Kylie Minogue's current 'Fever' Tour, coinciding with the release of her latest single 'Love At First Sight', is being heard through a Meyer Sound line array PA system from Capital Sound, featuring XTA digital signal processing throughout. Explains Capital's Paul Timmins: "We're using XTA DP226s as line drivers as the speakers are self-powered, and because XTA's AudioCore software allows us to very quickly set up the levels and EQ for all the zones remotely, they make setup very fast and efficient." Five DP226s provide a total of 30 lines, most of which are being used in the show. The zones divide each venue sonically into upper and lower bowl and near fill, running three zones per hang, with the facility to create a further zone when an extra hang is used. All five DP226s are linked via AudioCore laptop PC control software. Says Paul Timmins: "Considering it's quite a complex system the way we've set it up makes it remarkably straightforward to get from load-in to be ready to soundcheck at each venue." Chris Pyne (FOH engineer) and Rod Matheson (monitor engineer) are touring with Capital Sound crew members Mark Ballard, Al Woods (PA tech), Kevin Hopgood (monitor and stage tech), Becky Pell (radio tech). XTA's Guy Lewis comments: "Capital Sound looked pretty carefully at what is out there at the moment to process their new system, but ultimately went with ease-of-use and what sounds best in the rig. The Capital guys have used XTA on many successful tours over the past few years and we were hugely pleased to see the blue stuff on Travis and Kylie as well." He adds: "Chris (Pyne) was also using an XTA SiDD on a drum sample that runs through the show. He used the look-ahead gate and compressor sections to control the envelope and give the sample some real punch in the mix. Anyone at the gigs would have felt it!" Paul adds: "We're making extensive use of XTA processing these days. Travis are carrying a Martin monitor system that's driven by DP224s for their summer festival run, including the two headline slots at V2002. XTA is the perfect choice for versatility and quality for the wide range of work that we do."
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