Danley supports university’s Kinnick Wave
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To kick off the 2018 season, AV integration and live sound production company Sound Concepts brought in a portable Danley Sound Labs system for the half-time show. The show featured the Pat Green Band performing Wave On Wave with the University of Iowa and Northern Iowa University marching bands while fans did the Kinnick Wave.
A few years ago, Sound Concepts oversaw the installation of a massive Danley J5-4015 Caleb Horn that covers all of the seating in Kinnick Stadium, and its tight pattern control was selected in part to keep sound off of the children’s hospital. The company’s owner, Marvin Smejkal led both the installation and live sound reinforcement for the special Pat Green Kinnick Wave halftime show.
“The Pat Green Band set up on a temporary stage in the south end zone, which was in place before the game,” explains Smejkal. “They were flanked by about 90 representative members of both universities’ marching bands, which we also mic’d. The majority of the marching band members performed farther up field without reinforcement. Our job was to wheel in (in 1:30 seconds from call of halftime by the officials) a portable Danley system just in front of the band near the south goal post that would project the performance to the entire stadium.”
The portable rig consisted of one Danley J6-42 Jericho Horn, two Danley J3-94 Jericho Horns, two Danley SH96 loudspeakers, and one Danley BC218 subwoofer. A single rack of six 4-channel Danley DNA 20k4 Pro amplifiers powered the system with 120,000W.
“The Danley system fit on a 16-foot tow-behind trailer and took just two minutes to get in place and fire up,” Smejkal says. “It wouldn’t have been possible on a college football budget without the incredible efficiency of Danley’s proprietary designs. The Danley boxes are remarkably small given their output, and we were able to power the system with a single rack of amps.”
(Jim Evans)
