"Hi my name is Jeffrey Kubiak, I’ve been touring as a technician in live music for 9 years. I have my own company called SDA Sound in Los Angeles, I work as a technical advisor of sorts, music production, sound design and of course live playback. I’m mainly on tour with Halsey, and The Kid Laroi. When touring my role is Playback but I also do vocal production.
The setup for Halsey is immense. It’s 3 zones on stage (drums, guitars, keys) where we have both midi networks and Audio over Dante. Playback operates 6 computers using Ableton for PB, Mainstage for keys and FX, and Live professor 2 for vocal production.
To me the most important things in designing a PB array would be quality (where it counts), consistency, and problem solvability.We actually use one Liobox as center piece of our Playback rack. For me the advantage to a hardware controller is not busying up the monitor/laptop real estate. Not having to close and open windows during the show.
Why I love the Liobox specifically is it’s obvious functionality/customizability but mostly it’s intuitive ability to problem solve. Let’s you know when sessions don’t match or when computers or DAWs fail or disconnect. I also love the ability to load setlists fast without touching the Computer running audio during a show. Plus it looks cool."
