Satis&Fy entrusted responsibility for stage and system equipment to Rüdiger Nürnberg and Tobi Hoff, a team who work together with consistently outstanding results. Equipped with EV's X-Line they were able to provide an optimal balance of power and flexibility. "We took a total of 24 tops and 20 subs with us on tour," reports Nürnberg, "driven by six amp racks charged with EV TG-7 amplifiers, though the exact configuration for each show was determined by the demands of the venue."
In Wiesbaden's Bowling Green, where Lionel Richie delighted an audience of 9,500, nine Xvls and three Xvlt enclosures were deployed on each side of the stage, with eight Xsubs per side reinforcing the low frequencies.
System engineer Tobi Hoff configured the system according to a tried-and-tested formula. "The routing between the console positions was the exclusive responsibility of NetMax, which also handled the synchronisation of the main PA with the delays. All other processing duties were assumed by the TG-7 amps under the stage, though the IRIS-Net network ensured that I retained access at all times to all parameters and could therefore intervene as and when I wished, the communication between the amps and the NetMax being bi-directional."
Kyle J. Hamilton, front-of-house engineer for Richie's Coming Home tour, was certainly convinced: "I am very satisfied with this system," he said, after the show in Wiesbaden. "The X-Line has a really impressive midrange, which ensures that the guitars and Lionel's vocals in particular come out clearly and at the right levels."
(Jim Evans)
