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Sound Company: Major Tom Ltd
Crew
- Production Director/FOH/Monitor Engineer: Chris Marsh
- Audio Systems Engineer and System Designer: Charlie Albin
- Loop Pedal Tech/RF Engineer: Dave White
- Guitar Tech: Trevor Dawkins
- Band Backline Techs: Dan Knight, Cam Atkinson
Gear
FOH
- Console: DiGiCo Quantum7 w/KLANG:kontroller
- Speakers: (212) Meyer Sound Panther L, M and W loudspeakers, in two rings (six hangs of 14 elements for the “inner” ring; eight hangs of 14 enclosures for the “outer” ring); (60) Meyer Sound 1100-LFC configured as six hangs of 10 elements each; (18) Meyer Sound 1100-LFC ground-stacked in six stacks of three; (20) Meyer Sound Leopard elements around the circular center stage for front-fill;
- Networking: Meyer Sound Galaxy (1 x 816 platform; 3 x 408 platforms)
- In-the-Round Sheeran Looper Setup: (1) main pedal-board (center stage), (4) remote pedal-board controllers.
- 5-piece band setup on 4 remote stages (drums, bass, 2 guitarists, keys)
MON
- Wireless: Sennheiser 6000 Digital Wireless w/Wireless System Manager (16ch); Sennheiser 2050 (16ch) for IEMs
- Vocal Mics: Ed Sheeran Vocals: Digital 6000 Series transmitter w/ Sennheiser MM 435 capsule; Loop Vocal Mic: Sennheiser 945 capsule; Band Vocals: Sennheiser 945.
- Instrument Mics: Drums: Sennheiser, Shure, DPA; Guitars (via Kempers) and Keys (direct from Roland keys outputs): all AES into the DiGiCo Q7
Staging Details:
To give fans an in-the-round concert free of sightline issues caused by a conventional truss-and-roof setup, show designer Mark Cunniffe worked with Jeremy Lloyd of Wonder Works and Rasti Bartek at engineering consultancy Cundall. They came up with a design anchored by six ground-supported 32m masts that support flown and automated lighting, video and P.A. elements. Sheeran is touring with a five-piece band on this trek, and the shows have also featured a variety of guest artists.
Tech Insight:
When asked to name the console used at monitor position, Chris Marsh noted that he handles both FOH and Monitor mixing duties with a DiGiCo/KLANG setup at FOH. “Monitors are run from that console on separate layers from FOH. The beauty of using KLANG is that the band can have control of their mixes if they require any changes. This has worked well, even with guest artist’s monitor engineers taking a KLANG:kontroller to put the guest mix together with no stress…Truth is that there was no place for a monitor console. And the band is spread around the stadium, where is the right place to position the console? The simplest thing was to get the fundamentals right in rehearsals and give the band some control themselves during the show if they need any changes.”
More info? Contact FOH at pr@fohonline.com
