Additionally, that particular 6 console show was the result of a party planner type putting everything together with booking the acts, all of which were fly ins, and flat out telling us to just give everyone WHATEVER they wanted. Believe me, we could have gone completely over the top, but once I had advanced with all the acts we put together a nice production that met everyone's needs without being out of control.
FOH is obvious, each to their own on something different, two shows on cards for different consoles and an "analog is the only choice" and no Midas selection. The two 5Ds in monitor world? Both of those shows were on cards, one act on 22 mixes of wedges, ears, fills, thumper, and so on. The other did 8 stereo ear mixes. The APB complemented the 4k out front for a mix of wedges and ears. We would have had to do multiple input and output repatches on a single 5D as all of the acts were checking and had disparate needs, and since the show was not booked as "festival style" or similar with any of them, not to mention the no digi rule for one, that was a no go.