Bloodstock's main 'Ronnie James Dio' stage featured metal heavyweights such as headliners Trivium, Within Temptation and Rob Zombie. LD Ben Coxon controlled using two HSL-supplied flagship Avolites Sapphire Touch consoles, networked together with a TitanNet Processor (TNP). HSL also supplied a dimming solution in the form of two 48-way Avolites ART2000 dimmers for the stage, as well as further Avolites consoles and dimmers across the festival site.
"Due to the busking nature of the festival, Avolites was the perfect choice," says Andy Whittaker of HSL. "The range of Titan consoles, going from the Quartz all the way up to the Sapphire Touch, suited each stage of the festival perfectly.
"The Sapphires on the main stage were a particular success, and the networking capability with the TNP and Multiuser were fantastic. The TNP shared the processing load well and integrating consoles into the Avolites system was simple and hassle-free."
Visiting LDs, including regular Avolites users including Sepultura's Mike Scherer, Opeth's Mick Thornton, and Jeremy Skoorka with Black Label Society also jumped on the Sapphire Touch console to light their acts, with the console's hands-on approach reported by Whittaker as "particularly pleasing".
Across on the second stage, an Avolites Tiger Touch II was used to control for a heavy-hitting line up of international metal, while on the third stage HSL supplied a Quartz to provide the lighting for some of the best up-and-coming bands on the scene. Powercubes provided dimming for the generics on both stages.
(Jim Evans)
