Nexo 45N Monitor - Manual (Page 5)

From the engineers…
With four musicians on stage, vocals, mandolin, acoustic guitar, 12 string guitar and snare, monitor
engineer Gareth Williams says “I have absolutely no doubt that these wedges could handle a lot
more than I was throwing at them. The two mixes were separated by a little more than a metre and
the isolation was incredible. Given room to breathe, the wedges really shine. Absolutely perfect for
the job in hand. This trial has left me with the impression that the N-12 represents VERY joined-up
thinking.”
Jasen Hattams mixed monitors for all the bands at this year’s Cropredy electric folk festival.
“I had not one complaint from 20 or more bands over the weekend, and I was pleased with that as
some of the changeovers between bands took all of 10 minutes. Lots of bands complimented us on
the monitor sound. I would love to take all the credit but alas, I cannot; the “big shoe” wedges, as
the local crew nicknamed them, did a great job and dealt with everything I threw at them, from
acoustic fiddles, banjos and a harp to the raging onstage sound of the Horslips. The only real issue I
had was that there were only ten wedges when I really needed twenty.”
Chris Wibberley, monitor man for Ray Davies, has been using two NXAMPs to drive four
45°N-12s. “Because of the way the units couple, the N-12s act as a single source. They sound
absolutely fantastic! The problem with a lot of wedges is that they can sound too clean and hi-fi. But
these have a bark to them. They’re still rock ‘n’ roll but they sound like a wedge doing what it is
supposed to do.”