Total Sound Solutions turned to Harman Pro for the sound system. Company director, Chris Hooke chose a JBL VerTec VT4887 compact line array set-up for the job. He reports: "This was right on the edge of a residential area in Swansea so obviously we had to be very careful with the sound. We were able to use JBL's Line Array Calculator software to tell us exactly what angles to use to get the exact coverage without sound over-spilling into the residential area. There were two hotels literally about 20m past where we wanted to fire so the main advantage was having the ability to put the sound where right you want it."
Performances from bands featured styles that ranged from traditional jazz and Mardi Gras street funk to Cajun music and blues all played through a live system that featured the JBL VerTec line array powered by Crown iTech 8000 amplifiers, Soundcraft GB8 monitor mixer and the new VRX 915M monitor.
Hooke explains: "The main advantage of coupling the two systems together was that we were able to wirelessly connect to the amplifiers with their onboard processing and check the system throughout the day. We can check what the amps are doing, how much they're putting out and the temperature of the amps. It gives you confidence knowing that the system's performing optimally without any problems."
(Jim Evans)
