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Allen & Heath PA Mixer is an Education
Allen & Heath's New Zealand distributor, Jansen Professional Audio & Lighting, has provided the PA system for The New Zealand Schools Tour (NZST), an annual showcase for emerging bands to inspire and motivate
high school students to enter the music industry.
Now in its third year, the nationwide tour is championed by pop punk outfit, Goodnight Nurse, who will visit 95 secondary schools over a period of 19 weeks. The band performs a lunchtime concert at each school, followed by a two hour music clinic, providing students with an opportunity to meet the band and learn about the music industry and live performance. Jansen selected Allen & Heath's portable PA28 stereo live mixer for the tour, which features an internal FX unit and an optimised 4-band parametric output EQ. The mixer is complimented by Proel TFL series speakers with fold back from Phonic powered speakers, powered by Phonic XP amps, and an Audio-Technica mic kit.
"Allen & Heath's PA28 is the perfect mixer for the Schools Tour as its straight forward layout makes it a good entry level mixer for new bands and students to learn the rudiments of mixing. Furthermore, it is
portable and easy to set up, a great feature for a date-packed diary," comments Jansen's director, Simon Adams.
"However, the PA Series offers much more than portability and simplicity; the compact desk has all the functionality that a touring band requires and it is designed and manufactured with the same build quality as a large touring desk, providing first rate, professional sound quality."
Goodnight Nurse enthused: "We must say we love the equipment and so do the schools - they have been very interested in the system. We are very thankful for Jansen's support of the tour and the gear is making us look so professional and making the band sound great. It is so true what our T-Shirts and the banner says "Jansen . . . the power behind NZ music"! Cool."
Pop punk infusion, Goodnight Nurse, formed in 2002 and their single 'Loner' was selected by award-winning Welsh producer Greg Haver (Manic Street Preachers, Lost Prophets) to record while he was in New Zealand. The band has also recently shot the video for their new single 'Taking Over'.
In picture: Schools Tour 2004 band, Goodnight Nurse, with Allen & Heath's PA28 stereo live mixer.
2nd July 2004
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