Steve Towers from Towers Productions, together with Adamson Systems' Technical support Jesse Adamson and Ben Cabot collaborated in designing the system for all for shows using Adamson Shooter. For the first and smallest show held in Artpark, they chose 12 Y-10s flown and six T-21s ground stacked per side. For the GRCA show, they used a similar mains set-up; with an additional pair of SpekTrix hung under the Y-10s per side, as well as three SpekTrix placed on top of two SpekTrix Subs on each side of the stage for stage fills and another six SpekTrix boxes took care of filling both sides. For the two largest shows, held at the Historic Fort York, Towers opted for a comparable setup, but removed the two SpekTrix underhangs and added four SpekTrix as center fills instead.
The shows were a critical success for the band and the sound designers. The Toronto Sun's concert critic Bill Harris commented after the first Fort York show: "The crowd was more subdued than at other manic Hip concerts over the past 15 years, but maybe that was because the fans actually could hear every note and every lyric. The sound was shockingly crisp, and that allowed the patrons to make out every nuance."
(Lee Baldock)
