By Paul French

Summer is the season of the doof—that goes without saying. However, unlike seasons past, this year I have increasingly found myself taking a mental note of the kinds of portable PA setups and DIY rigs employed at these kinds of events.

Electro-Voice EVERSE 12 

Maybe it’s a byproduct of old age or maybe I’m just a massive gear nerd, but there is something truly fascinating about the kind of guerilla logistics these parties entail and the kind of technical considerations that come with putting on a gig somewhere you shouldn’t.

Things like power source, portability and flexibility of built-in features like onboard mixing and stereo linking etc, all become extremely important factors when you’re talking about lugging equipment out to the middle of nowhere and when there is a genuine risk of the powers that be shutting things down at a moment’s notice. Needless to say, pack down time is paramount in these kinds of high stakes applications.

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