Case Study: Red Hot Chili Peppers achieve better live sound and virtual soundcheck workflow with Avid Technology

Sully Sullivan Turns to S6L for Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Tour

At the Red Hot Chili Peppers World Tour, engineer Sully Sullivan needed to move from the Venue Profile console to the new Avid VENUE | S6L system while still delivering a polished live mix. His main challenge was adapting to a new workflow, choosing plugins, and getting comfortable enough with the console to mix the band confidently, especially since the tour had previously relied on an analog setup.

Avid Technology’s S6L, combined with virtual soundcheck and Pro Tools-based prep, let Sullivan rehearse at home, refine settings from recorded shows, and arrive ready for the tour’s first live dates. The result was a smoother transition, better input quality, and more flexible mixing; Sullivan also noted that Avid Technology’s S6L improved the live workflow and sound, while the official recording mix was handled more efficiently for web and MP3 release.

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