Snow Patrol - Fly / Play / Control
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After a 7 year gap from touring for the 2018 campaign for the album ‘Wildness’, the backline needed a radical overhaul.
Although a one line brief, this involved critical miniaturisation and weight reduction considerations.
A fresh ‘back to the drawing board’ approach was adopted, and a period of R&D lead to the success of this project, culminating in the playback rack shrinking from a freight only 22u rack to 2 x well protected lightweight sub 32kg airport friendly (wheelable!) cases.
The fly friendly design allowed the playback setup to fly to any location and therefore eliminate the need for a B system playback setup. This obviously saved £ in the long run on unnecessary equipment purchases. As well as meaning that setup could be achieved in any show location.
Design Innovations
A lightweight skeleton 4u rack housed in a sub 32kg peli.
The use of iConnectivity hardware was core to the miniaturisation of the rig and also allowed remote control of the playback setup from stage, control of the stage keyboard world from Ableton Live itself and the use of on stage autocue setup , driven by Ableton Live…. all using networking technology.
This eliminated the use of bulky multiple lined audio and MIDI looms and allowed the use of lightweight CAT technology to route audio/MIDI and control signals, saving on both volume and weight, both critical factors in tour freight costs.
Brief
The whole rig needed to be fly friendly and super portable.
If you're interested in more information about this rig or anything else Gravity Rigs has to offer, get in touch either by email or phone by using the above buttons. We'll get back to you as soon as we possibly can.
Thank you, Gravity Rigs
Snow Patrol - Fly / Play / Control
Shrink it
After a 7 year gap from touring for the 2018 campaign for the album ‘Wildness’, the backline needed a radical overhaul.
Although a one line brief, this involved critical miniaturisation and weight reduction considerations.
A fresh ‘back to the drawing board’ approach was adopted, and a period of R&D lead to the success of this project, culminating in the playback rack shrinking from a freight only 22u rack to 2 x well protected lightweight sub 32kg airport friendly (wheelable!) cases.
The fly friendly design allowed the playback setup to fly to any location and therefore eliminate the need for a B system playback setup. This obviously saved £ in the long run on unnecessary equipment purchases. As well as meaning that setup could be achieved in any show location.
Design Innovations
A lightweight skeleton 4u rack housed in a sub 32kg peli.
The use of iConnectivity hardware was core to the miniaturisation of the rig and also allowed remote control of the playback setup from stage, control of the stage keyboard world from Ableton Live itself and the use of on stage autocue setup , driven by Ableton Live…. all using networking technology.
This eliminated the use of bulky multiple lined audio and MIDI looms and allowed the use of lightweight CAT technology to route audio/MIDI and control signals, saving on both volume and weight, both critical factors in tour freight costs.
Brief
The whole rig needed to be fly friendly and super portable.
If you're interested in more information about this rig or anything else Gravity Rigs has to offer, get in touch either by email or phone by using the above buttons. We'll get back to you as soon as we possibly can.
Thank you, Gravity Rigs
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