Turbosound's Danny Cooklin (left) with Spa Arts Centre technical manager, Chris Whalley.
A multi-purpose arts centre in Leamington Spa entered the latest phase of its redevelopment this month when new Turbosound trapezoidal Floodlight enclosures were installed by Marquee Audio as part of a high-quality sound specification, jointly designed by the Shepperton suppliers and the venue's technical manager, Chris Whalley. Flown as a three-wide centre stage cluster under six Turbosound TFL-118 (1 x 18") bass bins, the unusual configuration at the Royal Spa Centre in a confined space meant that Turbosound's Danny Cooklin, working with Marquee Audio's Scott Wakelin, had to design special flying hardware. Cooklin explained: "There wasn’t really sufficient height above the cluster for the bins so we had to create a lot of angle to enable us to array them properly."

The two sets of bins sit either side of the flybar which supports the central three trapezoidals boxes - and actually sit above the height of the grid suspended over the floor. Six Turbosound TCS-40s occupy the three delay positions down the 800-seat venue (500 stalls, 300 balcony) with a pair of TCS-35s used as front-of-stage image speakers. Turbosound TMC-1250 and TMC-750 amplifiers power the system. Marquee Audio also sold the venue an 8-in/8-out BSS 9088 Soundweb, which takes care of the digital routing and matrixing.

Wakelin explained: "Chris provided us with a wish list which we fed into the budget." This included a 40/8 Soundcraft Series 2 mixing desk which takes feeds from a Sennheiser EWS535 UHF radio system, also specified by the venue's technician.


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