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Turnstile’s live sound engineers choose DiGiCo Quantum
This year, Baltimore-based hardcore punk band Turnstile is once again out on the festival circuit, which kicked off with back-to-back weekends at Coachella in April and also includes performances at Osheaga, Lollapalooza, Outside Lands, Bumbershoot, Shaky Knees, and other North American gigs, plus a heavy roster of international fests.
Jake Lang has been with the band for five years as front-of-house engineer, production manager, and tour manager and now solely focuses on FOH as the group has scaled up. For his choice of instrument, Nashville-based Worley Sound supplied him with a new DiGiCo Quantum326 mixing console.
“I love the Q326 for its transparency”, he says. “I dig being able to mix a variety of bands” - including Alkaline Trio, Movements, and others - “and get consistent results but with vastly different tones and vibes. I’ve previously carried a Q338, but with Turnstile, that’s a lot of console for a five-piece band that has a fairly low channel count, so the Q326 has been exactly what I’ve needed.”
“I appreciate being able to tip the board with just one other person, and I can run the whole show off of a single layer”, he continues. “We really keep it simple: no playback, no click. We occasionally have someone pop in with a guest vocal or instrument, but we’re pretty straightforward. I mostly mix into groups, and between that and using control groups, I don’t really have to bounce around between layers.”
At the other end of the Optocore loop is monitor engineer Chris “Chop” Mateer, who moved into his current position with the band in December 2025. His console of choice is the DiGiCo Quantum338, also provided by Worley Sound. “I’m running five IEM mixes for the band, plus seven that cover our crew and guests, for a total of twelve mixes of Shure Axient Digital PSM”, says Mateer.
“We have live cabs onstage, but the band is all on ears, plus there’s a thumper for our drummer”, he adds. “We’re also doing a fair bit of con sends and receives with the DiGiCos for things like IEM mixes for our lighting and video crew at FOH, talkbacks from FOH to me, and for Jake sending his mix back to the stage so I can share it to friends-and-family fills onstage. Our stage gets pretty crowded with guests and we want them to have the same experience as the crowd.”
“Between the Mustard, Spice Rack, and Nodal Processing I’ve been able to stay entirely in the desk and haven’t had to reach for any outside solutions yet”, Mateer furthers. “It makes it really simple for whenever we might need to source consoles locally for a one-off or something. I just need to get a Quantum in front of me and I’m all good.”
Lang adds that he uses Fourier Audio’s Transform.Engine to deploy plugins live. “I started using Fourier when we began working with Worley Sound last year. I initially started with Oeksound’s Soothe Live and Valhalla’s reverbs and very quickly knew that I’d never go back”, he laughs. “I feel like I’ve barely scratched the surface with Fourier’s options.”
Pictured (left to right): Jake Lang, Chris “Chop” Mateer. (Photos: DiGiCo)
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