As we go into festival season, you may be mixing on a console that’s your second or third preference. It makes sense to tweak your console files to make them as easy to use as possible… Be sure to indicate names for the band members, the date, monitor output routing, and add channels for monitor and FOH talkback, and keep everything up to date as changes happen. High channel counts make navigating a desk cumbersome, so develop a grouping system that makes sense to you and reduces the number of faders you need to run a mix… I typically color code the DCAs, matching the color of the channels to their respective DCA. I find this helpful when I’m looking through multiple fader layers for something in a hurry.
From Steve La Cerra, “On the Digital Edge,” FOH, April 2024, page 34
