Solid State Logic recently powered Elevation Worship’s initial leg of its “Elevation Nights 2026” tour. Solid State Logic Live mixing consoles were deployed at front-of-house alongside monitors and the new UMD192 and Dante digital audio interface. The SSL consoles were provided by Spectrum Sound in Nashville, Tennessee.

“This is our sixth tour using the L650 desk and I couldn’t be happier,” said Cory Edwards, the band’s Nashville-based FOH engineer and production manager. “Pat Scherer, our monitor engineer, has an L550 Plus, and we’re connected via the SSL Blacklight II MADI system.”

The company said that Edwards has also worked with Lauren Daigle, Jesus Culture, Kari Jobe and others, and is a longtime SSL Live console user.

“One of the things that drew me to SSL is the signature sound of the preamps and the EQs — everything that we all know and love,” said Edwards. “I also wanted to move more away from doing so much external processing. One of the highlights of the Live desk is the sound of the channel strip, and I’d say 95% of the EQ on our show is just on the desk with this EQ. I’m really proud to say that. And I love that I can make 1 dB or 3 dB adjustments and hear the changes very clearly. It’s an EQ that I love and can rely on, and that’s helped streamline our process.”

Solid State Logic siad that the tour is an early adopter of SSL’s new UMD192 audio interface, which aims to support bidirectional audio between any two formats – MADI, Dante or USB – with the third format able to receive a split feed.

“It’s been incredibly easy to use and is very plug-and-play,” Edwards said. “We’re currently driving it via Dante and utilizing the USB-C port as the connection to the computer. This port is class compliant with Mac, so we just plugged it in and it showed up. We’re using it for all of our multi-track recording at front-of-house, and we have the UMD192’s MADI split reserved in case we need to do a backup recording or provide a broadcast split.”

Elevation Worship is a contemporary worship music group from Elevation Church in Charlotte, North Carolina. Solid State Logic said that Elevation Worship records through an SSL Duality in the church’s music production studio. The next leg of the group’s Elevation Nights tour begins in the fall with dates across Midwest arenas starting October 9, 2026.

“The support that I’ve received from SSL has been amazing,” said Edwards. “Since day one, when I switched to this platform, they have had my back and have always been a phone call away — not only on the support side but also on the development side, listening to what engineers like myself and some of my friends who work on this platform have had to say. It’s been fun to see some of those suggestions become available in some of these recent versions. So I’m excited about all the things coming down the road.”