In addition to typically flying nine boxes of Kudo per side for the four-piece ethereal Icelandic post-rock band, Firehouse positioned six dV-DOSC across the lip of the stage for front-fill and set up four SB28 subs per side in a cardioid configuration for LF reinforcement. Two ARCS cabinets per side were also flown or ground stacked for out-fill in venues where the seating configuration wrapped around the stage. Furthermore, the tour utilised four of L-acoustics' new LA-RAK touring racks, each featuring three LA8 amplified controllers.
According to Firehouse systems engineer Jamie Pollock, who did a system prediction using Soundvision at each stop: "The flexibility of Kudo was what impressed me for this type of tour. Some of the venues we played were quite small while others, like The Greek Theatre in Berkeley, were larger with 8,000 seats and 180 degrees of seating. With all of these different environments and configurations, I was constantly changing the enclosures' K-Louver settings between 110 and 80 degrees. But aside from the 9,500-capacity Red Rocks Amphitheatre where we brought in V-DOSC, Kudo was able to deliver and give us the coverage we needed. Jelle Kuiper, the front-of-house engineer, and I enjoyed using the new LA8 presets and always received consistent results."
(Jim Evans)
