CADAC LIVE1 Gets Installed In A Recording Facility

Confirming its superb sound quality, the first CADAC LIVE1 sold in the US has been installed in a recording facility.
Newly appointed US distributor LIFT Distribution has sold CADAC’s new LIVE1 compact analogue console to Chet Delcampo as an upgrade for his private recording studio.
A songwriter, singer, multi-instrumentalist and self-recording artist of renown, Delcampo chose the CADAC LIVE1 as a replacement for a classic but aging Siemans console. Recording, producing and releasing records as both Chet Delcampo and Hong Kong Stingray, his career has taken him from coast to coast and across the pond and back, collaborating along the way with the likes of Kid Congo (ex Cramps, The Gun Club and Nick Cave), Parthenon Huxley (The Eels) and David Lovering (the Pixies). Finally settling in Philadelphia, he has produced two critically lauded albums, The Fountain and Apartment Songs as Chet Delcampo, and two further LP's as Hong Kong Stingray. Recently he has also scored for the movie Mr. Chen and produced, co-arranged and played extensively on the acclaimed debut album by Heyward Howkins.
The LIVE1 might not necessarily be the first console one would consider for a recording facility but its ultra low noise circuitry, famous CADAC sound and engineering quality, and competitive price point caught Delcampo's attention: "The quality factor was my main interest," said Delcampo. "It's fair to say that being designed as a live desk it has relatively minimal studio monitoring options but, that said, by using the board's AFL's on the monitor and master sections one can easily switch between tracking mode and mixing mode; i.e. back to DAW or tape capture and returning into the LIVE1 to monitor. I'm finding for my studio it works well, though for more elaborate monitoring needs there are several I/O monitoring rack units that would be worth considering to provide further options.
"Sonically it is a major upgrade and the workflow, ergonomics and affordability are also very attractive, not to mention CADAC’s history and reputation; and it has cool looks. The improvement is readily appreciated and I have just started to get my head around it, enjoying having the low noise and clean signal path, allowing for the use of select hardware on busses and master to get transformer or tube glow when needed."
The CADAC joins a host of classic and esoteric gear in Delcampo's writing, arranging and recording suite, including Burl AD and Metric Halo Lio DA conversion in and out of his DAW, Magnacord Tube and SCA N72 pre amps, Retro 2a3 Tube EQ, Siemens W295 vintage EQs, Blackspade UM17R, Cascade Fat Head II stereo ribbons, and Oktava MC012 Joly modded mics, and an Otari ¼ inch 2-track tape machine. It is a facility that reflects the lush and layered arrangements that are a signature element of his sound, and which earn him comparisons with the likes of Burt Bacharach, Scott Walker or Brian Wilson. Right now Delcampo is writing and recording with the CADAC, working on new tracks for an upcoming release, as well as some more film score work.