Sound systems at Life-Festival 2010
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Topic: Sound systems at Life-Festival 2010
Posted By: cravings
Subject: Sound systems at Life-Festival 2010
Date Posted: 10 June 2010 at 12:02pm
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None mine or anything to do with me.
Neutronix Stage / Psy trance playground. Martin audio by http://altec.ie - http://altec.ie 
The big top, lots of techno, and some drum and bass in here. more martin, also by altec. 
Left and right stacks of this: 
Rootical soundsystem reggae tent. 
2 stacks of this: 
i think the scoops are tubbys' (i'm sure some of you would know straight off...), loaded with a mixture of pd1850s and 1500w fanes. 
Live bands on the Human-Music stage down by the lake. DB stuff.. i don't know what's what with db stuff tbh.. 
Liquid stage, lots of dubstep and drum and bass and bassline house type stuff in here... funktion-one by Hertz-U soundsystem. sounding good as always. he owns another infrabass but it's currently out of action due to flood damage. 
our own rezsbc selectin here on sunday afternoon 
Big BLue Bus lovely cafe had a single stack of worries outernational looney bin / void setup outside for some nice atmosphere.. 
2 looneys and a stasys 3 mk2, and as i understand something was setup wonky and time wasn't on side to fix it up so a basys top was stuck up there for a quick fix top end 
and now for the fun stuff... my good friend Paddy brought a few of his many crazy contraptions along, well worth posting.. one of his bike mounted systems.. a db opera off a car amp and battery. seen here cycling around playing The Ace of Spades to a crowd listening to Ricardo Villalaobobobs play 9 million hours of techno on the db setup pictured earlier on a lovely sunny saturday afternoon (it was a lovely afternoon really, i enjoyed the techno but didn't really pay attention).. 
what evil lurks inside the box... 
his home made high nelly. not a sound system but worth a pic 
the sinclair C5.. has to be dragged around, the padals just power the sound... old peavy speaker stuck in the back, scientifically had the end sawn off to make it fit, p-audio sn15-b stuck in there, and a double piezo thing on a stick. good times! most fun system there and as always the last one to hold people dancing.. 
james also brought his rickshaw contraptacycle along too. 12" sub and random car drivers built into a box on the back. good times. in this pic, the other bike system seen earlier is actually leaning on the back so it looks a bit odd here... 
good fun weekend. |
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Posted By: toastyghost
Date Posted: 10 June 2010 at 1:22pm
| Line array and reflex subs for psytrance? Who decided that was a good idea? Can't imagine there being much the way of kick! |
Posted By: cravings
Date Posted: 10 June 2010 at 1:43pm
| yeah i dunno.. i didn't spend much time at the trance stage so won't really comment.. i thought the martin setup in the techno tent was pretty overbearing in the top end.. given there was 12 WSX in there i didn't find it particularly bassy at all.. i get the impression that company are more geared up for rock gigs. |
Posted By: mucsavage
Date Posted: 10 June 2010 at 3:21pm
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hahahah great stuff! Was hoping to go this year but money and vans and such have seen to that idea :( |
Posted By: backlash
Date Posted: 10 June 2010 at 3:51pm
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Festival site looks beautiful! Really does. ------------- According to suicide statistics, Monday is the favored day for self-destruction. http://www.truesoundhire.co.uk/" rel="nofollow - Sound Hire |
Posted By: cravings
Date Posted: 10 June 2010 at 3:58pm
| no news on your van so muc? |
Posted By: Flano
Date Posted: 10 June 2010 at 4:38pm
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Great pics cravings.Some nice gear there....
I hear there was a fire in the rootical tent?
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Posted By: cravings
Date Posted: 10 June 2010 at 4:56pm
| at least one 1850 got toasted... that's all i know. |
Posted By: mstep77
Date Posted: 10 June 2010 at 6:45pm
| Nice pics and a very nice looking festival. |
Posted By: AUDIO HABIT
Date Posted: 10 June 2010 at 7:29pm
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mstep77 wrote:Posted By: asaa00
Date Posted: 10 June 2010 at 8:26pm
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i love how thi sis nothing special to you lot id kill for stuff like this to come to the USA you would think folded horns are prohibited here or something ------------- http://soundcloud.com/asaa - My Studio Productions |
Posted By: backlash
Date Posted: 10 June 2010 at 9:20pm
Build some then  ------------- According to suicide statistics, Monday is the favored day for self-destruction. http://www.truesoundhire.co.uk/" rel="nofollow - Sound Hire |
Posted By: backlash
Date Posted: 10 June 2010 at 9:20pm
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... Then again isn't CV from USA... ------------- According to suicide statistics, Monday is the favored day for self-destruction. http://www.truesoundhire.co.uk/" rel="nofollow - Sound Hire |
Posted By: chilli
Date Posted: 12 June 2010 at 10:04am
w8c's arent splayed correctly 6 wsx a side should be rearranging peoples organs..------------- Money can't buy you happiness, but it can allow you to be miserable in comfort. |
Posted By: Louder than loud
Date Posted: 12 June 2010 at 10:18am
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Its d&b no DB ;) and that ( by the looks of things ) d&b Q1... sub look like C4/7 thou. ummm
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Posted By: cravings
Date Posted: 12 June 2010 at 11:06am
| i didn't bother snooping on anyone's amp racks. well except colm's (funktion-one.. all mc2 / xta as always) |
Posted By: cravings
Date Posted: 12 June 2010 at 11:06am
| and like i said, i'm not familiar with d&b gear (i've seen and heard it and it's good stuff but i've never bothered really working out what's what with it) |
Posted By: James Tengo
Date Posted: 12 June 2010 at 11:18am
| Looks like 4 Q subs on top of a B2 to me, but then I am sitting quite far away from the monitor |
Posted By: adamski1010
Date Posted: 12 June 2010 at 12:26pm
| 6x Q1 flown perside with 4x QSubs ontop of 1x B2 perside. Infills 1x C4 top and 1x C4 sub perside although SL side has a flight case inbetween the top and sub to increase height (and as such, coverage) of stack. Powered by D12s. |
Posted By: cravings
Date Posted: 12 June 2010 at 1:29pm
| flightcase is to counter the hill, yeah. |
Posted By: Cyklist
Date Posted: 12 June 2010 at 6:26pm
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yo steve, g'man takin the pics ya the big top with the w8c/wsx rig, was nice but the wsx must have been hi-passed too high or somethin, my four were WAYY subbier than the stack of 6 when I ran me new kick bins crossed over at 90Hz today
 the top end in there would chew your head off too
 who puts 1w8c per wsx??? mad as well how far away you could hear the wsx's, right up to the back of the campsite.
didnt really rate the d&b stuff like yourself, funktion-one as usual a pleasure to hear.
yer mans speaker on a bike was class, he was playin some mad screaming noises wen i saw him, funny stuff!
------------- purple monkey dishwasher |
Posted By: Flano
Date Posted: 12 June 2010 at 9:28pm
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That wsx/w8c system of altecs is a bit of a conundrum....its been for sale a few times in the past.With out saying too much I think Brian/altec have an unuasual way of setting that rig up. That MA line array on the main stage looks brand new....bet rea sound has somthing to do with it.... |
Posted By: Cyklist
Date Posted: 12 June 2010 at 10:30pm
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yo mark! ya the array was nice and clear, exactly what you want for psy anyway i guess.
the wavefront system is an an amazing rig
 but so dissapointing when rigged wrong etc..  would have been unreal if they had the wsx hi-passed lower and the w8c kick (the wavefront 15'' ported horn) matched under the tops. nice to see martin rockin at the dance festivals tho!
suprised at the lack of void  ------------- purple monkey dishwasher |
Posted By: cravings
Date Posted: 12 June 2010 at 10:58pm
| i was at Vantastival festival a while ago and the main tent was a big top, all live bands in it. and there was 4 wsx / w8c a side in there.. probably the same guys. i thought the bass sounded better that time even though there was less. i didn't really watch much in there though.. only Kila. top was still a bit full on i thought. |
Posted By: Flano
Date Posted: 13 June 2010 at 3:02pm
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I was suprised there wasnt more void too... I thought Brian/dirt from here was doing a stage.Must not of went through. |
Posted By: Louder than loud
Date Posted: 13 June 2010 at 4:03pm
Reflex works a treat for Psytrance
 Just ask the Opus boys |
Posted By: Louder than loud
Date Posted: 13 June 2010 at 4:05pm
Line Arrays are being spec'ed everywhere now if not most outdoor gigs... it's only a matter of time before everything gig is LA.
Shame as i have just brought a load of SRX kit
 ... maybe Vertec should be next on the cards |
Posted By: backlash
Date Posted: 13 June 2010 at 6:34pm
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We have had psytrance on martin audio ws218x bins and there hasn't been a problem. Not familiar with the line array tops there though but if the other martin ground stacked stuff is anything to go by it'll be clear and precise. ------------- According to suicide statistics, Monday is the favored day for self-destruction. http://www.truesoundhire.co.uk/" rel="nofollow - Sound Hire |
Posted By: cravings
Date Posted: 13 June 2010 at 11:27pm
| i also thought bryan and co were doing it again. don't know what happened there. bryan would have to tell you. i did think it's kind of mad though getting systems in from uk tbh. |
Posted By: Louder than loud
Date Posted: 13 June 2010 at 11:36pm
ummm it wasn't Bryan who had a load of kit taken away from him at UKTec was it  ? ? ?
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Posted By: toastyghost
Date Posted: 14 June 2010 at 2:09pm
No. |
Posted By: Louder than loud
Date Posted: 14 June 2010 at 3:19pm
| Do you know who it was ? |
Posted By: toastyghost
Date Posted: 14 June 2010 at 4:24pm
Judging by the news reports, it was 10 people. Whether they were just driving vans or owned the systems, is for them and the police to sort out I guess. But I know for a fact that Bryan was busy working that weekend as I just paid a visit to his handiwork. Very nice it was too. |
Posted By: Punchy
Date Posted: 01 July 2010 at 11:20am
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I want that bus!! ------------- dont make me use UPPERCASE !! |
Posted By: Bryan M
Date Posted: 05 July 2010 at 5:12pm
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I had kit hired by the police at short notice for 9 months a couple of years ago, that was it free party wise for me, way to expensive if it goes wrong. Life was all go until a week or so before the event. We did not think outlaying money for another van just for live gear for one band a wise business choice. After ringing round a few irish hire companies i found that none of them would be happy just to hire out the live kit, this then left the festival organiser in a spot, so he did all he could do, go with another firm. It was a real shame as i liked it, the irish party soo much harder than people in the uk, would be nice to be offered it next year though. |
Posted By: cravings
Date Posted: 05 July 2010 at 11:55pm
i saw a bit of the band and i hated them. (i knew i'd hate them from the description tbh  )
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