USA - Tour sound company Sound Image is on the road with Gwen Stefani and a rig that includes Harman Pro Group HiQnet-enabled components from Crown International, dbx, and AKG. With System Architect as the main control application, all the Harman products integrate seamlessly to enable a network that allows the sound engineer to access the system from a variety of positions in a venue.The Gwen Stefani tour HiQnet system comprises 86 Crown I-Tech 8000 amplifiers, four dbx DriveRack 4800s, and the new AKG HUB 4000 Q, providing HiQnet control over the WMS 4000 wireless microphone network. 60 JBL Professional Vertec VT4889 line array loudspeakers, 24 JBL Vertec 4880 arrayable subwoofers and AKG IVM 4 personal monitors are also in use.
(Jim Evans)