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Below L-R: LD Scott Warner and Bryan ‘Froggy’ Cross, a man of many hats.
there consisted of 56 Outline Butterﬂ y Hi-Packs on the other hand are absolutely full-bodied,
(16 + 16 for the main front hangs, 10 + 10 for precise and powerful.
the sides and 2 + 2 for front ﬁ ll) backed up by “On this tour and with the current economic
26 Subtech 218s (12 either side and two in the situation, dimensions and weight are also
centre). Two Outline DVS 15 multi-purpose important factors. We’ve got 11 artics and the
enclosures were also used to ensure perfect more we manage to reduce space occupied and
coverage for the front rows of the audience, load weight, the less we spend on truck rental
and the entire rig was powered by Outline T9 2 and fuel.”
x 4.8kW power amps. The girls all use Sennheiser 935 hand-held
‘Froggy’, whose preferred console is a mics for most of the show and, along with
Digidesign Proﬁ le, loaded with Waves plug-ins, the two electronic drummer/percussionists,
commented on the system: “This PA is one Sennheiser G2 IEMs. The technician in charge of
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of the best designs in recent years. It’s very the Butterﬂ y system on behalf of Brit Row was
adaptable, from the most impressive stadium system engineer Adam Smith.
down to small venues, enabling us to use 12 or
eight clusters, or even stacked systems. This is SET... VIDEO... PYRO
something that big PAs aren’t able to do. The set was built in the UK by LiteStructures
“After rejecting the idea of a big PA, we whose Wakeﬁ eld facility was used for pre-tour
looked for a medium-powered system with the production rehearsals. Live video was directed
best possible quality and versatility. I tried a by George Elizando and the full hardware
lot, but wasn’t satisﬁ ed. To get a good sound, package for Europe was freighted in from US-
I often had to work a lot with the processors; based Nocturne.
even if I got good coverage, I had to cope with This decision came because they were really
poor mid-low frequencies, due to a lack of keen to use Nocturne’s proprietary V-Lite lo-res,
air movement. Then we tried Outline [www. lightweight video screen, with its silver ﬁ nish as
outline.it] this matches the metallic features and aesthetics
“What further impressed me was the bottom of the set. The seven-week European touring
end, the Subtechs. The majority of spectators schedule made it ﬁ nancially viable.
don’t just want to see and hear the show, they With over 300 pyro effects across eight
also want to ‘feel’ it. In pop-dance music like songs per show and a 10-way DMX controlled
this, the bottom end is really important: there gas ﬂ ame system, well executed pyro cues
are low frequencies that in almost all the songs were an another integral aspect of the visuality.
go from 60-65Hz to 40Hz and are very well Explosives and expertise were provided by Pyro
deﬁ ned. Junkies, one of the UK’s leading indoor show
“When a lot of subs are used together, ﬁ reworks specialists.
this usually sounds very ‘slappy’. The Subtechs TPi
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