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The Truck



Click here for Mobile Floor Plan in pdf format.

The LiveWire mobile is a 32' long air-ride trailer, with a machine room, control room, and maintenance room. The truck is equipped for full 5.1 surround sound monitoring. One side expands to give an additional four feet of width, resulting in a 16' x 12' control room, designed by Pilchner-Schoustal, one of North America's top studio design firms. It's rapidly gaining a reputation as one of the world's best sounding control rooms on wheels.

In 2008 we installed a new SSL C200 digital console in the mobile. (It is the same model as the one used on the David Letterman Show) It has 96 inputs on banks of 32 faders, 5.1 surround sound bussing, and snapshot recall of all parameters. 96 SSL mic pre's feed the console via a 1000' fibre optic snake, with 32 additional ATI Paragon mic pre's available, fed by a 52 channel snake.

We can provide up to 128 tracks of Protools HD backed up by 96 tracks of Tascam X-48 on firewire drives.

A closed circuit intercom and camera system ensures good communication between the audio mobile, the performance area, and the video control room, and our time code analyzer helps guarantee perfect sync between sound and picture.

The truck has recorded concerts in New York City, Nashville, Quebec, Dallas, Atlanta, Tampa, Cleveland, The Maritimes, Vancouver, Detroit, Buffalo, Boston, Montreal, and even Daytona Beach, Florida. We'll go anywhere in North America to record your project!

Visit the equipment page for more details about the gear on board the truck. A brief list of credits is also provided. A 360 degree panoramic photo can be viewed at http://cpaisley.com/examples/panorama/livewire_final.html


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Rates

Rates depend on the nature of the remote. ( Number of tracks, number of inputs, crew required, etc.) Day rate includes an engineer and an assistant for a twelve hour day from arrival to departure. Overtime will be charged out at $200 per hour. A 50% deposit would be required 12 days prior to the remote. Travel costs (including tractor rental, fuel, driver's wages, accommodation and per diems) for remotes outside Toronto are quoted on an individual basis. Above rates do not include blank media, customs brokerage fees or sales taxes.


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Equipment List

Truck
  • Great Dane 31 foot trailer with 14'x4' expanding section.
  • Machine room and Control room have separate air conditioning systems.
  • Parking Requirements: 36’x16’
  • Power Requirements: 100 amps, 220 volts, single phase on Camlok E1016's or bare wire tails. Two hots, one ground, no neutral. 500' feeder cable
Console
  • SSL C200 Digital console. The most sophisticated console in an audio mobile in North America
  • 96 SSL remote mic preamps routed to the console via fibre optic cable, Full 5.1 surround sound bussing, Full snapshot recall of all parameters. 96 inputs on 32 faders.
  • 4 x 8 channel ATI 8MX2 mic preamps for 32 additional inputs
  • DK Audio MSD600M "Jellyfish" surround sound meter
Monitors
  • Genelec 1031a (LCR and rear surrounds), 1092a subwoofer
  • Auratones driven by QSC power amp
  • 96 pairs of Stanton single-cup headphones with extension cables available on request
Backup Multitrack Recorders
  • Two Tascam X-48 48 track recorders allowing up to 96 tracks of .wav files on firewire drives, fully compatible with Protools HD. 24" Dell LCD screen with KVM switch to display both X48's
  • 2 Tascam CD Recorders
  • 360 Systems “Short/Cut” Hard Disc SFX Playback Unit
  • 360 Systems TCR-8 Eight-track Hard Disc Surround Sound Playback Unit
  • ATUM 1x5 DVD/CD Duplicator Tower
Outboard Gear
  • AMS rmx16 Digital Reverb
  • Quantec Room Simulator
  • 2 tc electronics Wizard 2000 Digital Reverbs
  • tc electronic D2 Digital Delay with tap function
  • dbx 160 vu Compressors
  • dbx 162 vu Stereo Compressors
  • Teletronix LA-2A Tube Compressor
  • Orban 565A De-Esser
  • Yamaha D1500 Digital Delay
  • Symetrix Stereo Digital Delay
  • Sanyo FM Tuner
  • Eventide H3000SE Ultra Harmonizer
  • Eventide H3500 Ultra Harmonizer
  • Roland SN-700 Digital Noise Eliminator
  • 2 Pultec EQP-1A Tube Equalizers
  • Crane Song STC-8 Stereo Compressor
  • Antares Pitch Corrector
  • Empirical Labs Fatso Jr. Analog Tape Simulator
Video
  • Panasonic Colour Camera with remote pan/tilt/zoom/focus
  • Panasonic 42" HDTV video monitor with HD-SDI input
  • Panasonic 12 input switcher
  • Dynatel video sync generator
  • Brainstorm Timecode Destripalyzer
  • BTX SMPTE Generator/Reader
  • Panasonic DVD Recorder

Snakes
  • 500' 96 channel fibre optic cable with 16 return lines
  • 500' of additional fibre optic cable available for runs up to 1000' (300m)
    52 channel three-way transformer-isolated analog splitter with Jensen transformers and ground-lift switches on each input
  • 500' 52 channel analog snake for a total of 148 lines from stage to mobile
Intercom
  • Clear-Com 2 Channel Master Station. 2 headset/beltpacks
  • RTS 2 Channel Speaker Station
  • Talkback speaker on stage independent of monitor system
Mics
  • 4 AKG 414EB
  • 6 AKG 451
    with 6 CK1 cardiod capsules, 1CK3 hypercardiod, 2 CK22 omni,
    2 CK9 shotgun, 1 CK8 short shotgun, 2 knuckles, 4 10db pads. 2 20db pads
  • 2 AKG 462
  • 4 AKG 535, 1 AKG D112
  • 4 Active Dl’s, 4 Passive DI's, Demeter tube DI
  • 4 Shure SM58, 3 Shure SM57
  • 2 Shure SM82 line level output mics
  • 1 Sony ES-5 Stereo
  • 2 ATM Lavaliers, 2 Countryman Lavaliers
  • 4 Sennheiser 421, 2 Sennheiser 441
  • 2 Amcron SP12 PZM, 2 ATM 831b shotguns
Protools HD3 System
  • 128 In/Out via SSL Delta Link MADI interfaces
  • 48 or 96k sample rate
  • Apple dual 2.0 Ghz PowerMac G5 with 4gb of RAM
  • Digidesign Sync I/O, MIDI I/O
  • Dell 24" monitor
  • iclock Master Word Clock
  • Entire Protools system on a Compaq UPS



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Credits

ROCK
U2, The Rolling Stones, Melissa Etheridge,
Nelly Furtado, Coldplay, Foreigner
The Killers, Our Lady Peace, Sheryl Crow
Annie Lennox, Joni Mitchell, Crowded House,
Bryan Adams, Meatloaf, Daniel Lanois,
Paul Shaffer, David Bowie, Green Day, Sum 41
Simple Minds, Leonard Cohen, The Police
Smashing Pumpkins, Lenny Kravitz, Dr. John
Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Iggy Pop, Bachman-Turner
Barenaked Ladies, No Doubt, Elvis Costello
Live, Pink, Rent, Bush, Blur, Beck, R.E.M.
Sinead O'Connor, Wilco, Clarence Clemons
Midnight Oil, Collective Soul, Kid Rock
Soul Asylum, The Tragically Hip, Talking Heads
Red Hot Chili Peppers, Alanis Morissette,
Blink 182, Billy Preston, The Guess Who
Amanda Marshall, Ringo Starr, Heart, Styx
Def Leppard, Peter & Gordon, Roger Hodgson
Broken Social Scene, Plain White T's
Queens of the Stone Age, Dennis DeYoung



COUNTRY
Shania Twain, Emmylou Harris, Amy Grant, Vince Gill, George Jones, Alan Jackson, Wynonna, Shelby Lynne, Tanya Tucker, Martina McBride, Randy Travis, Gordon Lightfoot, Kris Kristofferson, The Mavericks, Keith Urban, Chet Atkins, Glen Campbell, Steve Earle, Anne Murray, Alison Kraus, Cowboy Junkies


POP
Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Hilary Duff, Backstreet Boys, Spice Girls, The Jonas Brothers, Michael Bolton, Air Supply, Toni Braxton, India Arie, Take 6, Justin Timberlake, Ray Charles, Shakira, Jewel, Rita MacNeil, kd lang, Sarah McLaughlan, New Kids on the Block, Panic at the Disco, Celtic Thunder, Lady Gaga, Michael McDonald, Kelly Clarkson, Katy Perry, Justin Bieber, Kesha, Miley Cyrus, Selena Gomez, Bruno Mars


BLUES and ROOTS
Stevie Ray Vaughan, Buddy Guy, B.B. King, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Los Lobos, Johnny Winter, Blue Rodeo, Neko Case, La Bottine Souriante


METAL and HARD ROCK
AC/DC, Ozzy Osbourne, Van Halen, Motley Crue, Motorhead, Foo Fighters, Bon Jovi, Nickelback, Skinny Puppy, Spinal Tap, Triumph


JAZZ
Harry Connick Jr., Oscar Peterson, Diana Krall, Tony Bennett, Betty Carter, Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra


URBAN and DANCE
Deadmau5, 50 Cent, Kanye West, Rihanna, Akon, Mary J. Blige, Coolio, James Brown, Beastie Boys, Black Eyed Peas, Isley Brothers, Shaggy, Sean Paul, Chemical Brothers, Gnarls Barkley, Deadmau5


CLASSICAL
Detroit Symphony, Montreal Symphony, Placido Domingo, Toronto Symphony, Opera Atelier, Tafelmusik, Canadian Opera Company, Quarteto Gelato, Liona Boyd, National Ballet of Canada


CHILDREN'S MUSIC
Sharon, Lois & Bram, Raffi, Fred Penner, Robert Munsch


CHRISTIAN MUSIC
Billy Graham Crusade, National Catholic Mission, Fred Hammond, Dorinda Clark-Cole, CeCe Winans, Richard Smallwood (Gospel Music Award: Album of the Year), Fresh Wind, Ricky Dillard & New G (Stella Award: Choir Album of the Year), Jerome Ferrell & the Lighthouse Choir, Brooklyn Children's Choir, Faith Chorale, The Torchmen (Grammy nominated), Dietrick Haddon, Israel Houghton, Hezekiah Walker


WORLD MUSIC
Loreena McKennitt, Jesse Cook, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan


COMEDY
Dave Chappelle, Steven Wright (Grammy nominated, Weird Al Yankovic, Mike Myers, John Candy, Jim Carrey, Shaun Majumder, Sean Cullen, Martin Short


FILM SOUNDTRACKS
Hedwig & The Angry Inch, Blues Brothers 2000, Cocktail, Get Rich or Die Tryin', Love Shines (Ron Sexsmith documentary), The Twist, Imagine The Sound, This Film is Broken


TELEVISION
MTV, CBS, NBC, PBS, CBC, CTV, Global, Juno Awards, MuchMusic Video Awards, NHL Awards, Gemini Awards, Late Night with Conan O'Brien,


THEATRE
The Tempest - Stratford Festival, Twelfth Night - Stratford Festival
The Taming of the Shrew - Stratford Festival, Idina Menzel - PBS Special


DVD's
Motley Crue - Cruefest 2008
Blue Rodeo - Blue Road Live at Massey Hall
Ricky Dillard & New G Seventh Edition- Live in Toronto
K-Os - Publicity Stunt
Meatloaf - Three Bats Live
The Tragically Hip - That Night in Toronto
The Making of the Lord of the Rings Symphony
George Jones - 50 Years of Hits
Michael Bolton - Best of Live
Sean Paul - Duttyology
Helix - 30th Anniversary
Cirque du Soleil: Corteo
Stevie Ray Vaughan at the El Mocambo
Stevie Ray Vaughan and Albert King In Session
Bowfire
Foo Fighters - Everywhere But Home
Randy Bachman - Jazz Thing
Hedwig and the Angry Inch - Soundtrack
Blues Brothers 2000 - Soundtrack
Toronto Rocks - SARS Concert with The Rolling Stones, AC/DC, Rush, etc.
Harry Connick Jr. - Only You Live
Ringo Starr and his All Starr Band - 2003 Tour
Holly McNarland Live at The Great Hall
Amanda Marshall - Everybody's Got a Story
Triumph - Live in Halifax
Creating The Lord of the Rings Symphony
In The Key of Oscar- Oscar Peterson Biography NFB
Steven Wright - When the Leaves Blow Away

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