Front of House Sound for Iron Maiden: Ken „Pooch“ van Druten with DiGiCo and Clair Global 

You are just as much an artist as those on stage. Excellent video.

I have no idea what he is talking about but Iron Maiden sounds awesome

I did sound last night in a bingo hall for a 4 piece acoustic band with an 8 channel mixer... I think I need to upgrade to a system like this.

Give this man a cookie! The Sound on this Maiden Tour was Amazing!!!! The last two tours where pretty weak. Thanks Ken, hope you work for Maiden in the Future.

Drums have never sounded better. That thumbnail is cool.

I love the comparison of Bieber vox compared to people wanting to hear their favorite Maiden member.

One of the greatest live metal bands EVER!☝️

Love this guy. He did the sound for the most recent Linkin Park tours

OMG wasn’t this recorded in Letňany Airport Prague 2018? I was in front standing and it is written in my memory as the best sounding concert ever and also best Iron Maiden show I have ever seen.

I love the thought process that goes into his board layout and selection of gear. This is clearly someone who's a live sound elite. Everything from the virtual control of the grouped mics to duplicating channels he always needs so that he's never far from home. I'd kill to get to ride shotgun with him for a few gigs.

Who ever was in charge of the playlist at that gig was definitely a massive myles Kennedy fan

I'd love to watch this guy do his magic live. What a talent to have! Thanks for sharing this great video.

that desk is awesome, and the way you use it - marriage made in heaven.

Ken is a great dude. Met him in 2003 when Linkin Park toured Australia during Livid. He's very sharp, and always on point. I hope he's well.

That's one generous dude. Great info.

True inspiration.. thank you !

Clair Bros. Is awesome. Their world headquarters is 20 minutes from where I live. Our church bought a 48 channel Yamaha digital board. We already knew the guys from local shows. Our training was great. These guys absolutely know their stuff.

just mixing that console correctly is an art itself. your a very talented dude! ✌

Man that was a totally cool video to hear about the “behind the scenes” of their soundman!!

Sound on this tour was perfect!

Like the enthusiasm this guy generates. Vast amount of knowledge. Flashback. Slave tour. Hammy O. Second night. Aces kicks in. Steve’s bass twang was cutting through everything. Steve was always in the mix but on this night, his bright bass twang was insanely loud and I loved it. Yup. His fingering was spot on.(Please do not take that last sentence into another dimension). Everyone knows Steve’s a master on the bass but to be able to hear him cut through everything on that night and hear him clearly was great and you appreciate his talents even more. Other punters down my row, hated Steve’s twang. You’ll always hear the guitars, vocals, drums but the bass guitar tone isn’t always audible in the mix during a show. Of course, Lemmy, Cronos (don’t laugh), Cliff, Thin Lizzy Legend, Phil Lynott, and others always made a point of being louder, FoH than the guitars, which must have caused a few fights. Ha.

I've seen Maiden 9 times and this was the first time I liked the audio. (Foro Sol, Mexico City September 7 2022)

Awesome video, thanks for sharing!!

That was beautiful, grinning ear to ear.

Great interview.

Awesome! I just wish they showed some actual footage of a sound check or concert footage from behind the desk.

Very interesting. Great reveal. Obviously knows his stuff.

I was hoping this would lead to Maiden on the stage at some point.

Really liked this and the sound during the legacy tour was amazing so much better than the last few tours

Pooch is doing Maiden now?! Had no idea! Very cool.

Really love these !

I'm a rock music teacher..I always tell my kids..when your ready to play in front of people..it's not how good you play..it's how good you sound..Get a good sound guy you can trust..like some once said one great rock show can change the world...

Great idea about keeping the vocal faders handy on all of the layers. Thanks!

Very Cool ! Thanks for the tour ! 40 years in " the grind" with Maiden as the TOP !! Very inspirational indeed ! I also grew up on early Maiden and mix most of our stuff to what I think they should sound like . I saw them back in like 86 and learned then and there ( Dayton's Hara Arena ) that many speakers set at a lower volume are great , it does not have to rip your head off to get the point across . that was the best sounding show I saw all year !

WOW! THANKS! That was awesome. That was a great explanation of what you're doing, both logically, physically, musically, & philosophically for music reinforcement. EXCELLENT JOB!

That SD-7! Loved servicing it.

what an education, thanks heaps

This is fantastic

Pooch!!!! Love that guy. Amazing talent and great dude!

This band sounds very good all the time. Recently this guy had a major part in that. Love the video very much, thank you. Those toms on this tour sound like electronic drums in a good way, meaning they have an unreal amount of attack and depth decay. Well done.

Loving the alter bridge at the start

Cool stuff.

Pooch is a LEGEND! Us small guys can learn a lot by listening to the masters and how they approach live sound. Love this channel!

As a learning amateur to mixing its great to hear the pros discuss it. Thank you

good interview!... great tips

Awesome !

This guy has the best job in the world! Thanks man!

Great video.

Good stuff!

But your talking the guy has worked 20 + years in sound....A MASTER at the master.

I WONDER....when Ken turns on music. What does he listen to ? All this capable technology really makes me appreciative of the sound guys from the 70's who didn't have all this control we have today.

Wow thanks for the video

Crazy stuff, I really don't know digital FOH stuff much, I got out the live scene ages ago, now just in studio land... the engineer certainly knows his stuff, thoughtful and well laid out..

Great Video...

Very informative 👍👍

I saw Iron Maiden last year or the year before when Ghost opened - Ghost sounded perfect, deep lows, crystal-clear highs, totally amazing. Almost like a studio production. Iron Maiden sounded like an old cassette played over an a.m. radio. The difference was stunning.

Clair Boss sound systems sound stunning i heard a system on Guns&Roses concert and the sound has something special that other systems dosen't have. Clair its one of the brands that impressed me very much.

Literally my perfect job!

Great video, about a great band! Saw them last year and it was phenomenal!!! One thing though..... How TF did you forget/edit out the input description for Steve Harris?!?!

I am from Lititz PA. Home of Clair Global, the sound guys. Yeah, a lot is in the box these days with Live and studio sound. I never bought any of Clair's equipment they have unloaded but I have seen DBX 160 VUs and other great vintage hardware gear for sale from them. Ken has the usual suspects of audio software on different channels replacing the hardware. That is why he states just basic stuff but what he does is not basic. I wonder what he used the M7s for. Probably Bruce's vox and backup vocals. . I guess the M7s took over the 480L work. He does have a Lexicon PCM 96. Hats off to FOH engineers. You guys are artists also.

very cool

Yo Pooch ! , Nice Showco serial number tag , on the console there .

Guitar mics made in South Africa, by a guy working from his garage.... Proudly African

Hello, Newman...

This is a really intriguing film. I’ve always thought that I could mix a band... I know what sounds good, after all. But the technical knowledge needed is off the scale! I’d still love to have a go at mixing Maiden though - but really strip it right back to basics, just to see if I could do it. 😀

Pooch is the best there is!! Love seeing. You in these vids buddy!! Cheers!

Whoa shit! This is like studio mixing (effects, plugins, compression, busses, etc), but LIVE!!! That's unreal!!

ii know pulling out justin bieber like that was off but for the gear geeks like me and many out there. this was so good!

18 years old studying music tech at college and this guy is a huge influence

Top!

I love pros in action

2:35 Alter Bridge - Blackbird in the background. I'M IMPRESSED!!!!!

I didn’t know Doug “professor” Hall retired: he was FOH starting on the KILLERS tour in Late 1980 or early ‘81. Anyone know what show was his last? - (after 2 or 3,000 shows his hearing might have taken a beating & forced him to step down) I recall the 2010 show I went to having way to much bass.

Wicked video

Todo un krak monster del audio

Solid

Wow, that was a whole lotta foreign language to me, but I found it quite interesting, I really dog this guy's obvious passion & expertice in what he does. I guess he would be titled a "sound engineer?"

And here we are 5 years later and pooch is touring a rack of Neve pres

Woohoo go Clair brothers

I’m a live sound guy and everytime I mix with Clair Brothers Speakers it sounds awesome

Great video. I recently spoke with Toby Francis at a Chilli Peppers gig. I wish he could have given me a tour of the equipment like this.

Great.

12:11 This is happening everywhere. Be it musicians with their rigs, bands in general with their styles, music-consumers either going all digital (not even a stereo system) or back to Vinyl even, photographers either having the latest digital cameras or going back to film-cameras, even in cars and such... It's just everywhere and that's cool.

Is Pooch Glenn Fricker's cousin?

What camera did you use for this video? It keeps hunting for focus.

it's so nice that the 58 is still first joice, since lot of engeneers tend to hate it ...!

I have all of my different inputs in front of me at all times, too. It's called an analogue console. : )

Ken, please help Maiden sound spectacular on July 26th & 27th at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY.

I would work for this guy for free just to gain some of this knowledge. Brilliant work, mad respect for what you do.

I understand and appreciate everybody's preference between operating analog audio consoles and the digital once. Personally, I prefer to stay with the analog models. Wishing all my audio colleagues the best health during this terrible Coronavirus World Outbreak, and also everything the best in their personal & professional life. Best regards !!!!

You can hear Blackbird by Alter Bridge playing in the background. Awesome!

Ya'll Pooch's C6 Vocal Preset is baller.

if this is the same guy that did the sound at belfast on the 2nd of august 2018 my hat comes off to him, the sound was fuckin awesome, never heard a gig sound so good, like listening to a cd,

I find this stuff fascinating. This guy has forgotten more than I could ever hope to know about front of house sound

Shout out to Tul Microphones... SA 👍🏼👍🏼

0:04 dude looks like Jason Newsted XD

As a producer/ sound engineer I always wondered how I would approach mixing this band, considering the "4 guitarists" thing mentioned in this vid

What's THIS button do ??

Pretty Standard Stuff......riiiiiiiiiiiite.

The last time I saw Iron Maiden you could not hear Bruce in the mix. The whole show was like an instrumental