The tour visits a variety of venues, large and small, culminating in shows at London's Brixton Academy. They're carrying 20 VT4889 elements on the truck, using 10 per side for the larger shows and four per side for the smaller ones. "VerTec suits Good Charlotte very well," says Neale, "Lots of energy and power coming out of it - just like the band - but it also gets right over the top of the stage noise".
The subs are eight of Adlib's DF4 (2x18"), ground-stacked at the front of stage. Amplification is a mix of Camco Vortex 6 series for the VerTec boxes, and Crown VZ5002s for the subs. Adlib is supplying Midas Heritage H3000 consoles at both end of the multicore as specified by the band's engineers. The FOH rack is one of Adlib's standard issues, including TC delays, a Lexicon PCM 91, Drawmer Gates and dbx 1066 compressors. Monitors are 14 of the new Adlib MP3 wedges, while the monitor rack also contains Drawmer gates and dbx 160 compressors.
Neale is using a Wireless Tablet link - a device pioneered by Adlib on the David Bowie 'Reality' tour - and the latest BSS control software to remote tweak the Omnidrive processors. This is particularly useful for the larger venues and allows him to walk around the gig - during soundcheck and the show - and adjust the system as necessary from the remote.
The tablet talks to a Sysco WIFI point which sends an Ethernet signal to the Moxa server in the rack, which then talks to the processors via RS232 protocol. The band is utilizing its own Audio-Technica mics, with Adlib supplying all stands and cables.
(Lee Baldock)
