The other stages supplied by Adlib were the Lake Stage, the Film & Music Arena and the Cabaret Tent which also had an associated 'roving' sound system. The Adlib team of 14 was crew chiefed by Richy Nicholson.
Adlib specified and installed an L-Acoustics V-DOSC rig for Uncut, configured as two flown arrays of six elements, 12 SB28 subs on the deck and a combination of dv-Dosc and ARCs cabinets for in-fills and out-fills. It was all processed via Adlib's standard set up using Dolby Lakes.
Uncut saw some heavy hitting headliners in the line up including Gossip, Magazine, Bat For Lashes, Squeeze, Newton Faulkner, Spiritualised and many more in a demanding environment for sound requirements.
FOH was looked after by Walter Jaquiss using a Soundcraft Vi6 console and Ben Booker ran monitors, using a Yamaha PM5D.
Richy Nicholson and Laura Davis had a hectic time running the stage patch, and the main challenge was - as ever festival style - the short changeovers. Using the digital desks helped massively in ensuring this ran as smoothly as possible. Jaquiss had the Vi6s off-line editing software running on his laptop, which enabled him to set up the patch for the next band during the previous set. This made it dramatically easier for incoming engineers, particularly those not overly familiar with the console.
The majority of engineers were happy to work with the Vi6, but Adlib brought in a Midas heritage H3000 for Tricky, and Fever Ray used their touring DigiDesign Profile - which was also being supplied by Adlib.
Onstage, Nicholson and Booker ran a similar system for pre-patching bands into the PM5D for any engineers with PM5D show files on USB sticks. "It's extremely helpful and really speeds up changeovers having these facilities on site," says Nicholson.The open sided Sunrise tent featured a hyperactive line up of up-and-comings, ones-to-watch and unsigned acts, who performed using a Nexo Alpha PA, comprising 6 M3 hi-packs and 6 B1 bass cabinets a side, 4 Nexo S2 subs and 2 ADLIB FD2s for in-fill.
The Lake Stage had another slightly smaller Nexo Alpha sound system, with 4 mid-his and 4 bass speakers a side, Nexo S2 subs and ADLIB AA122 fills. The side-stage FOH mix was engineered by Chris Smethurst using a Soundcraft MH4, while Kenny Kristiansen looked after monitors.
(Jim Evans)
