Now in its third year, the Plymouth Jazz Festival brings together legendary performers from around the globe for a unique concert setting. The Festival grounds are located on the coast of Tobago, with the island paradise providing a scenic backdrop to accompany the talent on stage. With a 5,000-person audience extending to 300ft from the stage, providing even coverage with high fidelity throughout the seating area was a significant challenge.
To overcome these obstacles, Rent-A-Amp deployed a JBL Vertec system with 16 VT4889 large-format line array elements and 16 VT4880 arrayable subwoofers arranged on each side of the stage, for 64 Vertec loudspeakers in total. Crown Macro-tech MA5002VZ and XTi amplifiers were used, as well as the new Soundcraft Vi6 mixing console.
(Jim Evans)
