ADLIB has upgraded its BSS 366 processors to the new NTM filtering for the tour, and is using the new Sennheiser G2 550 series mics, G2 300 series IEMs and a recently purchased Yamaha PM5D console - one of two - that the Liverpool based company has on the road this autumn and which is also used to mix the support act.
The Scissor Sisters' high-energy performance is a collage of numerous musical styles, tastes and ideas, oozing with flamboyance, high kitsch fashion antics and an enormous sense of fun. The band has stormed the music industry spectacularly throughout 2004, gaining both popular and critical acclaim and much respect with their first album.
Kay and Booker have been onboard with the band since May. Kay chose a JBL VerTec line array system for the UK tour - 24 VT4889 elements - while the DF418 subs are ADLIB's own design and build.
ADLIB is also using BSS's new 366T filtering, Kay explaining that it gives a superbly clean crossover with sharp edges, and says the 36dB per octave Thiele filters "give a great linear phase response to the system". The system is EQ'd each day using a wireless tablet remote running BSS's SB2 platform for controlling the 366Ts, allowing Kay the freedom to walk around the venue whilst trimming the system. They are also running a full rack of BSS Varicurve EQs, and the system is analysed using a Meyer Sim 3. Amplification is designed for light weight and high power, the VerTec boxes being driven by Camco Vortex 6 amps and the subs by CrownVZ5002s. The first production run of metal bodied Neutrik NL8T connectors are used on the flying cable looms.
Kay mixes the show on a Soundcraft Series 5 console with TC reverbs and delays and a Lexicon PCM 70 for drum reverb. Sennheiser G2 300 IEMs and G2 550 radio systems featuring the 900 Series mics are used on stage and the team is road-testing the only UK demo set of the new Sennheiser kick drum mics, the 901 and the 902. Dave Kay comments, "We started using Sennheiser throughout in around June of this year for the busy festival season. The G2 products are a major advance on the previous range and easily surpass anything at this level and most at any price". Adlib's own new MP3 15"+2" wedges provide monitoring for singers Ana Matronic and Jake Shears.
(Mike Lethby)
