Author: Stewart Hume

TPi’s current cover story goes backstage for Biffy Clyro’s latest tour. Kelly Murray chats to their Set Designer, Misty Buckley, about what her job in the creative aspects of touring entails… How did you become involved in set design for touring productions? I studied fashion design at Central St Martins and was more excited about designing and building the show at the end rather than the actual garments. I was hugely inspired by the storytelling and imagination of Alexander McQueen’s shows. But I needed more skills, so I studied technical drawing and model making for film in the evenings at…

Allen & Heath will be presenting its flagship dLive digital mixing series at NAMM 2016, including the new DX32 modular IO remote expansion rack. Also on display will be the new Qu Chrome Edition compact digital range, which adds major new features including Automatic Mic Mixing, a Spectrogram and additional monitor mixes. Making their debut will be several brand new models from the ZED range, designed for recording/gigging artists and AV rental and installation companies, including the new ZEDi hybrid mixers. www.allen-heath.com