This year marks the fourth that Norwegian PA company Sceneservice has provided sound, light and staging for the Blues in Hell Festival – held in the village of Hell in the Nord-Trondelag area of Norway.
Selecting Allen & Heath iLive digital mixing systems for FOH and monitors, Sceneservice handled the Magic Mirror tent which hosted headline performances from artists including Delbert McClinton, Johnny Winter, Popa Chubby and Jeniva Magness.
The set-up used an iDR10 MixRack with iLive-144 Control Surface for FOH, and an iDR-32 MixRack and a xDR-16 expander rack with iLive-T80 Surface for monitors. There was also an analogue split to provide a broadcast feed.
‘Our experiences with the iLive system have proven it to be very reliable, nicely compact for small venues, and always sounds amazing,’ says Stein Larsen. ‘It is also very easy to teach guest engineers about it, even during change over at a busy festival. We have been using the iLive iPad app for some while and trust it totally, and we are looking forward to exploring the Dante networking option for multitrack recording.’
As well as the Magic Mirror tent, performances were staged in the Værnes Church, Norway’s oldest stone building dating from the year 1100. ‘We used our iDR-32 and iLive-T112 for this beautiful, 400-capacity venue, which featured a performance by local singer, Siri Bones,’ Larsen adds. ‘I can only describe the sound with the overused expression ‘crystal clear’, even Siri’s lowest whisper was audible at the back of the church.’
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