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Resolution system at Lisbon - Photo by Jem
Kitchen
Sound on tour was delivered by a Funktion One Resolution
system, powered by QSC, controlled by XTA and mixed on a Midas Heritage
3000. Gary Young of GPA Hire fulfilled both roles of Front of House
Engineer and Audio Supplier. Production Manager Ivan Kushlick sought
the same equipment and engineering package that he had used to good
effect on Leftfield tours in the past. During rehearsals, Ivan reported
that the band’s manager commented that he was delighted with the
quality of the audio which allowed his band to sound the way they always
should have…
The Funktion One Resolution system comprised 40 F218 bass enclosures,
32 Resolution 5 mid-high cabinets, 10 Resolution 4D Downfills and a
few Resolution 2 full range enclosures used as infills. The system offered
great flexibility for the different venues on the tour and was deployed
in different configurations depending on the shape of the required coverage.
Keeping the sound aimed precisely on the audience and off the walls
produced consistently high quality results. In big arenas the system
was flown five wide, three deep with five downfills per side [see picture
of this configuration from Lisbon Coliseum] with the bass ground stacked
two wide and up to eight high. In the smaller theatre venues on the
tour, the system was ground stacked and the number of boxes reduced
according to the dispersion required.
Gary Young enthuses: “…we were doing such varied event sizes
from 1,500 indoor venues to 15,000 outdoor shows and found the Resolution
System suited these different event types perfectly especially when
I contrast this with the lack of flexibility I have experienced with
Line Arrays. Throughout the tour from March to the end of August we
have done over 75 gigs and also hooked up with other F1 users in Australia
and Japan as well as touring extensively in the UK and Europe.”
System Tech, Jem Kitchen comments: “The small size and low weight
of the Res 5s (under 50kg each box) combined with the excellent and
innovative built in flying system makes the system extremely fast to
set up – we typically took under an hour and a half from opening
the truck to having an arena size system flown. There is much detail
about the Resolution system’s design that makes handling and usage
a pleasure. In my opinion, this is also the best sounding system on
the market with high efficiency, control and accuracy combined with
low distortion. Also, equalisation is unnecessary – the XTA DP224s
are just used for crossover point and frequency band level management.
Tony Andrews has a very pure approach to loudspeaker design.”
All artistes were on Shure PSM700 In Ear Monitors through a Yamaha PM1D.
For Festivals GPA supplied their FOH and Monitor desks, FX Racks, In
Ears and Multicore.
hire@gpahire.co.uk
London - Australia - New Zealand - Australia - Glasgow - Manchester
- London - France - Holland - Germany - Switzerland - Italy - Germany
- Portugal - Spain - France - Italy
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