HERTFORDSHIRE, UK – Adlib supplied The Big Chill festival with a crew of seven and the sound system designs for two stages. Otto Kroymann (crew chief), Mike Flaherty, George Puttock and Tommy Bradshaw worked on the Revellers stage, while Alan Harrison, Simon Lawson and Chris Smethurst looked after The People's Ear stage.
The sound system on the Revellers' stage, JBL VerTec, supported an eclectic lineup ranging from Club Zirconia to Kormac's Big Band and NZ Shapeshifter to Annie Nightingale.
The flown arrays each contained 10 VT4889 speakers per side, run in combination with six VT 4880A subs per side on the ground, and Coda LA8 infills. Camco Vortex 6 amplifiers drove the main system, with Lab.gruppen PLM20000s for the subs and fills.
The Adlib crew used the opportunity to further test a fiber optic Dante network, which took the signal from the FOH via Lake LM44s at both ends to the onstage Dolby Lake LM26 processors. From there it was digitally distributed to the amps. The crew reported that the system "worked like a dream."
Onstage, Adlib supplied a Yamaha PM5D console, together with d&b M2 wedges driven by their own D12 amps for monitors. Sidefills were L-Acoustics ARCS and SB28 subs.
For the People's Ear stage, featuring a mix of reggae, dub artists and DJs, Alan Harrison oversaw the system that a NEXO Alpha setup – with M3 tops, B1 bass and S2 subs – and Avid SC48 digital consoles at both FOH and monitors.
Adlib's low profile MP3 wedges were used for monitors, supplied together with a 15-inch drum fill, a Sennheiser G2 wireless radio mic system, a proliferation of wired mics and a full DJ setup.
"We pride ourselves on the relationships with our festival partners, and working together with Festival Republic's Nick Davies and Andy Head, we coordinate all the efforts to ensure that we provide the best service possible, whilst retaining our sense of humor and delivering to their specifications each time," said Adlib director Dave Jones.
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