EAW's Martyn "Ferrit" Rowe is providing us with live reports as an EAW UMX.96 digital console makes its inaugural tour with Foreigner and FOH Engineer Don Dodge.

Hershey, Pennsylvania
August 12, 2007

Load-in today at Hershey Stadium - Foreigner has the middle slot today, which means we’ve got about 10 minutes to set up and we’re on! The secret is meticulous preparation, and here’s where we get to use the snapshot features of the UMX.96.

During yesterdays performance we captured snapshot’s of the boards state at various parts of the show and during today’s set up we edited them for the system setup which involves extra cabinets from another vendor. I have to admit to being very nervous when 8:10 pm arrived but everything worked like a dream and Foreigner had the 30,000-strong crowd from the first note.

Day off tomorrow, and then we move along to Jones Beach.