and clarity.”

“So, I used to use a couple of fairly industry standard ‘soft-clip/comp’ devices on my guitar subgroups…but eventually they weren’t doing what I needed….”

FOH Engineer Jacob Feinberg walks us through the rig for a run of Beck shows this summer.

A few weeks ago we caught up with FOH Engineer Dani Muñoz just before the recent Lana Del Rey stadium run to talk through his rig, learn about his mixing philosophies, and discover his biggest challenges while mixing one of the most recognizable voices in modern music.

“What an incredible piece of kit. MBT should stand for ‘Music Better Thing!’”

“We swapped vocals over to the Shelford Channels last year, and now it's the first thing the guys ask about in the beginning of the tour. They're always “we're still using the Shelfords right?”

Christina Moon, veteran Monitor Engineer for LCD Soundsystem, was kind enough to give us a tour of their latest stage setup before a show at the Hollywood Palladium. Please enjoy.

“We are a Belgian company that provides full service for festivals, international concert or theater tours, broadcast and recording studios. We mainly specialize in the rental of digital consoles with the necessary outboard equipment for major artists and bands, as well as concert halls.”

Not too long ago we did a gear rundown video with Burna Boy’s FOH Engineer Temidayo Oladehin, and we don’t normally feature one client twice in the span of just a few months…but then Patchwork London tagged us in a few photos of Burna Boy’s V2 rig for 2025 and we had to make an exception.

GB's Juke Joint is much more than just a recording studio complex in Long Island City – they've got many years of experience recording live shows all over New York. To up their mobile recording game, they designed this amazing mobile rig made up of a scalable analog Rupert Neve Designs front-end coupled with a robust Dante network for simplicity, adaptability, and performance.

“There will always be a Newton or 4 in my FOH rack going forward.”

“Enjoy this quick run down of @PARTYNEXTDOOR’s vocal chain, from Monitor World on the #SorryImOutside EU/UK Tour”

“This story is about a modern analog recording desk that became the FOH console for a major global touring enterprise thanks to the vision of a talented FOH engineer committed to getting the right sonics for his audience. Remarkably, this desk has lapped the globe reliably six times, delivering a warm analog signature in arenas, stadiums and festivals without a single incident or failure.”