Under the supervision of Pete Russell, APR Audio provided left and right Electro-Voice X-Line hangs, each featuring 14 Xvls and two Xvlt cabinets, and using 32 matched X-subs, with eight XI 1152s for fill. Control was provided by way of Midas Heritage 3000 consoles on stage and at front-of-house, with KT Helix EQ with DN370s. All power was delivered by Precision Series P3000RL amplifiers, managed by the latest v2. IRIS control software which allows up to 250 amplifiers to be remotely controlled and supervised.
APR is particularly proud of a king-size monitoring system, supervised by engineer Laurie Brace, which included 16 XW15A wedges, and 9ft tall side-fill stacks comprising Xb and Xn cabinets with Xds low-end - all boxes from the X-Array line of concert touring systems. "We took extra care when spec'ing the monitor system," explains Brace. "We worked on the principle that we could always take it away if the artist didn't need it." But most people found that they did, and that they loved it - and Laurie was offered a number of tours as a result! APR Audio followed Glastonbury with another headline success, proudly supporting Britannia Row at the huge Live8 concert in London.
(Lee Baldock)
