"Ross and I had been looking for an opportunity to use the Scope system for a while and Bournemouth pantomime proved to be a great time to put the system to the test." commented Jon Higson. "We designed the system as a stalls and circle pair (of AXYS Scope T2115) with a split L/R centre-fill for the stalls. The AXYS B-121 Subs (21" subwoofers with built in amplification and DSP) were stacked two per side in the stalls left and right.
"The system performed flawlessly, sounding great straight out of the box, the T-2115 (three-way, full range loudspeaker with built in DSP and amplification) allowed for an impressive amount of headroom, even for pop music style numbers with hairline lavaliere mics where achieving sufficient gain before feedback can sometimes be tricky."
Higson also made full use of the units eight on board pre-sets - "I used a combination of the 'Sub assisted' and full range pre-sets which allowed for a straightforward system set up with very minimal equalisation in what is a difficult sounding room.
"Rigging, set-up and networking were again simple and easy, we had the PA up, rigged and networked very quickly and in fact found the speakers amazingly light for such a powerful 3 way box. The subs were musical and again very powerful, important for a sound effects heavy show such as pantomime."
The rest of the system included DPA 4060 lavalier microphones through Sennehiser SK50 transmitters into Sennheiser 1046 radio receivers to amplify the performers. The desk was a Yamaha PM5D using A Q-Lab system for Click tracks and sound effects, all provided by Blitz Sound.
(Jim Evans)
