Papa Roach and Good Charlotte made a triumphant return to Mexico as headliners of the Knot Fest Mexico rock spectacular recently – powered by Loto Audio and Funktion-One.
Staged in Mexico City and promoted by Zepeda Bros (the team responsible for a string of successful rock events, including Knot Fest Mexico) the show delivered more than four hours of live rock music to an enthusiastic crowd at the open-air gardens of the Arena Ciudad de Mexico. The two international acts were supported by three of Mexico’s finest – Lack of Remorse, Matherya and QBO. To ensure the audience received the full power and impact of the performances, Loto Audo supplied a complete Funktion-One Vero sound system.
The system garnered praise from all the acts’ FOH engineers – providing proof positive of Vero’s abilities across all genres of music. For the opening act, Lack of Remorse, FOH duties fell to Hugo Garzon – one of the most sought-after sound engineers for metal rock bands in Mexico.
‘I was impressed when they gave me the audio and we started the soundcheck,’ Garzon reports. ‘It was crazy to hear the power and clarity with which it was counted at that moment, I left very satisfied to work with such powerful audio.’ A sentiment echoed by Papa Roach FOH engineer Bobbo and Good Charlotte mix-man Chris McMillan.
The system comprised hangs of three V60, two V315 and two V90 per side, plus an asymmetric configuration of eight V221 bass enclosures and four V132 sub-bass enclosures. Two F1201 speakers were used as front fill. The stage front monitor setup featured eight PSM12 wedges, with another two combining with a BR221 bass reflex speaker for drum fill and three Resolution 5s and F221s per side for side fill.
Vero system tech, Alexander Danielewicz, used Lake processing on flat EQ and only applied the corresponding delays to match time on speakers on subs with the Vero, front fills and infra subs.
Danielewicz has recently worked with the Loto Audio team on a number of installations and festivals, using a variety of other sound systems. He reckons that the Vero was the best he has heard: ‘Working with Vero has been a bliss up to now. It is unlike any PA system I had ever heard, with the Funktion-One signature clarity and punch. What I most like about the Vero is its huge stereo image, transient response and dynamic range. From the system tech point of view, I only had to time align and change speaker levels. And no EQ needed.’
Throughout the event, Vero wowed a crowd not normally accustomed to all-enveloping depth and clarity provided by the system. For promoter too, Vero really hit the spot, proclaiming that it sounded ‘brutal’ and requesting its presence at the following weekend’s Cypress Hill show.
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