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   'It was my first time hearing a big FK1 rig. And to be honest I wasn't that impressed..

I mean, the 'spread' was pretty good. A decent amount of sub and high end but no real definition.
Of course this could've been down to the engineer /dj's redlining like mad!'
Andy - I was at the helm of this system and here's my view - 

I can assure you that there was no redlining like mad.. either by me, my team or the djs.

the major issue with the sound design in this tent was the constant battle with the venue acoustic. this big top was 65mx45m and god knows how tall.. during the day the average head count was approx. 2000

reverberation and reflections did not help our quest for definition especially at mid range frequencies.

we refocused the mid high packs on sunday morning and this did have some improvement on Saturdays sound.

however once the evening came and the headline acts performed, up to around 6000  filled the tent and the acoustic settled right down and I have to say the sound we achieved was very good and seriously powerful considering the size of system we put up.  the Wilkinson and andy c sets in my view where excellent and the atmosphere in the tent was electric. all the drum and bass djs played very well produced tracks which was a joy to engineer.

some of the mcs had been working at other events that weekend and bless them could hardly speak because their voices were totalled - 

some of the house djs that played on the Saturday did cause difficulties as they insisted on using low res tracks for their whole set :0) - its a shame as house is my thing. the main acts such as MK were great.

on the whole though I'm happy with sound achieved and I look forward to next year as this festival continues to be a joy to work at - all the crew - catering and crowd made it very enjoyable indeed. best wishes dave