The band has been playing sell-out shows to around 15,000 fans a night, although at larger venues in Asia, for example, the crowd has swelled to a whopping 40,000. The PA design includes a big front- hang of Adamson Y18s and T21 subs, while the side- hangs consist of Y10s and Spektrix. The variation in venue size means that a massive amount of this equipment needs to be carried - 24 Adamson Y18s, 16 T21 subs, 48 Y10s, as well as 28 Spektrix boxes.
The man responsible for Linkin Park's live sound is FOH engineer, Ken 'Pooch' Van Druten. He is no stranger to full on rock, having engineered Kiss for many years. For Linkin Park, he is using nine XTA DP448s and two DP224s to process the loudspeaker system. "I have used XTA crossovers and EQs for years, for many different bands," he reveals. "It always works well.
"I have used different types of processors from all around the world. But XTA always sounds the best. The combination of XTA processors, Lab.gruppen amplifiers and Adamson transducers is my dream PA - it just sounds fantastic."
(Jim Evans)
