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ADLIB Gets Brand New
ADLIB Audio supplied a JBL VerTec sound system and full audio production and crew for Brand New’s recent UK tour – the New York based Indie rockers’ largest production tour to date. The band are one of the most exciting and hotly tipped for greatness in 2007.
In control of Brand New’s FOH mix is their engineer Chris Cole. It was he who recommended ADLIB to tour manager Jamieson Shea, having worked with them several times in the past. “As always” says Cole, “The ADLIB experiences has been great - and even surpassed all expectations!”
He specified VerTec and also three of the latest Dolby Lake processors for EQ which are doing five zones of sound including the subs. He thinks the Lakes really help refine the system and the sound.
They used 10 elements of flown VerTec a side and six ADLIB DF4 twin 18” subs, which make a great sonic combination. The VT was powered by Camco Vortex 6 amplifiers and the subs by Crown VZ5000s. Cole used a Midas H3000 console, which he describes as “a great desk for sound quality and ease of use, and generally excellent for the band”.
He’s not a heavy compression user, but its needed for Jesse Lacey’s lead vocals because of the vastness of his dynamic range, and so he utilised a combination of dbx 160s and BSS901s chained together. Lacey has an AT AE5400 condenser mic and his voice is one of the most challenging elements of the mix because of its huge range and varying tonality. ADLIB also supplied a rack of four dbx 160s which he put across the two main vocalists and their guitars, which really helped keep the guitars in check.
Effects-wise he used a TC M3000 on all the vocals, along with a D2 delay which was used on three songs - Cole likes it for its tap function and easy operation. Then there was a Yamaha SPX 2000 used as a drum reverb on which he likes the Hall settings because he’s “an 80’s guy at heart”. ADLIB also supplied a standard rack of Drawmer Gates.
In creative terms, the band wanted the live mix to be raw, edgy and to sound totally different from the album, so the resulting collage of energy, emotion and insouciantly layered, gritty rock-punk exactly fits that brief. ADLIB’s Steve Pattison looked after Cole at FOH, while Richie Nicholson did the same for monitor engineer Mike Babcock.
The hub of monitor word was a Yamaha PM 5D, specified by Babcock. They were also using one on the dates before the UK tour, so Babcock Emailed his show file to Nicholson, who pre-loaded all the settings into the console, saving massive amounts of time on the set up for the first show.
Two of the band (Lacey and drummer Brian Lane) are on a Sennheiser G2 IEM system with Ultimate Ears moulds which they own, with the other three on a combination of wedges and IEMs – with the option to dip in and out of either mode - and they all pretty much want to hear the whole mix.
Babcock’s biggest challenge is containing stage left guitarist Vincent Accardi who likes it very loud everywhere … and prefers wedges to IEMs. The seven wedges were ADLIB’s own 152W’s plus a dual 15” drum sub – all powered by Crown Pulse amps, and the side fills were ADLIB DF2s, driven by a mixture of Crown VZ amps. A dbx 480 took care of control and crossover.
Babcock states: “It’s been great working with ADLIB again – great kit, fabulous crew and all-round it’s been an excellent experience. We’re very happy!”
ADLIB also supplied a full set of mics and cables for opening act Me Without You.
1st March 2007
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