Rat Sound is providing sound reinforcement for the current leg of Prince's Welcome 2 America tour. The system consists of six hangs of 10 L-Acoustics K1 in the round with 42 dV-DOSC and 40 SB28 subs powered by L-Acoustics LA8 amplifiers, and engineers Majid Malki and Fred Lucas are using an analog Midas Heritage 3000 console.
"Rat got a call on the Thursday, and by Sunday we had three semi trucks of prepped gear headed to Oakland for a 2 am load-in last February," noted Dave Rat, company president. "Since then, Rat Sound has continued to supply the sound system for Prince, currently consisting of a 21-gig run at the Los Angeles Forum.
Rat Sound's eight-person crew includes Ronnie Kimball, Milk Arnold, George Squires, Tommy Caraisco, Taka Nakai, Manny Perez and Phil Reynolds with Roz Jones, Tim Engwall and Peter Baigent changing in three positions at the L.A. Forum.
"Prince is not the alternative rock that Rat has become primarily known for, however years of experience in the high pressure trenches and complexities of large scale touring makes a gig like Prince well within our realm," Rat noted.
