EV Sub Bass Extravaganza for Korn

UK - American hard-core metal rock band Korn played a sell-out gig at the London Apollo using an unprecedented EV X-Line system which utilized a 1:1 ratio of line-array cabinets to subwoofers. The system was designed by Chris Marsh of Major Tom, who described it as "phenomenal!". He added, "Korn is predominantly about strong low-end frequencies, so they used every bit of the energy in the subs, but this was the first time I'd put together a system like this. It was incredibly loud."

With 10 EV Xvls high-output cabinets and 10 X-subs per side, Marsh admitted that he was glad that Korn had their own sound engineer to mix the show. "That kind of level hurts," he said.

Major Tom has also been using X-Line at the Belfast Odyssey Arena, where the annual indoor festival is being headlined by the legendary Bob Dylan. Marsh has set up a very different system, using eight Xvls and two Xvlts per side and only 14 subs distributed left, right and centre. The side hangs each consist of four Xvls and two Xvlts, and there are a number of EV 1152s for in-fills, out-fills and side-fills.

(Lee Baldock)

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