PRODIGY'S FRONT OF HOUSE ENGINEER JON BURTON TRIES OUT sE INSTRUMENT REFLEXION FILTERS, NOW THEY'VE BECOME AN ESSENTIAL PART OF THE BANDS TOURING PACKAGE.

When it comes to loud stages very few can compete with the sheer blistering volume of The Prodigy. With an on stage monitor system of epic proportions sound spillage is a major problem.

In an effort to help clean up the drum sound FOH engineer Jon Burton turned to SE for help. "As we were also recording the most recent shows, I wanted to get as clean a sound from the drum mics as possible" says Burton. As most of the mics are mounted internally it was the overheads that were presenting the greatest problem.





"Sonic kindly leant me some instrument reflectors as part of their loan scheme. We tried them in rehearsals and they seem to work so we bought four. When we did the first shows, some small warm up gigs in tiny clubs, they came into their own.





The spill was dramatically reduced and the sound more focused. They exceeded my expectations". The reflectors have now been on tour for two months doing major festivals around the world, and have become an essential part of the bands touring package.


Jon Burton has also mixed for Beth Gibbons (Portishead) and Bjork at Live8 in Japan. Katrina & the Waves, Radiohead, Suede, Cocteau Twins and has also done monitors for Stereophonics, Lulu and Blue.