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The Police, prior to embarking on their 30th Anniversary world tour, chose Apogee converters and clocking to capture the long-awaited, historic performances. The Police’s touring rig, spec’d by their Live Engineer Donal Hodgson, features Big Bens, X-Video Cards, Rosetta 200s, 3 AD-16Xs with 4 X-HD cards, all running Pro Tools HD. Hodgson, who is also Sting’s Sound Engineer, was confident that Apogee was the gear he could rely on for such a demanding tour. He explains, “I am extremely happy with the Apogee gear, the Pro Tools recordings sound so much better, it’s not even comparable to the old system, a totally different league of sonic excellence. As the rig is primarily setup for live show recording, multiple outputs weren’t necessary and I love the fact Apogee have been clever enough to realize that everyone works in a different way with I/O configuration and I simply didn’t want to fill the rack with a bunch of D/As that we won’t use on the road. With the video board upgrade on the Big Ben I can provide or sync to black & burst with the video world, and being sample accurate with concert footage is a must. The system feels really solid, the stereo imaging is really true and wide. I’m just thoroughly impressed and confident we have a system that will make fantastic recordings out on the road time and time again. A big thank you to you all at Apogee.” Following the tour launch in Vancouver, the gear has stood up to the expectations of quality that is needed on the road. He comments, “I’m back from Canada and really very pleased with the quality of the recordings we’re now making on the tour.” In addition to the gear on tour currently, The Police also have a Big Ben and Rosetta 800 with X-HD card in their UK-based Rig. 
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