Merging Science & Art: Can Anyone Catch Up With Systems Engineer Liam Halpin?
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By Greg DeTogne • March 14, 2019Out of the many narratives surrounding the life and times of Liam Halpin, perhaps one reveals the true nature of his character best: It was April 2006, and Culture Club was set to play its first live gig since 2002 at a nightclub in England called Too2Much.
With Mark Portlock at front of house and Halpin at monitors, the venue was so small that there was room for only one console. Faced with this rather troublesome problem, Halpin proposed an unorthodox solution – both engineers would use the same DiGiCo D1 desk.
“The plan just developed by itself really,” Halpin explains from his home in the UK following his return late last year from the Sam Smith Tour (Read more about it here) “We set out with the idea that we’d split the channels so that my monitor needs were laid out on the layers beneath front of house. With no production rehearsals or prep time allotted to us, I was programming the desk on the day of the gig while Mark and stage manager Keith Reynolds got everything else ready...
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