For the tour, four XTA GEQ600 equalizers provided system EQ for the complex main, bleacher and underhung arrays of V-Dosc and DV-Dosc PA. Six XTA DP226 units handled the PA processing for the left/right system and ground stacks, with another time-aligning the subs.
Continuing their role from the tour to the festivals, four XTA SiDDs at front of house provided dynamics processing for the acoustic guitar and keyboards, along with a battery of exotic effects units. Daniel Green mixed at front of house on a Midas XL4, with four GEQ600s providing system control, along with six DP226s. At the other end of the multicore, six more GEQ600s handled the monitor mix system EQ and six DP200s acted as monitor processors and EQ for in-ear mixes, with Chris Wood at the controls of a Midas Heritage 3000.
Tourtech's Dick Rabel commented: "Everything that XTA has ever made is extremely well researched; they examine the marketplace and take into account engineers' viewpoints, so users end up getting products that they've almost specified themselves - and the products are manufactured to such high standards they're totally reliable and dependable. In fact, they've become the benchmark by which all other DSP is judged."
(Lee Baldock)
