The venue has been designed into four separate sound zones: the central dancefloor, the seated area to one side, the VIP booths and the toilets. The music is distributed using a four-channel zoner.
Four JBL Control 29s are flown over the main dancefloor area, reinforced by two floor-mounted JRX118S bass bins, in special hand-built enclosures. These were specially made by Nottingham-based joinery company, Interwood, to Satmoko Ball's design, and are clad in American Black Walnut veneer with a hardwood lipping. The speaker grille material was supplied by Colin Pattenden - and is the same cloth as used on the original Fender Twin vintage amp, which CP Sound were able to source.
In the general seating lounge are three Control 28Ts (transformer versions) and in the VIP alcoves are a pair of Control 25s. The toilets are equipped with a pair of Control 23Ts, while the DJ is treated to top reference monitoring thanks to the Control 28.
"The amount of bass we've supplied adds warmth, so that the sound really leaps out," says Colin Pattenden. "People want the bass to be kicking and this really does."
(Jim Evans)
