Liverpool-based Adlib has been involved in the event for many years, initially starting with the audio supply for one stage and their role has steadily grown. Adlib account handler Phil Kielty says, "It's always a great pleasure to be involved in this event, which has its own special vibe. One minute you can see an act play an unplugged set in the Live Lounge, an hour later you can see them headline the main stage - it really is a very special event."
The Adlib crew of 14 was chiefed by Richy Nicholson, who also worked on the In New Music We Trust stage, the second largest of the event, headlined by Faithless on Saturday and Vampire Weekend on Sunday.
The system was a JBL VerTec, chosen for its light weight - it was flown off a ground support system - and excellent quality for the dynamic range of music which featured up to 9 international artists per day.
They flew six VT4889 boxes a side - as many as possible with the height of the ground support, and also supplied a left and right stack of three dV-Dosc in-fills per side plus six VerTec 4880A subs, ground-stacked per side. The FOH console was a Midas H3000.
Showcasing the best of the upcoming talent, the BBC Introducing Stage was overseen by Chris Smethurst.
They ran a standard Nexo Alpha system comprising four M3 mid-highs a side, two B1 bass cabinets and two SB2 subs, all ground-stacked, and running off Camco & Crown amps.The combined FOH/monitor desk was a Yamaha M7CL on which the onboard processing was utilised. Kenny Christiansen took care of the stage and patch.
Adlib Lighting designed a small high-impact lighting rig which was all ground supported and based around six vertical truss towers, four of them double-stacked pre-rig at the back with CP61 bulbs, and two single loaded pre-rigged sections at the front with CP62s.
A total of six Martin Professional MAC 700 Spots were clamped to the sides of the rear uprights, along with six out of eight MAC 250 Washes, with the remaining two 250s on the floor. Six individual floor PARs lights were used as key light for the cameras.
The lighting console was an Avo Pearl Expert running Titan software - the perfect choice for a festival and busking situation, which was operated by Neil Holloway.
Adlib also supplied both PA and lighting for the Live Lounge, including an Adlib speaker system with 2 FD2 hi packs and 4 ADLIB DF315 Subs, complete with a Yamaha LS9-32 channel console, eight wedges, Denon Mini Disc and Twin CD players and all necessary mics and stands.
The lighting system was controlled by another Avolites Pearl Expert operated by Charlie Rushton.
(Jim Evans)
