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Polar supplies Lake, Radial and Beyerdynamic for Production & Touring Ltd

Somerset-based Production & Touring Ltd (P&T) is a one-stop shop for all aspects of live event production and management, with a client list of artists including Snow Patrol, Calvin Harris, Sasha, David Gray, Declan McKenna, and many more. When P&T Director and FOH engineer Graham Pattison was recently looking to source a Radial JDX 48 guitar amp direct box, he was directed by Radial to its UK distributor Polar, who met his requirement.

The JDX 48 is a direct box designed to capture the sound of an electric guitar amplifier by connecting between the amp head and speaker cabinet, providing a balanced feed for the PA system emulating the sound of a well-placed microphone. During the course of his Radial purchase, Pattison discovered that Polar’s portfolio was able to tick another box on his urgent wish-list in the shape of Lake’s LMX48 processor.

“What I needed to achieve was a very good quality front end for my FOH console for matrix distribution when I’m not travelling with a PA system and/or a technician”, he explains. “Some days it’s L/R, mono sub, and mono fills, others it’s L/R with stereo subs, stereo fills with under balcony units etc., so I needed the necessary functionality. The eight Mesa modules on the Lake LMX48 processor allow me to do this.”

Sales Manager for Polar Professional Audio Solutions, Andy Plunkett, liaised with Pattison over the sale: “It’s always great to deal with tour professionals of Graham’s calibre, and invariably a pleasure to chat through and provide detailed insights into the technical aspects of the products we distribute. In this case, Graham was up against some pretty tight deadlines, so we quickly provided a quotation and expedited delivery to ensure that the processor arrived in time for his next gig which happened to be at the Royal Albert Hall. We also supplied a Beyerdynamic MM1  measurement microphone which Graham had had his eye on for a while.”

“The Albert Hall was a bit full on”, adds Pattison. “However, it went very well and the LMX48 was in the front line of it all. The Lake processor has since become a major part of my audio arsenal, and I can’t imagine doing shows without one now.”

(Photos: Polar/Production & Touring Ltd)

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