![]() His “secret weapon”, and extra pair of hands, is his Dan Dugan Automixer, which he’s been using for seven years. “The Waves C4 multiband compressor allows me to control EQ as well as dynamics, but doesn’t take the body out of the inputs.” In addition Millikan uses a Mac running QCart and a Dolby Lake Processor with a tablet, to hook into house systems and have control of EQ and delay. “The multiband compressors are very important,” he said. ![]() The Avid Profile console has Waves multiband compressors, reverbs and delays onboard. Millikan describes his front of house setup as “fairly straightforward”. My setup’s relatively easy, we fine-tuned everything prior to going out with front of house it’s really just a couple of multi-pins and tipping a few cases.” There’s a lot more stuff happening up there. “Normally it’s just three of us, and Matt is really here for Cam. “I’ve got an extra audio guy today that I wouldn’t normally have,” Millikan said. But for the Chatswood show, JPJ in Sydney supplied stacks and racks, as well as an extra set of hands, Tim Jones. ![]() Additionally, Dugald McAndrew, recognisable as the man who holds up the scorecards, is the production manager, and guitar and stage tech. On most of the tour shows there were only three people: Millikan, monitor engineer Cam Elias and Matt Miller from JPJ’s Melbourne shop. The sound team that Tim Millikan leads on Rockwiz isn’t large. Bain-Hogg brought Millikan on board to redesign the way the show was doing sound, and he’s hung around ever since for all TV recordings and live events. Millikan joined the Rockwiz operation around 10 years ago, having previously worked for artists such as Paul Kelly and Peter Luscombe (the drummer in the Rockwiz orchestra). The transition for him is really about making it sound right with the scale of the venue.” He’s also our front of house engineer for the TV recording. Tim’s background is front of house, and also playing for various bands, so he’s the best at what he does. It’s not like we can take anyone and put them into his job but he can go and do anyone’s job, because he’s got all that expertise. Tim’s got a much more difficult set of parameters in which he has to work. Good front of house, good lights, good stage techs.”įront of house engineer Tim Millikan has his work cut out for him translating the Espy show into a touring event, said Bain-Hogg: “It’s a completely different set of everything, really. It’s the same kind of philosophy, just bigger venues. It’s not a TV studio, we make it in a pub. “But in reality, what we do in the Espy is not what traditionally happens on a TV show anyway. ![]() He says the success of bringing the regular show to theatres around the country relies on the specific and extensive experience of the people he has on board. “We just hire the best people, and let them do it,” explained Peter Bain-Hogg, one of the executive producers and co-creators of Rockwiz. When AudioTechnology headed along to Chatswood’s Concourse theatre on a Saturday afternoon, the cast and crew were still busy getting every tiny element into place for that night’s show. It was a run of 19 shows, mostly in new venues every night. The live stage version of the beloved music quiz show added celebrity guests from the Hall of Fame and a longer set of live performances of Australian classics. You can hear the adulation zinging off the theatre walls.īetween September and November Rockwiz went on the road for a new show, the fourth such national tour: Rockwiz Live! Salutes the ARIA Hall of Fame. Merging comedy, theatre, a game show and live rock concert into one boisterous dialogue from contestants and hosts is interrupted by spontaneous bursts of live music from a five-piece band and recorded stings…and it gets loud! For many in the Rockwiz audience it’s like reliving their youth. Saying Rockwiz is a challenging show to mix is putting it mildly. T oo old to rock ’n’ roll? Never! Bringing a pub-rock-inspired quiz show to big stages around the country requires the best and most experienced minds in the business.
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