I was bored today, plus I've been bpming my Orb albums as well, so I felt inspired to type in the rider. This was sent to me when I was working on scheduling them during their ill-fated US Tour '93. No, I haven't heard anything about a reschedulel, but I'm going to be talking to the agent either today or tomorrow, so I'll ask. I typed in just the equipment list. I also had a fairly standard rules list sent to me, like nobody shall be descriminated against at the door and we need 24 towels. In other words, it is really boring and I left it out. There was also a floorplan sent, but I didn't bother to convert it to an ASCII drawing. This really is the most interesting part: TECHNICAL RIDER ARTIST: THE ORB ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- P.A. SPEC STAGE WE REQUIRE A MIXING DESK ON STAGE FOR THE KEYBOARD PLAYER TO MIX 32 CHANNELS DOWN TO 6 - I.E. : 32 -8 -2 TAC SCORPION OR SOUNDCRAFT MUST HAVE: 8 AUX SENDS INPUT - MIC/LINE FACILITY ( XLR AND 1/4" JACK ) 8 SUB-GROUPS 2 X D.I. BOXES MONITORS 4 X SIDEFILLS ( 2 X 15" BIN AND 2" HORN ) 2 MIXES FRONT OF HOUSE WE USE ONLY 6 CHANNELS BUT STILL REQUIRE A DESK OF HIGH QUALITY I.E. MIDAS XL2/XL3, TAC, SOUNDCRAFT, YAMAHA PM 3000. BASED ON AUDIENCE CAPACITY OF 2000 WE REQUIRE A 20K SYSTEM OR 10K FOR 1000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- STAGE EQUIPMENT - REQUIREMENTS 2 X TECHNICS SL1210 TURNTABLES 1 X NUMARK MIXER WITH SAMPLING, CROSSFADER & 4 CHANNELS WITH INDIVIDUAL FADERS 1 X TWIN CASSETTE DECK (TEAC)) 1 X C.D. PLAYER (TEAC) 1 X SONY DTC 1000 ES DAT PLAYER 2 X AKAI S1100 SAMPLERS WITH 16 MEG MEMORY 1 X ROLAND PC200 MIDI TRIGGER KEYBOARD 1 X CHEETAH MK5V MIDI TRIGGER KEYBOARD 1 X DAC 4000 HARD DISC DRIVE 1 X YAMAHA E 1010 ANALOG DELAY 2 X YAMAHA SPX90 30" HIGH RISERS TO SUPPORT ALL THE ABOVE EQUIPMENT PLAN ATTACHED ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6 INTELLABEAMS & CONTROLLER 2 'CLAY-PAKY' SUPER SCANS ( AVAILABLE THROUGH ENGINEER LIGHT - TOKYO - TEL: 3413-8441/FAX 3413 8466) JANDS EVENT 36 CHANNEL DESK 4 EMULATORS & CONTROLLER 4 HIGH POWER LINEAR STROBES & CONTROLLER OR 8 DATA-FLASH STROBES & PROGRAMME CONTROLLER 1 GOOD QUALITY SMOKE MACHINE & REMOTE ( TO F.O.H. ) 2 FANS ( SMOKE DISPERSAL ) 4 KODAK CAROUSEL 2050 PROJECTORS - 7-120 MM ZOOM LENSES 3 X 16MM CINE PROJECTORS - 30-70MM ZOOM LENSES 1 LARGE MIRROR BALL WITH ROTATOR 1 HIGH POWER PROJECTOR ( SINGLE LENSE ) 2 VHS PLAYBACK VCR'S 1 VIDEO MIXER ( GOOD QUALITY, PANASONIC AE5, MX10, MX12 ) 2 X 3M X 2M FREE STANDING/FRONT PROJECTION SCREENS 2M X 2M X 3M HIGH SCAFF. TOWER ( OR SIMILAR ) SUITABLE TRUSSING/POINTS/GROUND SUPPORT SUITABLE TRANSFORMERS " MAINS DISTRIBUTION " CABLING " F.O.H. AREA ( CONTROL/PROJECTION ) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FLOOR PLANS ETC. TO BE SENT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. ESSENTIAL LIGHTING EQUIPMENT CARRIED BY OURSELVES - TOTALS 200KG FREIGHT