Audile of Manchester provided a Funktion-One PA system, comprising Resolution 5s and F221 subs, with a range of XTA units including two DP448s at front-of-house, with a DP324 SiDD inserted over the left and right channels being utilised for system EQ. A GQ600 graphic was also inserted at FOH for guest engineers to get their hands on. To keep the DJs under control, a D2 was set to work which helped to get levels consistent across the whole audio spectrum with the varying material being supplied by the DJ's.
Long-time XTA user Jon Burton mixed two sets in the East Dance Stage during the festival, notably pop singer Mika and Pendulum Live - the more 'traditional' live performance mode of Australian DJ/electronica group Pendulum. "In addition to what was in the Audile system, I used a range of C2 compressors and G2 gates on both the Mika and Pendulum sets," says Burton - but that could be because Phil from XTA was standing next to me and bullied me into it."
"Seriously," he continues. "I have used a range of XTA equipment for years. I've always been a big fan of SiDD, although Glastonbury was the first time I had used the G2s for a while."
One audio company that had virtually its entire stock of XTA processors on site was South West Group. "We had tons of it," says the company's Mark Bott. On the John Peel Stage eight XTA DP224s and two XTA DP226s were used for FoH and monitor control, with four G2s, four C2s and two DP324 SiDDs also at FoH.
The iconic Pyramid Stage, which saw headline performances by The Who, Arctic Monkeys and The Killers, featured a mixture of 16 DP448s and DP446s in its front of house and monitor control systems, provided by Audio Plus and RG Jones. XTA power modules were used in the Funktion-One Res5 PA system's 32 sub-bass cabinets, with Funktion One system tech John Newsham using XTA's AudioCore software extensively to tune the system.
Meanwhile, Skan PA Hire used XTA DP448s and DP226s for control of the L-Acoustics V-DOSC PA on the Other Stage, along with G2 gates and C2 graphics, while the EV X-Array system supplied by long-term XTA user Rick Bailey of RMPA for the Acoustic Stage deployed DP226s over the main system, also using a DP324 SiDD at FoH.
(Jim Evans)
