ADLIB Audio continues its association with high profile American artists working in the UK and Europe, in supplying full-on audio production - including a JBL VerTec line array system - to US rockers Good Charlotte for their current UK tour.
The system is being looked after by ADLIB’s James Neale (FOH) and
Rob Coles on monitors. They are working closely with band own U.S. engineers Gary Ferenchak (FOH) and Vince Buller on monitors.
The tour visits a variety of venues - large and small - all with their own acoustic challenges - culminating in shows at London’s Brixton Academy. They’re carrying 20 VT4889 elements on the truck, using 10 a-side for the larger shows and 4 a side for the smaller ones. “VerTec suits Good Charlotte very well” says Neale “Lots of energy and power coming out of it - just like the band ? but it also gets right over the top of the stage noise”.
The subs are 8 of ADLIB DF4 2x18”, ground stacked at the front of stage, chosen for their ability to deliver plenty of infrasonic oomph!
Amplification is a mix of Camco Vortex 6 series for the VerTec boxes, and Crown VZ5002’s for the subs, the latter chosen for their great low end punch and potency.
ADLIB is supplying Midas Heritage H3000 consoles at both end of the multicore as specified by the band’s engineers.
The FOH rack is one of ADLIB’s standard issues, including TC delays, a Lexicon PCM 91, Drawmer Gates and dbx 1066 compressors.
Monitors are the new ADLIB MP3 wedges ? 14 of them - also picked for their ability to deliver lots of volume with incredible clarity. The monitor rack also contains Drawmer gates and dbx 160 compressors.
Neale is using a Wireless Tablet link - a device pioneered by ADLIB on the David Bowie “Reality” tour - and the latest BSS control software to remote tweak the Omnidrive processors. This is particularly useful for the larger venues and allows him to walk around the gig ?during soundcheck and the show - and adjust the system as necessary from the remote.
The tablet talks to a Cisco WIFI point which sends an Ethernet signal to the Moxa server in the rack, which then talks to the processors via RS232 protocol.
The band are utilising all their own Audio Technica mics …. with ADLIB supplying all stands and cables.
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Date of issue : 29th March 2005.
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