Rig Tour: Post Malone Front-of-House Engineer, Burton Ishmael

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Post Malone’s Twelve Carat Toothache Tour brought his seismic show of bona fide genre-bending bangers to audiences around the world. From mind-blowing visual displays to breathtaking basses and searing sonics, Burton Ishmael — front-of-house engineer on Post Malone’s tour — discusses what it takes to deliver an immersive audio experience for the fans that make each show possible. Check it out!

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[gingerichben]

Burton probably doesn't remember me, but I met him twice 20ish years ago near St Louis. I had just turned 16, he is the first person who ever showed me Smaart and he gave me (convinced my boss he should give me) a Yamaha Sound Reinforcement Handbook, which I still have today... I've been in audio full time for most of my life partially thanks to the little bit I learned from him... He is one of the best!

[Kampsy]

Yoooo those little nuggets at the end… inspired me man. I have the same outlook as you with my journey in the music industry. Glad I stumbled on this video. Love your FOH setup

[rocksully]

This is impressive. I wonder what kind of rig he would use if he was mixing a full live band. Wow.

[gabrielrox]

I really like what this guy says apart from the gear. That is something that comes with experience

[lelhothedevil]

Yes!! Please do more of these FOH Tour Videos!

[matthijsblomjous]

so great to see all these price ranges of gear mixed in, really says something about the engineer really knowing what he likes and not just having shit for the sake of it. I truly did not expect that audiofuse to be there, love it

[diekkrid]

The massive passive is magic indeed. The Bettermaker Limiter is handsdown my favorite limiter ever. It does absolute magic.

[alchemydrive]

I was at the Post Malone concert on Tuesday here in Stockholm. I spotted the Avalon 737 on the top of the rack from the distance. Anyway, great sounding vocals during his performance. Nice work :)

[AaronKelley]

I love his shirt. He also seems like a class act!

[austinbridge]

I love his shirt and his message about thankfulness to God. Burton gave great advice overall!

[stephentyler]

Burton is one classy man. A+ for this content.

[Studio-Rat]

Got my first big boy gig. Working on a Wing right now. The words are going to help these next few years of growth.

[damroyaltyxxii]

thank you so much for the little words of wisdom & encouragement at the end, really needed to hear that

[ronaldcoleman]

@SWEETWATER... You guys are just getting better and better with entertainment and behind the scenes CONTENT!!!! It really opens the mind of possibilities and life inspiration!!!! Truly inspired!!! Thanks #SWEETWATER!!!

[Ibantar]

I envy you my brother😏. May you continued to be blessed with your talents and gifts. Loved the video!!👊🏾

[ProDrummer]

I am totally into analogue gear in a digital environment! I hate doing all processin in a digital desk. Sounds like crap. But with outboard gear, man.. heaven! Like in the old times!

[voicesofvinyl]

Terrific video! One FOH tour I would love to see in the future is Chris Stapleton.

[ksinghldn]

Nice, the lunchbox rack gear is interesting to learn about; alot of use of maag eq which makes sense.

[IWannaGoMissing]

If y’all get a chance you should talk to Lee McMahon who mixes The 1975, he has a really nice rack of outboard and a little nearfield rig with him at FOH but more than that has some very clever techniques regarding automation and footswitches

[chronicmango]

Man, what a lovely video. So helpful and what powerful life advice. Thank you so much Burton!