All of the audio requirements for the festival were handled personally by Paul Nicholson from Red Square Audio/Midas ProSound, and APG's Mathieu Delquignies assisted with the Uniline system tuning.
"It's great to have such amazing support from the manufacturer," commented Nicholson. "We were particularly pleased to have Mathieu with us on this occasion, firstly because it's the biggest Uniline system we've had out in the UK to date, and secondly because we really weren't helped by the weather that weekend - we had strong, blustery winds to contend with for most of the set up and show days, which turned into gale-force blasts with occasional hail storms on Sunday. It's a challenge making any system sound good under those conditions, but Mathieu and the team did a great job, and the results were truly stunning."
Paul's comments were backed up by punk rocker Goldblade's frontman, John Robb, who posted a review of The Fall's performance at FOM Fest (which was engineered by Paul Nicholson, on his website Louder Than War, where he noted that, "It really did sound good. Rare for a festival, the PA was crystal clear and the blustering winds couldn't ruin it."
For FOM Fest, Nicholson specified L and R hangs of nine UL210 full range mid/hi cabinets supplemented by two UL210D down-fill cabinets and eight UL155B bass cabinets with a total of 16 TB218S dual 18" subwoofers (four units beneath each hang and eight across the front of the stage). APG was also in evidence on stage, where bands benefitted from a combination of 16 SMX15 wedges supplemented by two DX15 drum-fill monitor speakers plus two TB118S subs. A pair of 3000C's were also used for side-fills. DSP throughout was handled by APG DMS26 digital loudspeaker processors.
"I think that APG proved without a doubt at FOM Fest that Uniline is a system to be reckoned with and deserves its place amongst the 'big names' of the industry," remarked NIcholson. "Despite challenging conditions, we had nothing but compliments for the sound, both for the PA and the stage monitors."
(Jim Evans)
