CP Sound's Colin Pattenden first troubleshot the venue. He sampled it at several times of the day, including extensively during peak capacity, and then came up with the new sound design for the background music system which features a wide variety of musical styles and genres!
He decided to add new JBL Control 28 speakers across four zones, plus additional bass bins under the seating. The Control 28's were chosen for acoustics, size, reliability and cost-effectiveness. It was also an important part of the brief to increase the system's headroom without installing massive and intrusive cabinets, "The project was straightforward and tricky at the same time" states Pattenden, himself an active musician, and renowned for having one of the best pairs of ears in the installation business.
The original custom-built CP Sound bass bins still remain at Bootsy's, and are now augmented with some new, updated versions, again bespoke, to fill the space. CP installed a Cloud Xoner to split the audio into four sections, and re-tuned and optimized the whole system.
The company also supplied a new BenQ projector, and a six-foot high, electric roll-down screen in the downstairs area, used for featuring sports events, and also opening up the venue as a business presentation space. The BenQ is becoming a regularly specified CP Sound installation product. It's idea for bar and pub environments because its sealed optics prevent the light source getting damaged or degraded by smoke and other hostile environmental factors. CP Sound has recently installed another BenQ at Glendola's Waxy O'Connor's site in Soho, which is also proving very successful.
(Sarah Rushton-Read)
