Part of Joe Bonamassa’s European spring tour, a three-night residency at London’s Royal Albert Hall in April saw Adlib include an Outline Newton FPGA-based processing platform in the blues-rock master’s rig.
Adlib provided a full audio package, including part of their Newton stock, at the request of Bonamassa’s System Engineer, Michael Grabarczyk. ‘Newton is an extremely capable device,’ he says. ‘A single 1U-high unit replaces a multitude of current industry standard devices. The clocking flexibility, simplistic routing, and extensive IO makes Newton a dream to use. Each output has gain, delay, polarity, layers of EQ, and every filter type including both types of all pass filters! The possible uses for the device are incredible.
‘Not only can the Newton make a whole rack of gear disappear, but sonically it is very transparent. When applying a filter, you hear the filter, nothing else. I find achieving the desired result not only easier, but also improves the overall sonic performance of the entire system.’
Clearly a convert to the vast of Newton, Grabarczyk concludes: ‘As Newton becomes increasingly popular and more companies start to stock them, I will absolutely continue to spec them for my systems. One unit has found a new permanent home in my FOH drive rack for Joe Bonamassa, though.’
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