Serato SL-1 in stock now
13 November 2008
We have added a Rane SL-1 Serato box to hire stock to cater for the growing number of DJs demanding it on their riders. For those not familiar with Serato, the system interfaces standard decks or CD players to a laptop-based MP3 playback system, allowing DJs to carry their entire record collection on their laptop, but still manipulate the recordings as if they were pressed on vinyl or CD.The box went straight out on the Southport Soul Weekender where it was installed in the 'Funkbase' throughout the weekend, reflecting its particular popularity on the urban music scene.
MIDAS HERITAGE ADDED TO STOCK
30 October 2008
We recently took delivery of a 40+8ch Midas Heritage-3000 console, which was immediately put to work on a succession of summer festivals. While others are buying digital rather than analogue consoles, we feel that the supreme sound quality, ease of use and familiarity of the H-3000 still outweigh the convenience of digital consoles in many applications, particularly festivals, a view that's been shared by many of the the guest engineers we've worked with over the summer who've been delighted to find an H-3000 at front-of-house. The console's been requested by artists for a large proportion of the forthcoming Warehouse Project dates also, so is already proving to be an excellent addition to stock.
BESTIVAL ROUNDS OFF BUSY SUMMER SEASON
30 October 2008
Bestival rounded off a busy and succesful festival
season, with Audile providing sound and lighting for both the Radio
One Introducing stage and the Red Bull Speakeasy. Torrential rainfall
resulted in apalling conditions on site, but the team battled through
rivers of water and mud and lived to tell the tale. Two weeks later,
though, we're still washing mud off boxes...
Prior to this was another mud-bath, this time at Creamfields.
Audile provided sound and lighting for the Chibuku/Radio One and Ape/Bugged
Out arenas, with headline performances from Underworld, Ian Brown and
Roots Manuva. Simultaneously, Audile supplied sound and lighting to
the Manchester Pride festival, covering the main stage and three others.
Roisin Murphy and Alphabeat headlined.
Highlight of the season was Camp Bestival, where Audile
supplied sound and lighting for the main stage, plus three smaller areas.
Headliners were Chuck Berry, Flaming Lips and Kate Nash, with Flaming
Lips particularly putting on an incredible show. The intensive line-up
of acts included many large and complicated set-ups, but both stage
dimensions and change-over times were tight. The Audile team rose to
the challenge as ever, though, with the stage running smoothly to schedule
for the whole weekend.
Coming a close second in the crew popularity stakes was annual favourite
Glastonbury, with Audile providing sound for the Dance
East tent for the fourth time running. Live headliners were Roisin Murphy,
Kosheen and UNKLE, with Hercules and Love Affair, Roni Size Reprazent
and Sam Sparro being further highlights. Fatboy Slim, X-Press 2, Eddy
Temple-Morris and Annie Mac headed up the DJ talent.
Other festivals included Beachbreak Live in Cornwall,
where Audile provided sound and lighting for the main stage, dance tent
and new band tent. At the V Festivals Audile provided
sound, lighting and site electrics for the Strongbow Bowtime Bar at
both Chelmsford and Stafford, and the same at the Isle of Wight
festival. At Oxygen it was sound, lighting
and site electrics for the Blackberry Guitar Hero tent. At Escape
In The Park in Swansea it was sound for the Godskitchen, Polysexual,
Raveology, L'America and VIP arenas, and at Gatecrasher Summer
Soundsystem it was sound and lighting for the Cement/Hed Kandi
arena.
On a slightly more civilised note, Audile provided sound, lighting and
site electrics for the Sky Arts Cafe at the Hay-on-Wye
literary festival, and at home in Manchester the Summer in the
Park festival combined fine dining with music, seeing chefs
giving cookery demonstrations in one tent while the likes of I Am Kloot
and Mr Scruff entertained on the music stage.