For the UK and Europe dates, Britannia Row supplied a Turbosound Aspect rig, with the band's FOH engineer Trevor Gilligan mixing on a 56 channel DiGiCo D5 console.
The Aspect system comprises nine TA-890H mid/high, nine TA-890L low cabinets and two TQ-440 full range speakers per side, augmented with four TSW-218 subs. On stage, 16 Turbosound TFM-450 wedges are supplemented by two TFL-760H and four TFS-780L as side-fills, with pairs of TFM-450s and TQ-425Sps for drum-fills. The system is driven by T25 and T45 amplifiers, with system control by Dolby Lake processors.
Gilligan had used Aspect a few times before and was particularly impressed with its performance at this year's Jersey Live festival. And it has more than lived up to his expectations indoors. "We were playing a wide range of different venues, so the fact that Aspect works well in many different situations was a real bonus," says Gilligan. "It could be ground-stacked or flown and it always worked well, even if you could only get a few boxes above people's heads."Gilligan has been using DiGiCo consoles for around five years now. "I started using digital when working with Oasis," he says. "And the D5 is still only digital console that I can walk up to and get a mix out of without having to open a manual or start making calls. The routing is so easy, whoever designed it got it spot on."
(Jim Evans)
