With multitrack recordings of all the artists on the main stage, Re:Live Recording’s Rob Baldock pitched up at Nottingham’s Splendour festival with six Audient ASP880 audio interfaces.
Hired by local TV station, Notts TV, 2017 marked Baldock’s fifth year at Splendour, where this year a record-breaking 25,000 people partied at Wollaton Park in the rain. For his part, Baldock wasn’t fazed by the increased audience or the weather: ‘The patch at a festival changes with every band, and the advantage of having the same mic preamps across every single channel means that I can rely on that sound quality and gain without compromise – regardless of what microphone or line signal I’m being given,’ he says.
‘It did rain this year– which is a rare occurrence,’ he concedes. ‘However, not wanting to take the risk of getting things wet, I had a large tarpaulin to cover everything in case of a leaky roof. In the end, we were well looked after by the staging company and watertight in our corner of the stage.’
Held across five stages offering music, comedy and fringe entertainment, the one-day event featured acts including Tony Hadley, Gabrielle Apin, Busted, Yola Carter and headliners, the Kaiser Chiefs.
‘I only have a small mixing studio so, as much as I would love an ASP8024-HE – it just wouldn’t fit,’ Baldock says of his Audient ambitions. ‘However, I am starting to work in 5.1 mixing now, so the ASP510 could come in handy…’
