LIVERPOOL, U.K. — Adlib, based here, once again provided an array of sound gear to support the Creamfields dance festival in Daresbury, Cheshire, U.K., which took place over the U.K.’s summer bank holiday weekend in late August. Adlib again worked closely with creative and technical production specialists LarMac LIVE on the event.
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Adlib pooled their vast experience and knowledge of designing EDM sound systems and again delivered amazing results with Coda Audio and JBL VerTec.
The key aural requirements for electronic dance music are even coverage from the front to the very back of each arena to bring dance-loving festivalgoers right into the heart of the ‘live experience’. Heart pumping bass is absolutely essential and the music should always match the power and vitality of the visuals.
In the Cream Arena Otto Kroymann and Rhys Roberts looked after a large JBL system which supplied the power, oomph to fill out the enormous tent with fabulously smooth, rich, even coverage.
20 x JBL VT 4889s a side formed the main hangs with six 4889s per side for the delays and a sub-tastic array of 24 x JBL VT4880 VerTec subs combined with eight L-ACOUSTICS SB28s. Monitoring was via 8 x Adlib MP3 low profile wedges and the DJ fills were four L-ACOUSTICS ARCs — two a side – on top of a single SB28 a side — for full-on sound Ecstasy – all run via 2 x Yamaha PM5D consoles.
Keen to showcase the adaptability of the Coda systems Adlib deployed these in three areas — Skream & Benga, Annie Mac and Hospitality.
In the brand new Skream & Benga curated arena, engineers Rui Sio and Damien Breeze made those bass grooves kick loud and clear with 20 x Coda Airline LA12 speakers for the main arrays and 12 Coda ViRAYs for delays plus 24 x Coda SCP-F subs complete with Yamaha PM5D and Midas PRO2 consoles.
For monitoring, they utilised Adlib’s own FD / DF speakers for DJ fills, together with eight Adlib MP3 wedges.
Saturday night rocked with Skream and Benga themselves plus friends including Andy C, Redlight, Rustie, Jack Beats, Alvin Risk, Zinc, Bondax, Clean Bandit, Kidnap Kid, Woz and many more.
In Annie Mac, there were another 20 x Coda Airline LA12s and 16 x Coda SCP-F subs for the main system with DiGiCo SD10 and Soundcraft Vi1 consoles, Lake processing and speaker management and Adlib proprietary DJ monitoring. This was looked after by Dave Ryan and Tom Geoghegan.
Coda again proved an ideal solution for Hospitality with 8 x Airline LA12s and eight Airline LA8 infills for the main stage and area together with four Adlib 1214e infill speakers for the side tents. Engineers Mark Johnson and Vidmantas Baleisa utilised a Yamaha LS9 for mixing.
The compact and versatile Coda ViRAY is an ideal PA for this gig where the flying & weight limitations of the Arenas/Tents make it vital to have a lightweight box and ensure the PA is powerful enough to get maximum coverage & intelligible SPL to every part of each Arena.
The Coda PA system also has incredibly low transient frequency response — due to the patented sensor controlled subwoofer technology – giving crisp, uniform coverage and excellent response down to 25hz (-6db) — perfect for electronic dance music.
Says Adlib Director Peter Abraham, ““Expectations are high at any event but here working with the Cream brand, LarMac LIVE and delivering to the very high expectations of the client & to their audience …. is Adlib’s ultimate challenge.”
