"The PA was just awful," recounts Kakoschke. "It was ancient - I've never seen any of the components before. It looked as though it had been built in someone's garage about 30 years ago! There was a 16-channel console that was so old that there were no markings left on it." Kakoschke called to Soundcraft for help, and a new MH3 console was despatched to Hull. "It was an absolute life-saver, it actually enabled me to get a decent sound out of that dreadful PA system, and it's confirmed me as a Soundcraft fan. For the last show of our tour, Adlib Audio provided a PA which included a Series 4 and that was also brilliant, I loved it."
Small enough to carry, a Soundcraft 12-channel E Series desk made the whole tour with the band, providing a solution to the problem of lack of channels on the small in-house consoles and limited space at the mix position. "The E Series was mainly used for the support band, but for Wheatus it was incredibly helpful to be able to sub-mix the key channels and my Logic Audio set-up from 11 into 2."
(Ruth Rossington)
